Prophet Muhammad. pbuh, Against Oppression
and Pettiness
Jabir b. Abdullah reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said: Be on your guard against committing
oppression, for oppression is a darkness on the Day of
Resurrection, and be on your guard against pettimindedness
for pettimindedness destroyed those who were before you, as
it incited them to shed blood and make lawful what was
unlawful for them.
Sahih Muslim: Book #032, Hadith #6248
Pakistan
A Message of Loving Advice & Criticism to Jamaate Islami
Pakistan
[Superb Urdu column from Munir Khalili.]
Khalili is sad to see Jamaate Islami behaving like a
political party when it was meant to be a movement and a
message for transformation. Khalili received a reply from
Sirajul Haq, the new leader of Jamaate Islami, which he has
quoted verbatim. It is saddening and pathetic. No wonder
Jamaate Islami is unable to push back the evil forces which
are surging in Pakistan.
Jamaat al-Muslimeen Activity in Burtonsville, Maryland.
8-page Document to 175 Muslims after Juma'.
On October 9, a very successful outreach effort was carried
out at the upscale Muslim Community Center [MCC] in southern
Maryland. An 8-page Jamaat al-Muslimeen document was given
to 175 Muslims, mostly Pakistanis and Africans.
Here is an outline of the 8 pages:
&
Interview with Sis. Bilquis who is petitioning
President Obama for the release of her son Masaud Khan.
Obama facing stiff opposition on homosexuality in Kenya
[and other African countries].
&
Dr. Kaukab Siddique's rebuttal of the Daily Beast's
slanderous attack on him with brief intro of people who run
the Daily Beast.
&
Pakistani military's crimes against "disappeared"
opponents. Torture and murder.
Women's equality with men in mosques.
[Dr. Kaukab.]
Small Group Helping Children in India
Assallamu Alaikum Wr Wb,
We would like to express our gratitude for your excellent
coverage of our one of the activity \"Eid Gift to Kids\".
For the positive exposure you gave to our Organization
Dawatul Quran, The entire members
and trustees appreciated the professionalism with which your
news team handled both the Article and photo. As one of the
small organizations in Bangalore (India) we are indeed
grateful for your willingness to include us in
your coverage. Please extend our thanks to everyone
involved.
Regards,
Dawatul Quran
Gen.Secretary
Shaikh Nazim Ahmed
Bangalore |KA|India
Final Reminder for National Islamic Shoora of Jamaat
al-Muslimeen.
Sponsored by Imam Badi, Br. Solano, Sis. Ashira, Br. Kaukab,
Br. Abu Talib and Sis. Nadrat.
The following areas of interest have been received till now.
Jamaat invites more input till next Sunday, Oct. 18.
Here are some of the areas of interest and topics I have
already received:
How to free Palestine? [Media, outreach and
mobilization of Muslims in USA.]
How to stop the Oppression of Women? [Including women
in Pakistan.]
How to deal with American politics from Islamic
viewpoint.
How to oppose war and occupation? [Freedom of Masjid
al Aqsa.]
How to support Muslim Political prisoners?
How to help children in Mexico, Africa, Bangladesh,
India?
Islamic Da'wah: How to be systematic and
consistent.
Advice to Shoora Leaders.
Mohtram Kaukab Bhai, Salaam
In this world of contradictions, you will get various topics
for the shoora but they may not be relevant to the need of
our time.
The only topic in my considered opinion will be:
"HOW TO DEVELOP OURSELVES AS MODEL MUSLIM DA'EES IN THE
CONTEXT OF the MODERN WORLD"
If JM could undertake this as its paramount issue, it will
emerge as the TRUE "Islamic Movement of America" in due
course. It is the greatest need of Muslim Ummah and we must
try to attain it forthwith.
Rest of the topics proposed by different brothers/Sister are
good but all are off shoots or by products or of limited
value.
-Br.Shamim Siddiqi
War News Analysis
by Sis. Karin Friedemann {Boston}
FSA Making Strides Despite Russian Bombing
{New Trend Editor's note: This report contains important
information about the Free Syrian Army, FSA, so we accepted
it. However it is inaccurate about groups other than FSA.
Instead of censoring the article, we decided to comment at
the end of this report.]
My primary access to information in the English language,
other than New Trend, is from youtube videos forwarded by
Syrian Americans of live war footage as well as Arabic news
shows that have subtitles or at least give a summary of what
is going on in the video. So I lack military knowledge, but
I have grown up around the Arabs of Michigan.
My intuitive analysis is that the mainstream attitude of
Syrian-American youth is represented by support for the Free
Syrian Army. Al-Nusra's approach to politics represents the
mainstream point of view of the Sunni religious conservative
elders. ISIS represents or draws from the glorious End Times
Prophecies, including the Return of Jesus (pbuh), that are
described in some Islamic hadith and are very often quoted
by South Asians. Some Muslims base a large part of their
faith upon these prophecies while others view these hadith
as weak and suspect that they were planted by the British
Illuminati. Either way, these hadith are very important to
understanding why people would leave their homes to go fight
for an Islamic State as opposed to mere political freedom
for the Syrians.
About one month ago, American journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem
interviewed Shaykh Abu Firas
[
YouTube.com/watch?v=0RIsR9LXiWU
]
, member of Jabha Nusra's Majlis
Ashura, regarding his group's stance concerning ISIS
Abu Firas stated that ISIS offered to join forces with
al-Nusra, which is often called an offshoot of al-Qaeda. The
US State department considers them as Islamic moderates
affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. The old bearded man
said that they do want to establish Islam as the law of the
land, that is their goal. However, al-Nusra is not
comfortable with ISIS's approach, in particular their
decision to declare the Free Syrian Army (FSA) as kuffar or
infidels. ISIS leaders told al-Nusra that they would only be
willing to work with them if al-Nusra would fight against
FSA.
The Shaykh said they could not agree to this because the FSA
represents the vast majority of the local Syrian militia
groups, most of whom are guarding their own town. FSA is a
wide spectrum of people whose common goal is to topple Assad
and to defend their homeland. Some of the fighters are
sincerely religious Muslims who want to establish Islam as a
way of life, while other fighters have a more secular
mindset. Many even have family members living in the US.
Al-Nusra refused to reject the FSA as allies or to declare
them kuffar. This is why the two main Islamic fighting
groups are not working together.
October 7, 2015 was a historic day for the FSA. "Let today
be the day that it is recorded... The Assad regime with
Iranian boots, Hezbollah mercenaries, sectarian militias,
and the cover of Russian aerial bombardments.... Could
NOT.... advance on the Free Syrian Army in Hama's
suburbs....AND....That our freedom fighters were able to
destroy 26 tanks (and others).... Seize two tanks a
spoils... Take some POW's.... And much more...." was the
news circulating on facebook. Other accounts place the
number of tanks destroyed at closer to 15.
