Islamic Terrorist Organisations – Enemy Within
By
Arman Neyazi, New Age Islam
21 August
2021
Islamic
Terrorism Defaced Islam’s Sheen and Attraction in the Society
Main
Points:
1. Vibhishan
helped destroy Lanka for good reasons and here terror organisations are bent on
destroying a religion that advocates all the pluralistic ethea.
2. It is easy
to fight an enemy who is not from among us but it is all the more difficult to
fight an enemy from among us.
3. Wars
involving terrorist organisations are but sectarian supremacist ideological
wars.
4. Why their
ideologues do not understand that Islam does not allow bloodbath in the name of
establishing Islamic ethos and essence in the society.
5. It is
because of Islamic terrorism that Islam is losing its sheen and attraction in
society.
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‘A small
leak sinks a great ship’ is the English translation of a famous Hindi saying ‘Ghar
Ka Bhedi Lanka Dhaye’ (घर का भेदी लंका ढाए।). This proverb is related
to a part of the Ramayana in which Vibhishan, brother of the king of Lanka,
Ravana, parted ways with him and sided with Bhagwan Shri Ram. Vibhishan’s
support for Shri Ram became one of the greatest causes of the destruction of
Lanka and Ravana.
The world
is silently watching the above-mentioned part of mystic history being repeated
in the context of religion of peace, love, compassion and pluralism by the
Islamic terrorist organisations with a change in roles. There Vibhishan helped
destroy Lanka for good reasons and here terror organisations are bent on
destroying a religion that advocates all the pluralistic ethea needed to
establish a cohesive and inclusive society.
It is easy
to fight an enemy who is not from among us but it is all the more difficult to
fight an enemy from among us. The first thing the enemy within does is that he
divides the house into various parts thus making it weak to stand against the
evil, the same is being done by the terror organisations. It is more than two
decades now that the Islamic terrorist organisations are playing Vibhishan, for
all the wrong reasons, and creating a rift among the followers of Allah and His
Apostle. This is providing space to the ones that are engaged in Islam bashing
and Islamophobia.
Al Qaeda, The global terror network
founded by Osama bin Laden has been responsible for thousands of deaths on 9/11
and several other deadly attacks across the globe. (Photo courtesy/History.com)
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Islamic
Terrorism Defaced Islam’s Sheen and Attraction in the Society
The world
is raging in the flames of war everywhere, for one reason or the other. But
except a few of them, behind every clash, there is Islamic sectarianism that is
at the foreplay of tensions between the nations. Islamic sectarianism is in the
background of all the terror acts across the world. Islam bashers call it an
Islamic supremacist attitude. And it is the terrorists who are creating rifts
between Islam and other religions of the world. From Iraq and Kuwait war to war
against terror, which America fought for two decades and lost, to ISIS
brutalities in Syria to persistent war between Shia and Sunni's sects involving
Iraq and Iran, Islam is under the line of attack for one reason or the other.
And all these wars and infighting, except for some exceptions, have Islamic
terrorism in the background and on the front.
Wars
involving terrorist organisations are but sectarian supremacist ideological
wars. Terrorist organisations, ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, TTP and Afghan
Taliban etc. call themselves the true lag-bearers of Islam. Why their
ideologues do not understand that Islam does not allow bloodbath in the name of
establishing Islamic ethos and essence in the society.
These
organisations are living in the era of Jahiliya. They have torn apart the string
of basic tenets of Islam to shreds as the people of the age of Jahiliya used to
do. The age of Jahiliya was the age before the birth of the Holy Prophet (SAW),
now we have the Holy Quran and the Prophetic traditions for our guidance. Even
in the face of opposition with other sects, the bloodbath is not allowed. There
is Misaq-e-Madina for the guidance related to Muslims relationship with
the followers of other religions.
Islamic
terrorism has achieved nothing but unending miseries for the believers. The
world is coming to the rescue of the Muslim refugees with all that it can
provide. World humanitarian forums are trying to console and protect the people
who have faced the tyranny of the worst kind from their brothers in religion.
Islam knows the psychological and physical torture a refugee goes through as
even the Apostle of Allah, Prophet Muhammad Pbuh has been a refugee, having
fled Mecca with his companions and followers and was cared for by his host
communities. Among the Prophets, Prophet
Abraham (AS) and Prophet Musa (AS) have also lived in a refuge where they were
taken care of by their hosts.
Quranic
Verses on Compassion with the Refugees
Indeed, those who have believed and emigrated
and fought with their wealth and lives in the cause of Allah and those who gave
shelter and aided - they are allies of one another. - (Al-'Anfal - 72)
It condemns people whose actions prompt mass
migration and views them as lacking faith in God’s words [2: 84-86]
'In what
circumstances were you?' They replied: 'We were too weak and helpless in the
land.' The angels said: 'Was not the earth of Allah wide enough for you to
emigrate in it?'130 For such men their refuge is Hell - an evil destination
indeed; except the men, women, and children who were indeed too feeble to be
able to seek the means of escape and did not know where to go.
- (An-Nisa: 97- 98)
Then We delivered him, along with Lot, to the
land We had showered with blessings for all people. - (Al-Anbiya - 71)
Some
Rights In Islam of Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Especially Women and Children
1. All people
fleeing persecution are entitled to asylum and the rights associated with that
status.
2. Measures to
meet the needs of these individuals are a public duty.
3. Refugees should
not be left vulnerable to persecution and injustice.
4. The rights of
the women and children of the host country are the same as the rights of women
and children who are taking refuge there [8: 75]. That was why the Prophet
declared brotherhood among the Muhajiroun and Ansar and stated that “The rights
of migrants are the same as those of their hosts.” In other words, such women
and children, whether accompanied by their families or not, should be offered
the same protection as women and children of the host country, in keeping with
local or international law.
5. Any decision
concerning refugee children should take account of their basic interests [2:
220]. They are entitled to a healthy upbringing and education. From an Islamic
perspective, children are innocent, their talents should be fostered [4: 2-4]
and they should not be discriminated against.
6. Children and
women, according to some interpretations of Sharia, being more vulnerable,
should be treated with affirmative action (positive discrimination). The Muslim
prophet reiterated the rights of women and children more than any other group.
Refugee children and women are among the most deprived people in the world and
Muslims should allocate part of their charitable efforts to their support. From
a religious perspective, what is offered to these individuals is theirs by
right [70: 24, 25].
7. If the guardian
of a child is granted asylum, the child has to be offered the same status thus
preserving the right of children to remain with their families.
8. The right of
these individuals to be reunited with their families should be respected. If
parents of these children are not found, the children’s relatives should
provide protection.
9. The stage
should be set for these refugees to return to their place of origin when such
movement is deemed safe [9: 6].
10. They should be
treated well at all times.
(https://www.unhcr.org/50ab90399.pdf)
The
Afghanistan crisis at hand has created a problem of migration. Afghan men,
women and children are migrating in large numbers. Many of them have even lost
their lives in the process. The lives of the migrants must be the priority of
all the Islamic nations along with the nations that are taking care of the
asylum seekers. As per the reports, almost all the Afghan refugees are getting
refuge in the western countries, except a few who have fled to neighbouring
Pakistan and Iran. Islamic countries too should come forward and arrange all
that is necessary for a decent life of the men, women and especially the old
and the children.
“The rights of migrants are the same as those
of their hosts.” - Prophet Muhammad Pbuh
And
Allah Knows the Best.
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Arman
Neyazi is a columnist with NewAgeIslam.com.
URL: https://www.newageislam.com/radical-islamism-jihad/islamic-terrorist-organisations/d/125254
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