jagalman
22-09-2007, 10:59 PM
Islam has nothing to do with terrorism period!
By Abdullah Celt Islam
Whosoever kills an innocent human being, it shall be as if he has killed all mankind, and whosoever saves the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind. ( Al Quraan - 5:32)
Asalaamualaykum [peace be upon to you ]
Most Muslims stand against terroism and are very out spoken about it , but what you can see is that the media tends to brush them aside in order to justify the war on a so called noun {terrorism }.
I have no doubt in my mind that terrorism is used by people for political gains as in the case of USA UK and Iraqi insurgents , but when you hear nothing but words like Islamist ,Islamism, Islamic fundamentalist, Islamic terrorism,or Islamic radical it does beg one to think what is the real message here.
So as far as I am concerned, "radical Islam" or " Islamic terrorist" is a contradiction in terms.
It is not possible to be a true Muslim and simultaneously a violent terrorist. The Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said that a Muslim is the one from whose tongue and whose hand you are safe.
It is absolutely necessary to scrutinise the terminology and words we use: As you must be well aware of a certain fact , "spectrum of radicalization" is not an Islamic concept. It is a concept which is alien to Islam and the existence view of Muslims.
The Qur'an does not talk of "moderates" and "radicals", but of "muminun" { belivers } and "kafirun" { disbelivers } – of those who accept and those who reject divine guidance.
The Qur'an identifies the kafirun { disbelivers } as "the people of the left" and the muminun { belivers } as "the people of the right".
The term "radicalization" derives from the word "radical" which used to refer to the root or source of a matter, but which is now usually used to identify some form or other of extremism. It is usually the concept or label used by those who wish to target or isolate specific groups, whether Muslims or non-Muslims, who are perceived as imagined or potential threats to the currently dominant status quo which endorses and supports the disguised, unelected and therefore undeniably undemocratic, ruling banking elite, the 200 or 300 or so families who control 90% of the world's wealth.
Since the original revelations of Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, may Allah bless them and grant them peace, all categorically forbid the practice of usury and interest based economy, anyone who wishes to abide by this divine prohibition is automatically labelled as "radical" both by the bankers and by the politicians and organisations who support them.
Ask yourself this? what kind of person spends his or her life trying to come up with the most efficient technological means of exterminating large numbers of people as swiftly as possible? What kind of person makes their living not only by producing these weapons but also by selling them to both sides of any conflict?
What kind of person is prepared not only to buy these weapons but also to use them? What kind of person does not care who they kill or how they kill or why they kill? Can they be described as real human beings? I think not.
It has long been apparent, however, at least to those who are not taken in by the politicians' predictably scripted misleading rhetoric, that the current offensive in the Middle East is not simply concerned with securing control of oil reserves in the region.
The invasions, occupations and annihilation of local populations only fully make sense in the context of what practical measures have to be taken in order to fulfil the Zionist dream of a Greater Eretz that stretches from the Nile to the Euphrates, since if this dream is to be realised then it follows that all those opposed to it or who might be opposed to it have to be neutralised.
Lets look at the current radical and terrifying so called "war on terror" is that if there is a radical response to this offensive, whether in the region itself or further afield, then this is the direct result of the current implementation of American Zionist foreign policy in the Middle East .
When a people come under attack, fighting back in self-defence is a natural response. Every legal system recognises this. Those who identify with the attackers assist the attackers. Those who identify with the attacked assist the attacked. That's life. How people actually behave, how they act and react in this chain reaction is another matter.
What we can see now is that in the course of this so-called "war on terror" countless innocent non-combatant civilians have been caught up in the conflict and have suffered as a result, losing their liberty, their property, their well being and almost as often as not their lives, to such an extent that the repercussions have been felt far beyond the theatre of war.
Look, for example, at what has happened in the United States since the twin towers attack in 2001, at how many innocent Arabs and Muslims and even people who look like Arabs or Muslims have had their basic human rights violated simply on the basis of "suspicion" which under current legislation does not even have to be reasonable. Of course when the authorities are criticised for these injustices, the blame is laid at the feet of "the radicals", but for whom it is alleged, these draconian measures would not have been necessary.