The Orient News
[
YouTube.com/watch?v=wQFJFrx6Sys
] showed very exciting footage of FSA
fighters shooting rockets at advancing tanks. One shot, and
the tank is completely obliterated. They didn't just topple
the tank over. BOOM! The tank is gone. The marksmanship of
the fighters is impressively accurate despite the apparent
clumsiness of the launching apparatus, while the weapons
themselves must be very advanced, to cause such total
damage. This is no homemade device. I am told the rockets
are supplied by Libya or UAE.
"On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin's fighter
jets rocketed an ammunition storehouse, destroying
artillery, armored personnel carriers and even tanks
belonging to Liwa Suqour al-Jabal, or The Mountain Eagles, a
U.S.-backed brigade of the Free Syrian Army," writes Michael
Weiss in the Daily Beast.
A video uploaded by the brigade to YouTube shows the burning
wreckage of the Russian airstrike, in Mansoura, in the
western suburbs of Aleppo, as the local commander known as
Abu Mohammed taunts his enemy: "Thank God, we are all fine,"
says Abu Mohammed. "We don't fear Russia or anyone helping
the Russians. Bashar, we will remain resistant fighting you
even without any ammunition or bullets. We will fight you
with knives. We don't need ammunition, Allahu Akhbar."
Weiss reports also that while the Russian airplanes were
targeting Suqour al-Jabal's weapon depots in Aleppo and ISIS
attacked the bases with explosives at the same time.
"In the last week, less than 10 percent of all Russian
missiles (and now ship-borne cruise missiles) have struck
ISIS or al-Qaeda-affiliated targets, according to the U.S.
State Department. What is a consensus view among analysts is
that ISIS clearly is not Putin's quarry in Syria, at least
not yet, because he's too busy killing the anti-Assad rebels
supported and armed by the Central Intelligence Agency. U.S.
officials have acknowledged as much."
Further complicating things, Russian propaganda is stating
that they are bombing ISIS targets when in fact they are
bombing areas that are held by FSA. On October 5, 2015 Bilal
Abdul Kareem reported
[
YouTube.com/watch?v=tXy5vkPKw9g
] on site very close to the Turkish
border. His interviewee, a fighter for FSA, said the Russian
planes trespassed over Turkish airspace, flying over from
the Turkish side before bombing.
Due to smart phones, the front lines of war are being filmed
in action and watched online. Lighter videos involve
fighters showing off their weapons and their prowess. The
darkest documentaries show piles of dead children and total
desolation. It remains to be seen if our ability to
literally watch a war as it unfolds on the ground will
result in anything but personal horror, or if there will be
some ability for people to influence events due to their
ability to communicate directly with the people involved in
wars.
[New Trend comment: Daily Beast is a known anti-Islam
publication. The editor of New Trend was subjected to
slanderous attacks by the Daily Beast. The attacks were then
picked up by all the Zionist media from the New York Times
to the Washington Post. Secondly, the claim that some hadith
were planted by the "British illuminati" is simply too
ridiculous to require a response. Thirdly:The viewpoint of
al-Nusra would be acceptable if ISIS' viewpoint were placed
next to it. ISIS has set up a Caliphate and the debate
should be within that context. Fourthly the FSA's viewpoint
that the war is for secularist values must be rejected.
Perhaps the conflict originally began for democracy and
justice but Bashar Assad drowned the unarmed protests in
blood and torture. It is now Jihad all the way. The Islamic
resistance is the key to the struggle against Assad.]
Latest Khutba
Islamic Calendar Can Change your Life;
Speak Out Against Jewish Supremacists;
Honor Usman, r.a., & Muawiyya, r.a.
Most American Muslims are helpless "mustadafeen" controlled
by pro-regime "Muslim" Cliques.
On October 9, Br. Kaukab Siddique gave the juma khutba and
led prayers at Masjid Jamaat al-Muslimeen in Baltimore,
Maryland.
There was a security alert owing to countrywide threats by
anti-Muslim bigots and racists.
As it's a small masjid, the main points are summarized here
for countrywide distribution.
Text #1
وَمَا
لَكُمْ
لَا
تُقَاتِل¥ونَ فِي
سَبِيلِ
اللَّهِ
وَالْمُس¨تَضْعَفِɢنَ مِنَ
الرِّجَا¤ِ
وَالنِّس¤اءِ
وَالْوِل¨دَانِ
الَّذِين¤
يَقُولُو¦َ
رَبَّنَا
أَخْرِجْ¦َا مِنْ
هَٰذِهِ
الْقَرْي¤ةِ
الظَّالِ¥ِ
أَهْلُهَ›
وَاجْعَل¨ لَنَا
مِنْ
لَدُنْكَ
وَلِيًّا
وَاجْعَل¨ لَنَا
مِنْ
لَدُنْكَ
نَصِيرًا
And why should ye not fight in the cause of Allah and of
those who, being weak, are ill-treated (and oppressed)?-
Men, women, and children, whose cry is: "Our Lord! Rescue us
from this town, whose people are oppressors; and raise for
us from thee one who will protect; and raise for us from
thee one who will help!" View more verses[The Qur'an
4:75]
Text #2
Narrated Abu Salama bin 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Auf that
he heard Hassan bin Thabit Al-Ansari asking the witness of
Abu Huraira, saying, "O Abu- Huraira! I beseech you by Allah
(to tell me).Did you hear Allah's Apostle saying' 'O Hassan
! Reply on behalf of Allah's Apostle. O Allah ! Support him
(Hassan) with the Holy Spirit (Gabriel).'?" Abu Huraira
said, "Yes." [Sahih Bukhari. 8.73.173
The new Islamic year begins in a few days with Mohurram.
We must follow the Islamic calendar so as to be aware of all
that has happened in our history. It's a shame that we turn
to the Islamic calendar only for Ramadan and the two Eids
and then we quarrel about it.
The Calendar was started by Umar, r.a., [al-Khattab] with
the agreement of the blessed community. So there is ijma' on
it.
Hijra is only second to Jihad in Islam. See 3:195. It
means that after the mission of da'wa is completed and the
potential for Islam is exhausted, hijra is required, instead
of living under oppression for no reason.
This migration or hijra means the believer is willing to
give up everything and leave. The first hijra was to
Ethiopia led by Usman, r.a., and Ruqayya, r.a., the beloved
daughter of the Prophet, pbuh. Then the Prophet, pbuh,
himself, migrated to Madinah.
