A War Within Islam
"And there shall be no blame for those who take revenge after they
have suffered injustice. The way (of blame) is only for those
rebellious ones who oppress others and who insolently walk on the
earth: for these there will be a painful torment indeed." (42: 41-42
Interpretation of Meaning).
It is fairly obvious to many Muslims that there is and has been a
deliberate policy by the government of Amerika to divide Islam, and
especially to promote what is sometimes called a "moderate Islam" - that
is, those Muslims who do not see Amerika as an enemy; who do not
consider Jihad a binding obligation; and who support actively or
passively all the rhetoric of the kuffar about "terrorism" and "peace".
This policy of the kuffar helping to promote "moderate Muslims" was in
part funded, planned, directed and put into practice by the CIA, who said:
"We are taking over radio stations and supporting clerics... We are
creating moderate Muslims."
They have also admitted to using "black propaganda" - disinformation -
about Muslims who are opposed to Amerika and/or who support the
Mujahideen and especially Sheikh Usama Bin Muhammad Bin Ladin
(hafidhahullah) with the aim of both discrediting those Muslims, and
creating discord among Muslims. This particular tactic was acknowledged
several ago by a prominent supporter of the Bush administration:
"We want a war within Islam." Thomas Friedman, New York Times (December
12, 2001)
In addition, some Muslims seem to be so taken by the way of the kuffar
that they can condone and co-operate with the kuffar who have invaded
their own Muslim land, and who are so swayed by the propaganda and the
distortions of the kuffar about Islam that they can call the Mujahideen,
who are resisting the new imperialism of the kuffar, "thugs and
criminals" (statement by Mudhar Shawkat, on 25 Rajab 1424. This
"moderate Muslim" is a member of the new puppet Iraqi National Congress).
Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says:
"Those who disbelieve spend what We have given them to hinder others
from the Path of Allah, and they will continue to expend themselves
in this way even though in the end it will become a torment for them
because they will be overcome, and, being disbelievers, will be
herded into Hell. (8:36 Interpretation of Meaning)
"You will not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day
making friendship with and loving those who oppose Allah and His
Messenger (salla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam), even if they are their
fathers or their sons or their kindred..." (58:22 Interpretation of
the meaning)
"Fight against them so that Allah will punish them by your hands and
disgrace them and give you victory over them and heal the hearts of
a believing people." (9:14 interpretation of Meaning)
"In exchange for their lives and their goods, Allah has given those
who believe Paradise. Thus will they fight in Allah's cause, and
thus will they kill, and be killed." (9: 111 Interpretation of Meaning)
Amerika - already arrogant when it invaded Afghanistan, a Muslim land,
and who used force to destroy the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan -
became even more arrogant, even more insolent, when, it seemed, the
majority Muslims, world-wide, did little or nothing in response to their
killing, their invasion, their installation of a puppet government. The
arrogant, insolent Amerikans, the kuffar, took many Mujahideen prisoners
- or were given them by traitorous Muslims such as Musharaff - among
whom were actual descendants of the Prophet Muhammad (salla Allahu
'alayhi wa sallam). These Mujahideen were dishonoured, tortured,
humiliated, and taken away to be caged by the kuffar, and still the
majority of Muslims, world-wide, did little or nothing.
Thus did the kuffar go ahead with their planned invasion of Iraq -
another Muslim land - and thus, again, the majority of Muslims
world-wide did little or nothing.
True, there was anger, in many Muslim countries. But it was contained by
the apostate rulers in those lands on behalf of their Amerikan
paymasters. Did the Muslims rise up against these apostate rulers? No.
Did hundreds of thousands of young Muslim men march to Jihad to fight
the kuffar? No. Did the wives, the sisters, the mothers of young Muslim
men urge them to undertake Jihad? No. Out of millions, perhaps at most a
few thousand acted. Did Muslims - especially in the West - rise up to
support, in public, the Mujahideen and honourable, noble Muslims such as
Sheikh Usama Bin Muhammad Bin Ladin (hafidhahullah) - the conscience of
the Muslims - who was striving to do his Islamic duty? No.
I was, and I am, quite astonished. As I wrote several years ago - what
is wrong with the Ummah?
Tawban (may Allah be pleased with him), one of the servants of the
Prophet (salla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam) mentioned that the Prophet
(salla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam) said: "There will be a time when
the nations will call upon one another to act against us, just like
people call one another to partake of a dish with food". Someone
else asked him: "Will it happen because we will be small in number,
O Messenger of Allah?"