The Sufi's say , "If you persist in anything, you will arrive at the truth of the matter." – May you persist in your research until you do, remembering always that the ocean of existence is a mirror in which you see your self – and that whoever knows their self, knows their Lord. Peace
Ma salaam, Abdullah Celt Islam.
www.myspace.com/celtislamsoundsystem
By Abdullah Celt Islam
Whosoever kills an innocent human being, it shall be as if he has killed all mankind, and whosoever saves the life of one, it shall be as if he had saved the life of all mankind. ( Al Quraan - 5:32)
Asalaamualaykum [peace be upon to you ]
Most Muslims stand against terroism and are very out spoken about it , but what you can see is that the media tends to brush them aside in order to justify the war on a so called noun {terrorism }.
I have no doubt in my mind that terrorism is used by people for political gains as in the case of USA UK and Iraqi insurgents , but when you hear nothing but words like Islamist ,Islamism, Islamic fundamentalist, Islamic terrorism,or Islamic radical it does beg one to think what is the real message here.
So as far as I am concerned, "radical Islam" or " Islamic terrorist" is a contradiction in terms.
It is not possible to be a true Muslim and simultaneously a violent terrorist. The Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said that a Muslim is the one from whose tongue and whose hand you are safe.
It is absolutely necessary to scrutinise the terminology and words we use: As you must be well aware of a certain fact , "spectrum of radicalization" is not an Islamic concept. It is a concept which is alien to Islam and the existence view of Muslims.
The Qur'an does not talk of "moderates" and "radicals", but of "muminun" { belivers } and "kafirun" { disbelivers } – of those who accept and those who reject divine guidance.
The Qur'an identifies the kafirun { disbelivers } as "the people of the left" and the muminun { belivers } as "the people of the right".
The term "radicalization" derives from the word "radical" which used to refer to the root or source of a matter, but which is now usually used to identify some form or other of extremism. It is usually the concept or label used by those who wish to target or isolate specific groups, whether Muslims or non-Muslims, who are perceived as imagined or potential threats to the currently dominant status quo which endorses and supports the disguised, unelected and therefore undeniably undemocratic, ruling banking elite, the 200 or 300 or so families who control 90% of the world's wealth.
Since the original revelations of Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, may Allah bless them and grant them peace, all categorically forbid the practice of usury and interest based economy, anyone who wishes to abide by this divine prohibition is automatically labelled as "radical" both by the bankers and by the politicians and organisations who support them.
Ask yourself this? what kind of person spends his or her life trying to come up with the most efficient technological means of exterminating large numbers of people as swiftly as possible? What kind of person makes their living not only by producing these weapons but also by selling them to both sides of any conflict?
What kind of person is prepared not only to buy these weapons but also to use them? What kind of person does not care who they kill or how they kill or why they kill? Can they be described as real human beings? I think not.
It has long been apparent, however, at least to those who are not taken in by the politicians' predictably scripted misleading rhetoric, that the current offensive in the Middle East is not simply concerned with securing control of oil reserves in the region.
The invasions, occupations and annihilation of local populations only fully make sense in the context of what practical measures have to be taken in order to fulfil the Zionist dream of a Greater Eretz that stretches from the Nile to the Euphrates, since if this dream is to be realised then it follows that all those opposed to it or who might be opposed to it have to be neutralised.
Lets look at the current radical and terrifying so called "war on terror" is that if there is a radical response to this offensive, whether in the region itself or further afield, then this is the direct result of the current implementation of American Zionist foreign policy in the Middle East .
When a people come under attack, fighting back in self-defence is a natural response. Every legal system recognises this. Those who identify with the attackers assist the attackers. Those who identify with the attacked assist the attacked. That's life. How people actually behave, how they act and react in this chain reaction is another matter.
What we can see now is that in the course of this so-called "war on terror" countless innocent non-combatant civilians have been caught up in the conflict and have suffered as a result, losing their liberty, their property, their well being and almost as often as not their lives, to such an extent that the repercussions have been felt far beyond the theatre of war.
Look, for example, at what has happened in the United States since the twin towers attack in 2001, at how many innocent Arabs and Muslims and even people who look like Arabs or Muslims have had their basic human rights violated simply on the basis of "suspicion" which under current legislation does not even have to be reasonable. Of course when the authorities are criticised for these injustices, the blame is laid at the feet of "the radicals", but for whom it is alleged, these draconian measures would not have been necessary.
The Sufi's say , "If you persist in anything, you will arrive at the truth of the matter." – May you persist in your research until you do, remembering always that the ocean of existence is a mirror in which you see your self – and that whoever knows their self, knows their Lord. Peace
Ma salaam, Abdullah Celt Islam.
www.myspace.com/celtislamsoundsystem