It is our duty as part of da'wa to speak out against
oppression, exploitation and evil, as depicted in the hadith
narrated by Abu Saeed al-Khudri, r.a.
Why is it that most American Muslims do not speak out?
Something is seriously wrong with this ummah. Even though
the First Amendment of the US Constitution gives us the
right to speak and express ourselves, most of us are
silent.
Even when the Zionist Jews and the crusaders insult the
best of men, Muhammad, peace and blessings be on him, and
the satanic supremacists make cartoons of him, the Muslims
can's say a word [with a few exceptions]. Why is this? Pay
attention.
The ummah in America, by and large, are mustadafeen fil
ard, in the words of the Qur'an, those who being weak are
oppressed. Why are they silent even when what is sacred to
them is violated and torn asunder. Is someone stopping them?
NO. Are there any laws to stop them from speaking out? NO.
Are they few in numbers? No! There are 6 to 9 million of us.
Do they lack resources? NO! American Muslims are among the
richest in the world.
US Muslims are mentally oppressed. They feel helpless.
They feel that nothing will change or could get worse. Talk
to them. THEY KNOW THAT INSULTING THE PROPHET, pbuh, is A
DIRECT ATTACK ON ALL OF US. They know they should speak out,
but they dare not. These are the mustadafeen fil ard. These
are the men and women and children crying out for help but
QUETLY so that the yahood should not hear.
We feel tempted to call them munafiqueen and brainwashed
idiots, but that is not fair. They can't all be like that.
It is true that Muslims are heavily infiltrated by agent
groups, the 4-letter organizations, but most Muslims don't
follow them
Go to the million dollar mosques. Look at how religious
our people are. They recite the Qur'an. They have beards and
hijab [many of them do]. The million dollar parking lots
they have built are packed with their late model cars. The
crowds are overflowing the fancy buildings. But they DARE
NOT SAY a WORD TO THE KUFFAR. They complain to us and to
each other.
Because they are much richer than us, we don't recognize
them as MUSTADAFEEN, which is their mental condition. That's
where our duty comes in, as Allah commands us. We should
answer their pathetic complaints. Use media, social media,
all forms of peaceful communication to wake them up.
Some Muslims think we should not answer the kuffar in
strong language. But look at the command of the Prophet,
pbuh, to Hassan ibn Thabit, lampoon the unbelievers. Do
their HUJW. Ridicule them, insult them, without profanities.
Do not be nice to those who are insulting all that is sacred
to us . The verse about being nice only applies in
gentlemanly debate. This is war against Islam.
We just passed the anniversary of Usman, r.a., the
compiler of the Qur'an. Is it not a shame that the
sectarians are abusing and insulting him and we are
silent.
During the Caliphate of Usman, r.a., the united navies
of Europe were defeated in ONE day. The ocean ran with
blood. The commander of the Islamic army was Muawiyyah,
r.a., and his wife was supporting him in that battle on the
high seas.
The sectarians abuse Muawiyyah, r.a., Remember, dear
Muslims, the Qur'an was not revealed to the Prophet, pbuh,
in writing but verbally. He had writers [kuttab] who wrote
for him. Among them was the blessed katib whose name was
Muawiyyah, r.a., The sectarians abuse him and we are silent.
If this continues, our children will think that our heroes
were villains, just as our government is subverting the
sacred by legitimizing homosexuality.
Du'a:
Pray for jobs for those who don't have jobs, health for
those who are not well. Pray that Allah help us to study the
Qur'an and Hadith every day. Pray that Allah may give us
spouses and children who are Islamic. O Allah, forgive our
sins and shortcomings.
Pray for the victory of the Islamic battle formations
against the kuffar, the munafiqueen and tawagheet. Pray for
the liberation of Palestine and al-Aqsa.
Spotlights & Guidance
The Enemy has Occupied Palestine & Desecrated al-Aqsa. When
will we stop Fighting Each other? Zionism is the Mother of
Evil. We let our People fight with knives while we have
Large armies!
Whenever I hear about these Muslim soldiers or
freedom fighters that are killed in the Muslim lands, I feel
sad and I start hoping that one day that these soldiers will
be fighting against evil in Palestine instead of killing one
another.
I start hoping that the UAE soldiers were killed
fighting the Zionists in Palestine instead of killing
Muslims in Yemen.
Zionism is the mother of all evil. Zionism is
racism.
The Zionist monster will stab you in the back
claiming you are a terrorist and he is a victim. How could
you trust, negotiate, and believe someone who drove you out
of your land and committed massacre upon your children?
Zionism does not need an excuse or justification for
its actions. Zionism is a pure form of evil.
To our people in Palestine, always be aware that the
Zionist evil is not just after your land but is around the
corner waiting to slaughter you.
To our Muslim Ummah, confront the Zionist evil before
it comes after you.
All of the uprisings throughout the history in
Palestine are linked to al-Aqsa Mosque.
Sometimes we must face our fears and our enemies on
the grounds of Palestine.
To all the Muslims who want to fight for the sake of
Allah, direct your attention and effort to Palestine. Use
all necessary means to fight Zionism in Palestine. This way,
you will unite the Muslims by fighting the enemy of
Islam.
The Muslim Ummah should direct all of their strength
and energy, to remove the occupation in Palestine. We cannot
continue fighting one another. We have an enemy who is
watching and waiting.
We are being occupied and divided not because of the
strength of our enemy but because we lack the will to
confront the enemy. We are doing nothing about the
enemy.
A brother came up to me and asked about the Russian
aggression, invasion, and occupation and my answer was, "I
do not differentiate between the Russian aggression or the
American aggression, or the French aggression. To me, all of
them are the same."
Israel and those who support it and condone its
actions are equal in crime. According to the Human laws,
those who are aiding a criminal are criminals.
When Israel becomes more advanced, technologically
and otherwise, the more brutal, barbaric and lethal they
will become.
- Imam Badi Ali leads a large Muslim community in
Greensboro, NC
Our America
New York
Do Police Officers have the Right to use Profanities against
Citizens? Is this Racism and Power Play Combined?
Written Laws vs Unwritten "Laws."
by Sis. Aisha [Jamaat al-Muslimeen]
New York City - Surprise, surprise: NBA player Thabo
Sefolosha, a Swede of African-descent, was acquitted of all
charges in a New York City courtroom on October 9, 2015. He
was originally offered a plea deal but, decided to go to
trial to clear his name. The circumstances surrounding his
and former Eastern European teammate, Pero Antic's arrest,
were so ridiculous that it took the jury less than an hour
to deliberate and acquit him! Charges against Pero Antic
were dropped, last month.