He replied: "No, you will be numerous, but you will be gusa'a [that
is, like froth on the water's surface], and Allah will remove fear
of you from the hearts of your enemies, just as He will place wahn
into your hearts". Those who were present asked him: "What is wahn,
O Messenger of Allah?" He replied: "Love of this life and fear of
death". (Sahih Hadith Sunan of Abu Dawud, 4297)
Anas b. Malik reported (that the Prophet (salla Allahu 'alayhi wa
sallam) said: "Paradise is surrounded by hardships and the Hell-Fire
is surrounded by temptations." Muslim Book 40, Number 6778
"It has been made clear that if the Kuffar infringe upon a hand's
span of Muslim land, Jihad becomes Fard Ayn for its people and for
those near by. If they fail to repel the Kuffar due to lack of
resources or due to indolence, then the Fara'id of Jihad spreads to
those behind, and carries on spreading in this process, until the
Jihad is Fard Ayn upon the whole earth from the East to the West."
Sheikh Abdullah Azzam (Shaheed): In Defense of Muslim Lands
"We do not fear prison, or execution, and nor are we frightened by
torture or injury; rather, we say what the magicians said to
Fir'awn: 'We will never choose you above the clear proofs that have
come unto us, and above Him Who created us. So decree what you will
decree, for you can only decree what touches the life of this
world.' " (Sheikh Omar Abdur-Rahman's speech "Confronting the
Apostate Ruler." The ayah is 20:72
"Fighting is prescribed for you, even though you may dislike it. But
it is possible that you dislike that which is good for you, and that
you love that which is bad for you. Yet although you may not know,
Allah knows." (2:216 Interpretation of Meaning)
"Fight against those who do not believe in Allah, or in The Last
Day, and who do not forbid that which has been forbidden by Allah
and His Messenger, as well as those among the people of the book who
do not acknowledge the Deen of Truth, and fight them until they pay
the Jizya with willing submission." (9:29 interpretation of Meaning)
Surely our path is clear. Surely, as Muslims, our obligations are known.
We have a simple choice: surrender to the kuffar, in thought, words and
deeds; or fight the kuffar who have invaded our lands; we have taken
Mujahideen as prisoners; who have humiliated our brothers and sisters;
who support the apostate rulers who are intent on ruling according to
the corrupt ways of the kuffar and who are intent on bringing the
profanity, the dishonour, of the kaffir way of life to Muslims.
A few days ago there was a stark reminder of what happens when the
kuffar invade a Muslim land or corrupt a Muslim land with the help of
apostate rulers. A cinema in occupied Iraq was showing pornographic
films - one of the many "benefits" that the kuffar intend to bring to
our brothers and sisters. There was also a stark reminder to the kuffar
in what happened to that cinema, Alhamdulillah. Are we to meekly submit
to the way of life of the kuffar - or are we to proudly, even defiantly,
stand up for, and fight for, the perfect, the superior, Way of Life
which is Al-Islam? Do we meekly allow the kuffar to do what they are
doing in places such as Iraq - do we allow them to brings us the
"benefits" of their so-called "culture"? Or are we going to show the
kuffar by our words and deeds that we will submit only to Allah
Subhanahu wa Ta'ala and only allow what Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala has
said should be allowed?
As Sheikh Usama Bin Muhammad Bin Ladin (hafidhahullah) has said:
Your wish for the Crusaders should be the same as in this verse of
poetry: "The only language between you and us is the sword that will
strike your necks."
Submission to the way of the kuffar begins with imitating them and their
dishonourable, profane, ways and submitting to their way of thinking,
and part of this submission is a denial of our fundamental duty of
Jihad: something which the kuffar have been trying to get us to do for
years, with the help of their "moderate Muslims".
"Whoever imitates a group, then he belongs to them." Abu Dawood,
narrated by Hadhrat Ibn Umar (R.A).
"Those who believe in Allah and the Last Day would not ask for
permission to be exempted from fighting with their wealth and their
lives, since they know that Allah knows all who are Al-Muttaqun. It
is only those who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day, and in
whose hearts is doubt, that would ask for such an exemption. For
they in their doubt waver." [9: 44-45 Interpretation of Meaning.]
"Aiding the Non-Muslims over Muslims - no matter which form of aid
or co-operation it be, even if it is merely in speech - this is
clear Kufr and sheer hypocrisy. The one who does this has
perpetrated one of the actions which negates Islam, as has been
specifically stated by the Imams of the Dawah and others, and such a
person is not a believer in the aqeeda of al-Wala and al-Bara (being
a patron of someone or disassociating solely for Allah)." Sheikh
Safar bin 'Abdir-Rahmaan al-Hawaali
It has been narrated by 'Umar b. al-Khattib that he heard the
Messenger of Allah (salla Allahu 'alayhi wa sallam ) say: "I will
expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula and will
leave only Muslims there". Muslim: Book 19, Number 4366
May Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) protect us from all forms of
Al-asabiyyah Al-Jahiliyyah, forgive us for our mistakes, and guide us to
and keep us on the Right Path.
Allah (Subhanahu wa Ta'ala) knows best.
Abdul Aziz
27 Rajab 1424