It was in June 2015 when Sefolosha and Antic were arrested
outside of Chelsea area 1Oak Club, where fellow NBA player
Chris Copeland had just been stabbed. Police arrived there
and started clearing the scene. According to Sefolosha, one
particular cop, John Paul Giacona, started dropping f-bombs
and other curse words while ordering people out of the club.
According to a surveillance video, Giacona was particularly
fixated on Sefolosha. Officer Giacona told Sefolosha, "With
or without a badge I can f_ _ _ _ you up!" Sefolosha said he
responded by saying, "Ok, well, you're 5'2" if you saw me in
a different place, you wouldn't say that. You're a midget. I
kept moving."
Sefolosha and his crew did not think twice about this
exchange and kept walking. At some point a beggar asked him
for some change and Sefolosha gave him a $20 bill. It was at
this point that he says four police officers grabbed and
attacked him.
He was kicked in the leg and cuffed. Sefolosha suffered a
fractured leg as a result, which still has not fully healed,
and was out of the 2015 NBA playoffs. Fractures take a
longer time to heal than an actual broken bone. He was
charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and
interfering with a police investigation. Officers claimed
that Sefolosha lunged at them, which the jury did not
believe. This sounds like a typical incident involving
agitated police officers responding to a wisecrack.
Sefolosha was offered a plea deal, which in most cases
indicates the prosecutor has weak evidence. However, when
they present the plea deal, prosecutors make it seem as if
they have a mountain of evidence against you and that going
to trial would be a huge mistake. They wanted to sentence
Sefolosha to one day of community service in exchange for a
guilty plea.
This case was a complete waste of tax payer money but, it
reflects the incestuous relationship between the prosecutor
and the police. Sefolosha stated that he just wanted to move
on after his acquittal. His attorney, Alex Spiro, suggested
that cops went after Sefolosha because of his race. The
attorney pointed out how Officer Giacona targeted Sefolosha
when yelling at him to move out of the area where the
stabbing took place.
I am very aware of NYPD culture. They are bullies and are a
very entitled bunch. I have seen them cuff suspects and kick
them hard in the backside as they are being taken away. They
use profanity against the citizens they are paid to protect,
regularly. However, there are new laws that make cursing at
an NYPD officer an arrestible offense! This type of
oppressive culture can affect officers trying to do the
right thing, too.
A 19year veteran Buffalo, NY cop, Cariole Horn, lost her job
and her pension, a year ago, after stopping her fellow
officer, Gregory Kwiatkowski, from assaulting a handcuffed
suspect, in 2006. She was further victimized by the system,
even after having been assaulted by this same cop for
interfering in his beatdown! Kwiatkowski, who was forced to
retire, has numerous complaints against him for assaulting
other fellow officers. He and another officer were brought
up on civil rights violations for holding down a Black teen
and shooting him with a BB gun .
Officer Kwiatkowski, in spite of his abusive behavior, even
toward fellow officers, was allowed to keep his benefits!
Many officers, especially members of 100 Blacks in Law
Enforcement Who Care, have rallied around Officer Horn.
There are written, more fair laws officers are supposed to
uphold and then, there are the unwritten laws that protect
White supremacist views and give officers carte blanche to
dictate life in their respective towns with impunity! The
unwritten laws seem to override the written laws, in most
instances....that is until we speak up against these
violations and stop engaging in dialogue with police brass..
(Sources: NewYorkPost.com, NBAc.om, and WKBW TV Buffalo NY)
Washington, DC
Massive Rally led by Farrakhan. More of a Picnic than a
Protest
[New Trend Monitor]
October 10. Very peaceful crowds today at the massive rally
in Washington DC led by Minister Farrakhan. He spoke for two
hours, urged an end to inner city violence, end to police
brutality and for men to honor women.
Called for young leadership.
Families of people victimized by police were present.
Farrakhan and the NOI have become part of mainstream
America. There was no criticism of Farrakhan in the media
with positive coverage in ABC, NBC, CNN, Voice of America,
US News and World Report and many ot...hers.
Participants were well dressed. It looked like a large
middle class picnic.
The government was not challenged and the authorities did
not try to interfere with or stop the proceedings.
War News
RUSSIA
Drone deals heighten military ties between Israel and Russia
Given heightened tensions over Russia's support for Iran and
the Syrian regime, the recently announced sale of 10
unmanned IAI Searcher 3 drones to Russia seems unusual at
face value. However, Israel's decision to sell weapons to
the country it sees as the principal benefactor of its
enemies is just the latest chapter of a long and often
complicated history of military cooperation between Israel
and Russia.
While this is not the first time in recent history that
Israel and Russia have cooperated on UAV technology, the
timing could have significant consequences for both the
military situation in Ukraine and diplomatic situation at
the UN.
In recent weeks, Russia has been flexing its muscle, not
only in Ukraine, but also in Syria with an augmented
military presence that now includes military aircraft, tanks
and combat troops and drones.
The government claims the deployment is intended to fight
against the Islamic State militant group (IS), but most
analysts agree that the troop build-up is actually a
lifeline for a Syrian government increasingly dependent on
foreign armies to maintain its grip on the small part of
Syria it still controls. So far, reports have come out
claiming that Russian strikes have killed anti-IS opposition
fighters and civilians as opposed to Moscow's stated
targets.
Recent arms deals between Russia and Iran have also received
a substantial amount of media coverage. The sale of Russian
S-300 anti-air missiles to Iran earlier this year has been a
major factor of the intrigue and negotiations surrounding
the Islamic Republic's nuclear programme. The US has
expressed concern that the advanced missiles could be used
to defend research facilities from American or Israeli
aircraft in the event of a strike.
The broader relationship between Iran and Russia has become
a political issue on the American right. During the first
round of Republican debates, Fox News commentator Megan
Kelly brought up the issue of General Qassem Suleimani's 24
July visit to Moscow.
As commander of the much talked about Quds force of the
Iranian Revolutionary Guards - designated as a terrorist
organization by the US - Suleimani is in charge of external
operations, including supporting the Assad government to
managing Shia militia in the fight against IS in Iraq.
During last month's anti-Iran deal rally in DC, attendees
Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and Sarah Palin all brought up
Israel's safety and Iran's military relationship with Russia
as important reasons to oppose negotiations with Iran.
For all the rhetoric about Suleimani and his relationship to
Putin, the significant arms deal between Russia and Israel
has gone without any scrutiny from American politicians and
very little coverage in the media.
Military and diplomatic coordination
Militarily speaking, the drones are likely to be used to
feed intelligence on Ukrainian positions to pro-Russian
separatists in Donetsk People's Republic (DNR). This would
allow Russia to provide more sophisticated aerial
surveillance contingent to their "secret" war in Ukraine
without having to commit manned aircraft that would be at
risk of being shot down. This is no small development and
will greatly improve the strategic position of the
separatists. In past conflicts, the introduction of UAV
surveillance has proved significant.
Diplomatically, the arms sale fits into the context of
Israel cautiously vetting a new relationship with Russia. It
is no secret that there is no love lost between Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack
Obama, and in a few conspicuous instances Israel appears to
be exploring a more cordial relationship with Moscow despite
Russia's support for Syria and Iran.
The most obvious manifestation has been Israel's refusal to
condemn Russia's annexation of Crimea, which shocked and
angered American officials who Israel expects to vote with
it at the UN unconditionally.
The recent drone sale is central to this story. In late
2014, Israel considered selling similar vehicles to Ukraine
but cancelled the proposed deal due to Russian pressure.
Less than a year later, the very same equipment is likely to
be used against Ukraine. Israelis serving in the Ukrainian
armed forces have speculated that Israel is selling off
older variants of its drones to Russia.
This is just the latest chapter in a long and often puzzling
history of Russian-Israeli arms deals that stretches back
before the state of Israel even existed. As early as 1944,
Joseph Stalin, a notorious anti-Semite, saw self-interested
potential in the Zionist movement that was fighting against
the British mandate in Palestine. Stalin had previously
created a "Jewish State" in the far-flung province of
Birobidzhan.
The project, which involved Yiddish Soviet monuments and
schools, was a thinly veiled attempt to segregate Soviet
Jews. In 1948, the soviet satellite state of Czechoslovakia
sold a large number of weapons including 86 fighter aircraft
to the Jewish Agency, which later became the government of
Israel.
The Czechs also provided training to a number of pilots who
would later go on to serve in the Israeli air force. Before
taking the move to start further targeting Soviet Jewry with
a series of show trials, Stalin had seen the support as a
strategic move against British dominance of the Middle East.
During the later years of the Cold War, the relationship
soured and the governments maintained an adversary
relationship until the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Diplomatic relations between the two nations has warmed
greatly since the fall of communism and have been
dramatically strengthened in the past decade.
In 2008, the two nations mutually waived tourist visa
requirements. In 2010, Russia and Israel signed a five-year
military agreement that focused heavily on UAV sales and
operation. During the 2014 Gaza offensive, Russian President
Vladimir Putin expressed sympathy for the Israeli position
despite the stance of his government at the UN. Israel has
ignored EU and US calls for a boycott on certain forms of
economic cooperation with Russia.
Israel's drone industry
Economically speaking, Israel's drone industry is massive
for such a small country. There is no serious competition
from any country besides the United States in the field of
UAVs, and according to the Stockholm International Peace
Research Institute the industry has generated at least
$4.6bn between 2005 and 2013.
By contrast, Russia has fallen far behind in drone
production. Wired magazine speculated that Russia's
home-grown technology is at least 20 years behind its
American counterparts. Russia's disadvantage in UAV
technology was highlighted after Georgian forces were able
to inflict surprisingly high casualties against the invading
Russians in 2008.
The push to modernise Russia's air force lead to the 2010
deal on Israeli and Russia military cooperation. The deal
signed between Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and the
Russian government through Oboronprom, a Russian defence
company, was much more than an arms sale, and involved
direct military cooperation with Israel training at least 50
Russian officers on UAV operations in Tel-Aviv.
Most interestingly, IAI and Oboronprom agreed to jointly
produce UAVs inside Russia. Many of Russia's new UAVs are a
direct result of the programme. Earlier this year, Ukrainian
forces shot down and released photos of an the Russian
version of an IAI Searcher drone which was presumably
acquired or built as part of the 2010 deal.
Given Russia's close ties to Iran and America's opposition
to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the joint UAV program has
the potential to be a major source of embarrassment for both
countries. Bloomberg News speculated earlier this year about
a flurry of backdoor diplomacy between Jerusalem and Moscow
with the former giving tacit approval for S-300 sales to
Iran in exchange for Russian behind the scenes.
According to diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks,
American officials believed that Russia and Israel had
previously traded intelligence on Iranian and Georgian
technology with Israel providing "data link codes" on
Georgia's Israeli-made Hermes 450 drones. According to the
document, American officials believed that Russia provided
information on the defences of Iran's nuclear facilities in
exchange.
Additionally there have been high-profile intelligence
operations that point to direct cooperation between Israeli
and Russian secret services. The 2011 kidnapping of Dirar
Abu Sisi, a Palestinian engineer, in eastern Ukraine was
speculated to have been coordinated with the SBU, the
Ukrainian secret services of the pro-Russian government at
the time. Abu Dirar later turned up in Ashkelon prison in
Israel.
The speculation of a joint Russian/Israeli operation is very
reasonable given the fact that in 2011 the SBU was heavily
influenced and infiltrated by Russian intelligence. In 2012,
Russia was able to arrange the kidnapping of Russian
opposition figure Leonid Razvozzhayev in Kiev. The Russian
influence over the security services was so profound at the
time that the Ukrainian government refused to open an
investigation into the blatant abduction, instead echoing
Moscow's stance that Razvozzhoyev crossed the border
voluntarily.
Among Israelis, there is a surprising amount of division
about the Ukrainian crisis with reports of Israeli passport
holders fighting on both sides of the bloody conflict.
Questions of Russian and Ukrainian national origins have
placed former Israeli soldiers on opposite sides of the
battle. Both sides are launching accusations that Israel is
supplying the other side, and both sides are publicly
accusing the other side of anti-Semitism.
Not surprisingly, Moscow has re-baptised the Israeli drones
with a Russian name, Forpost, which means "outpost". Despite
hard rhetoric, there are many logical reasons for
Israeli-Russian cooperation. Both countries are suppressing
independence movements within the territories they control
and both countries use similar rhetoric about Islamic
militancy to justify these actions.
Russian is one of the most popular languages among Israel
Jews. As of 2014, Russia and its allies Kazakhstan and
Azerbaijan are the largest suppliers of oil to Israel. There
have been recent reports that Russia and Israel are
cooperating on a new line of jet fighters intended for sale
to India, which has dramatically improved its relations with
Israel since the election in May 2014 of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.
Vladimir Putin has been pushing a very strong line
portraying Ukrainians opposed to Russia as Nazis, relying
heavily on the completely unrelated history of pro-Nazi
Ukrainian militias during the Second World War.
American subsidies.
US aid comprises a small percentage of Israel's economy but
it frees up a significant amount of resources for research
and development. IAI is at least partially subsidised by the
US government, which provided funding for the development of
the Iron Dome missile defence system.
American officials have often expressed concern over the
proliferation of Israeli technology to third parties, and
the Israeli Russian UAV program puts the American government
in an especially awkward position.
The US indirectly subsidises Israel's drone industry at a
time when said industry is linked to Russian defence
companies. In an interesting twist, Oboronprom is currently
facing sanctions from the US government, which in turn is
considering legislation to punish people and businesses that
boycott Israeli companies.
Russia's direct entry into the Syrian civil war has resulted
in a surprisingly cordial agreement, with Moscow and the
Israeli government deciding to tacitly coordinate military
actions inside the war-torn country.
The introduction of Russian drones into the Syrian conflict
has further complicated the situation. While it is unknown
which models are being used inside Syria, the possibility
exists that Oboronprom builds the drones that Russia has
currently deployed in Syria.
While there is proof that Russia has used Israeli technology
against Ukraine, there is as of yet no such evidence from
Syria.
That being said, aviation enthusiasts should definitely keep
their eyes on the skies to see if Israeli military
technology has been introduced into the arsenal of the "axis
of resistance.
Syria
Hizbullah & Assad trying to Take Initiative under cover of
Russian bombing
On October 11, Hizbullah advanced and captured two villages
east of Homs.
Heavy fighting is on in Lattakia and in around Damascus as
the Alawite regime led by Hizbullah tries to regain the
initiative.
Al-Nusra commander is calling for a united
counterattack.
Serious blow for Iran. It's commander leading operations in
Syria, General Hamedani, was killed in a battle with Islamic
State fighters east of Aleppo. [October 9]
Russian jets are bombing Islamic positions across Syria,
softening them up for offensives by the Alawite regime and
Hizbullah.
Islamic State is advancing rapidly towards Aleppo but its
move on Kweris air base has been thwarted by intense Russian
bombing.
26 Long range missiles were fired from Russia across Iran
and Iraq, hitting Islamic State in Syria. Numerous
losses.
Earlier, the first Alawite-Hizbullah offensive east of Hama
fizzled out owing to determined resistance by the Free
Syrian Army [FSA].
October 9: Islamic capital Raqqa is being bombed by Russian
and American jets. City shaken by 20 huge explosions.
October 7: Assad's forces with Hizbullah leading attack in
tanks, launched first offensive after Assad got Russia
bombing support. Attack was east of Hama and has been beaten
back by mujahideen of FSA and al-Nusra. 15 Hizbullah tanks
destroyed, heavy shia losses. [2 tanks captured. See report
by Sis. Karin.]
Islamic State fighters are attacking Assad's air base on the
outskirts of Deir ez Zor.
Late news : A French air attack on Islamic State killed 20
children attending a teaching session organized by IS .
(BBC]
Analysis
The War on Islam and Islamophobia of the Muslims
by Dr Firoz Mahboob Kamal
[The writer is a Bangladeshi scholar of international
repute. This is the best article on this subject we have
seen till now. New Trend editor.]
Calamity of an unending war
Imperialism never dies; only changes its targets, strategies
and war fronts. The human history gives full testimony to
it. Imperialism -for its survival needs invasion and
occupation of the foreign lands; hence needs war. The
imperialists' war caused the greatest and worst catastrophe
for the whole mankind; such war inflicted more deaths and
damages than that are caused by all the earth quakes,
cyclones, floods and the wild animals. They killed more than
75 million people only in two World Wars. The World Wars
stopped; but the list of wars is unending. The killing and
the destruction still continue with more lethal weapons of
mass destruction. France killed 1.5 million only in one war
in Algeria and the USA killed about 2 million in Vietnam and
about 1 million in Iraq and Afghanistan. They also run many
proxy wars with their own money and weapons in various parts
of the world. The imperialists also caused huge deaths even
to their own people. Imperialists thus stand as the
wickedest forces in the whole human history. In recent
years, the deaths caused by all the anti-imperialist
militants all over the world are indeed peanuts in
comparison to that caused by the US-led imperialists.
The imperialists' current war has a clear difference from
the old wars in human history. In two World Wars and other
wars in the past, the imperialists killed each other. But
now, the all killing machines of the imperialists are aimed
only against the Muslims. The Europeans were never such
united in any previous wars. Russia and the USA-led
coalition never bombed jointly any Muslim land before -as
they are doing now in Syria. To undo any Islamic resurgence
in any part of the world, all the imperialists are now
united. Hence, after the humiliating defeat in Afghanistan,
the Russian bomber jets, tanks, artilleries and missiles are
now back in the Syrian soil with more aggressive ferocity.
Likewise, the US imperialism didn't die in Vietnam,
Afghanistan or Iraq either; they are very alive again with
the intensive bombing campaign in Syria and Iraq. The old
colonialists like the UK and France too, are flexing their
muscles by dropping bombs in Syria and Iraq. Now the
imperialists of all kinds and of all brands have found a
common enemy and a common agenda. Their common agenda is to
destroy Islam as an ideological, political and military
force. Hence it has turned truly to a civilizational war -as
envisaged by the US Professor Huntington in his book "The
Clash of Civilisation".
The bombing campaign & the celebration
The US-led coalition has already done enough genocidal crime
in recent years; but that hasn't quenched its thirst for
more crimes. Over the last 15 years, the US has dropped
thousands of tons of bombs in Afghanistan and Iraq and
flattened numerous houses, shops and institutions. Even
after 15 years, the war didn't end in Afghanistan. Recently,
the US bombers dropped bombs on a hospital in Kunduz and
killed 22 people -including the doctors, paramedics and
patients. Prior to the US occupation, Russia invaded and
occupied Afghanistan too; and had a long time to conduct its
project of killings and destruction. They killed hundreds of
thousands people there; and drove more than 3 million
Afghans out of the country.
Now, the old killers of the USA, Russia, the UK, France and
many other countries have launched a joint killing and
destructive mission in Syria. As if every Muslim man, every
woman, every child, every house, and every physical
structure in Syria is a high-value military target. Hence
cities, villages, hospitals, schools, even wedding or
funeral gathering are not spared. The Russians are firing
Cruise missiles from the naval ships stationed in the
Caspian Sea. These missiles and bomber jets do not need to
be accurate; hitting anyone in any village or any city is
considered a great success. And they claim that their
bombers and the long range missiles are hitting the
designated targets in Syria. When the objective is clearly
destructive and genocidal, they have enough reason to
celebrate such successes. For the same reason, the US-led
coalition could celebrate such successes in Afghanistan and
Iraq from day one of their invasion. Now they want to
protect the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Whoever fights
against this killer autocrat of Syria is labelled an
Islamist terrorist; hence a valid target for the
bombing.
Coalition with the war criminal
President Bashar al-Assad is at war against his people. In
ongoing 4 years' war, he has already killed about 270,000
people; more than 4 million people have been driven out of
the country. Another 4 million are internally displaced. The
army is using barrel bombs, chemical bombs, tanks, missiles
and artilleries against the unarmed men, women and children.
These are heinous war crimes. But still, he is considered a
high-value strategic partner in the war against the
Islamists - not only by Russia but also by the US-led
coalition. He remains un-touched. The genocidal killing and
the destruction of cities by Assad's Army are not considered
as punishable crime either; neither considered a threat
against peace in Syria. Rather the Islamists who are
fighting against his killer regime are labelled as the
terrorists, even amplified as the greatest civilizational
threat.
A wolf doesn't attack another wolf; the imperialists too
don't harm Bashar al-Assad. Rather, they want to protect him
against the Islamists. The sole purpose of the recent
Russian air campaign is to protect this brutal killer -whose
regime is on the edge of collapse. The US-led coalition too
only bombs the Islamists. The criminal records of the
imperialists are not better than al-Assad either. The
imperialists love killing people on an industrial scale; so
they love weapons of mass destruction and take war to the
civilian population. Hence, the USA could drop atom bombs,
the German could deploy gas chambers and the British could
engineer ethnic cleansing in their colonies in America,
Australia and New Zealand. So, military invasion, colonial
occupation, ethnic cleansing, genocidal massacre,
colonialism, putting people on sale as slaves and World Wars
are the parts and parcels of their cultural and political
heritage. Can such perpetrators of crimes condemn Bashar
al-Assad? With such a low moral threshold, how could they
condemn the occupation of Syria by al-Assad like killer?
Rather it is natural that they would take such criminals as
the team members. Due to the same moral disease, General
Abdul Fattah Sisis of Egypt, King Abdullah of Jordan and the
autocratic rulers of the Gulf States are already taken as
the team members. And it is also natural that such moral
ill-heath will make them incompatible with the Islamist.
Hence when the target is Islam, how can the Islamist escape
from being potential target of their bombing campaign? This
is why the USA Air Force easily finds it morally permissible
to flatten the Syrian city of Kobani rather than throwing
even a stone to Bashar al-Assad. As of 4:59 p.m. September
8, 2015, the U.S. and the coalition have conducted a total
of 6,700 airstrikes (4,198 in Iraq and 2,502 in Syria).
(Source: US Department of Defence website).
The coalition in crime
The imperialists of both the East and the West have sharp
differences on many issues. They quarrel on Ukraine's
internal war, Russia's occupation of Crimea, China's
occupation of Tibet and South China Sea islands, and on so
many other issues. But they have no difference of opinion on
war against Islam and occupying the Muslim lands and killing
the Muslims. Hence the imperialists of all colours and all
denominations easily find a common agenda to support the
occupation of Palestine and drive out its original people to
establish illegal state of Israel. They are also united to
support Israel's bombing campaigns at any time on any Muslim
lands; thereby expand its occupation. Because of such an
anti-Muslim agenda, the US lead imperialists could quickly
occupy Afghanistan and Iraq and kill millions of Muslims
there. With the same anti-Islamic objective, President Putin
of Russia could launch a genocidal war in Chechnya and could
flatten the Muslim city of Grozny in year 2000. In the
United Nations in 2003, Grozny was declared the most
devastated city on earth. But Putin received full Western
support for his criminal war against the Chechen Muslims.
Shortly after the massacre in Grozny, both the USA and the
UK warmly welcomed Putin in their capitals. Now the same
Putin join the war against the Islamists side by side with
the US-coalition. He is now carrying out another Grozny-like
destruction in Syria.
The war on Islam
The imperialists have their own inherent incompatibility
with Islam -hence a perfect recipe for a long war. They are
compatible only with the fully de-Islamised ones; so they
hunt for such people as the partners. Due to long colonial
occupation, the Muslim World hasn't any shortage of such
Trojan horses. Hence Egypt's elected Islamist President
Muhammad Morsi -even after her promise that he will not
implement sharia, couldn't fit into their political agenda.
The imperialists' enmity is not against any particular
tribe, language or skin colour -only against the Islamic
element of a Muslim. If Islam is fully discarded from
political belief and shows complete readiness to work
against Islam's revival, only then any Abdullah or any Abdur
Rahman gets readily accepted by the imperialists as their
trusted comrade. This is why the Egyptian General Abdul
Fattah Sisi, the Jordanian King Abdullah, the Saudi King
Salman and the alike in the Muslim World are very close to
them. Hence their war stands perfectly against Islam
-although they tell a lot of lies to hide the real
agenda.
The concept of khelafa, sharia, hudud, shura and jihad are
not acceptable to the imperialist expansionists; though,
these are the most fundamental of Islam and got implemented
by the prophet of Islam and the early Muslims. If it was not
bad or barbaric during the prophet's days, why should it be
a problem today to return back to that? Being a Muslim means
the full adherence to such basics. But, the imperialists
call such Qur'anic prescriptions as the medieval barbarism.
How a believer can be compatible with such corrosive
beliefs? A man or woman can swallow such concept only with
full de-Islamisation of the soul. And those who want to
sustain with the Islamic basics are labelled as the threat
to their own vision of the world. It is the declared policy
of the imperialists that they will not tolerate any such
attempt of the Islamists to implement sharia. Hence,
wherever they discover such effort, they start
indiscriminate bombing. Hence it doesn't need to possess any
weapon of mass destruction or set a state to invite their
multi-national war of the imperialists; the implementation
of sharia or belief in sharia is enough. They even label the
unarmed men, women and children with an Islamic vision as
their arch enemies. They call them extremists,
fundamentalists and Islamic militants. They have already
launched an unending war against them in almost every
corners of the Muslims World. So, what else does it require
to prove that the ongoing war of the imperialists is not
against Islam?
The crime of the state-terrorists
The worst terrorising forces in history have always been the
state-owned armies, the police and the ruling party's
political thugs. Sometimes the war turns very genocidal.
None of the non-state agents or any militant outfit can
match their killing power. The last two World Wars are
indeed the works of these state-owned terrorists. These
killers still run the worst bloodbaths in different corners
of the world. Those who kill people, they can also lie. In
fact, lying has turned a political necessity for them. They
tell a lie with a political purpose: not only to hide their
own crimes and but also to justify their further crimes. War
is a bread and butter issue for the imperialists; like a
wolf they too look for new prey and new hunting ground.
Hence the USA's war didn't end in two World Wars, Korean
War, Vietnam War, and in wars in Panama, Afghanistan and
Iraq. The war continues. But these invaders, occupiers,
killers and warmongers are very vocal to blame others as
killers. If terrorism is defined as the use of violence to
terrorise people for political, economic and imperial cause,
then a war of occupation is the worst form of terrorism. And
the state terrorists are the real threat to the global
peace. Those who are blaming the Islamists as the terrorist,
what is their role to stop these state actors of
terrorism?
Hence the arrival of the USA, the UK, France, Russia and
other imperialist countries in Syrian and Iraq is not going
to deliver any peace or solution; rather they are the part
of the complex problem. They can only promote state
terrorism and sectarian bloodshed. The case of Afghanistan
and Iraq is a good example for that. Most of the deaths and
destruction in Afghanistan and Iraq are caused by these
state-terrorists. The USA used more bombs in Afghanistan
than that are used in Vietnam. They also did everything in
occupied Iraq and Afghanistan to start sectarian feud and
bloodshed there. In Iraq, they armed Shias to kill Sunnis.
And in Afghanistan they gave arms to the non-Pashtun Tajiks
and the Uzbeks of the Northern Alliance to kill the
Pashtuns. They take partners only to kill, not to make any
long term peace. Now they are doing the same crime in Syria.
They are giving heavy arms and training to the Kurds to kill
the Islamists. So, the bombing campaign of the imperialists
in Syria only reveals their ugly motive.
Islamophobia of the Muslims
Enemy's war not only causes physical deaths of people, but
also dismantles people's belief and confidence. Hence brings
moral death; and turn people more fearful and cowardice. The
morally defeated people then grow in number, but not in
faith, power and confidence. Such cowardice was seen in the
Muslim World during the Mongol invasion; and again during
the colonialists' occupation. In those days Muslims didn't
show enough courage to fight the enemy invasion. Rather they
searched satisfaction only in religious rituals, sufism,
mysticism and visiting graveyard. Now, the same mood
prevails; hence the courses on Dajjal, jinn, sufism, sufi
songs, mysticism are getting increasingly popular among the
Muslims. In such milieu of cowardice and dissociation from
Islam's basics, the occupying forces get more collaborators
for their expansionist cause. The Muslims then become the
significant part of the enemy's strength. This is why the
occupying British imperialists could recruit thousands of
foot soldiers from the Muslims to occupy more Muslims lands
and could rule vast land of India for 190 years. When they
occupied Iraq and Palestine in 1917, the majority of the
British Army was not the British, rather the non-British
collaborators. This was only possible due to deep
de-Islamisation of the Muslims, otherwise how can a Muslim
undertake such a haram act? The situation now runs worst.
Due to the presence of large number of collaborators in the
Muslim World's ruling elite, the imperialists can now freely
use the Muslims lands to bomb the Muslims. So, they use Arab
and Turkish soil to drop bombs in Syria. For the same
reason, they could freely use the Pakistani soil to kill the
Muslims in Afghanistan.
With the recent intensity of imperialists' occupation and
bombing campaign in the Muslim lands, cowardice of the
Muslims now gets new heights. As a result, the Muslims now
suffer from more Islamophobia than the non-Muslims. They
know very well that they enemies do not look at their skin
colour or language, but at their faith and political
behaviour. Keeping faith in Islam's basic beliefs like
sharia, hudud, khelafa, shura and jihad make them target for
the enemy bombs, hence turn taboo word in the Muslim World.
So, the Muslims are now distancing from the obligatory
elements of the Islamic faith and making themselves more
compatible to the enemy agenda. Even the leaders of Islamic
organisations, the imams of mosques and the Muslims
intellectuals are reluctant to use such Islamic
vocabularies. They look more fearful of enemies of Islam and
not of Allah. They pay little heed to Allah Sub'hana wa
Ta'la's order: "la takhshao'hum akhshao'ni" meaning "don't
fear them, fear Me".
The overwhelming disgrace
How can a Muslim remain Muslim without the practice of the
Islam's obligatory basics like sharia, hudud, khelafa, shura
and jihad? Is it not sharia obligatory on every Muslim?
Allah Sub'hana wa Ta'la declares, "..and those who do not
run judiciary according to the revealed law (sharia) they
are kafir (denier of Islam), ....they are zaleem (oppressor)
and ....they are fasiq (sinner)" -(Sura Maida, verse 44, 45
and 47). Is it not jihad obligatory on every Muslim too? In
order to give the most comprehensive definition of a
believer (mu'min) Allah Sub'hana wa Ta'la reveals, "The
believers (mu'min) are only those who believe in Allah and
His Apostle and then doubt not and do jihad with their
wealth and their lives in the way of Allah; they are the
truthful ones (in their claim of faith)." -(Sura Hujrat,
verse 15). Hence for becoming a true believer (mu'min),
there exists no option in Islam to stay out of jihad. Those
who stay out of jihad and claim to be Muslim, according to
the Qur'an, are not really truthful in their claim.
Allah Sub'hana wa Ta'la gives a clear command: "Say (O
Muhammad), I advise you only of one thing, that you rise up
for Allah either in pair or alone.." -(Sura Saba, verse 46).
Therefore, can a Muslim sit idle or remain complacent only
with the religious rituals like five times prayers, fasting
and hajj while the Muslim lands stay occupied by the enemies
of Islam and sharia remains unimplemented in the judiciary?
Should he still look for an excuse to justify his inactivity
and silence? Does he think that his tongue, his intellect,
his wealth, his body and other blessing are only for
promoting his personal or party agenda? Every believer is
designated as the khalifa (viceroy) of Allah Sub'hana wa
Ta'la, and whoever discharge his or her duty as His devoted
khalifa (viceroy) will be rewarded with the pleasures of
paradise in the hereafter.
How can one dare expect that Allah Sub'hana wa Ta'la will
fill His paradise with the cowards making coalition with the
kuffars or stay silent in the face of enemy occupation? Did
any companion of the prophet sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam
display such inaction or betrayal against the Qur'anic
dictate? But such betrayal has been the norm of the modern
Muslims! Inaction and distancing from the basic obligations
of Islam don't bring any benefit or honour -neither in this
world nor in the hereafter. This way one can only embrace
the worldly disgrace and the infinite hellfire in the
hereafter. Due to the same reason, the Muslims have already
earned a lot of disgrace in the world. About 1.5 Billion
Muslims have no say or role in the World stage. Most of the
Muslim countries stay occupied by the internal or the
external enemies of Islam. Can they expect a better fate in
the hereafter? 10/11/2015.
