Pahalgam Terror Attack
By Muhammad Yunus, New Age Islam
(Co-author (Jointly with Ashfaque Ullah Syed), Essential Message of Islam, Amana Publications, USA, 2009)
25 April 2025
Having written extensively against terrorism falsely claimed in Islam’s name, I feel both deeply saddened and enraged to respond yet again to a heinous attack—this time in Pahalgam, targeting innocent tourists.
My sadness springs from a number of factors that render this massacre most horrible, most loathsome, most inhuman, and most communally and politically motivated. Without adding any pejorative adjective to this deeply alarming show-casing of this terror attack, let me come straight to the calculated move of conspiracy, hypocrisy, brutality and terror – not merely to condemn the terrorists but to question the religious right of its perpetrators to claim allegiance to the faith of Islam.
The terrorists who kill innocent people of any faith in the name of Islam are indeed intense in kufr (oppression or denial of justice) and hypocrisy. The following verses from the Qur’an expose the moral bankruptcy of those who falsely claim to act in the name of Islam while violating its core principles.”
“The hypocrite men and women are of the same kind. They enjoin the evil, and forbid the good, and hold back their hands (from giving to the needy). They are oblivious of God and God is oblivious of them, and without doubt, they are the deviants (Fasiqun) (9:67). God has promised for them as well as the inveterate deniers of justice (Kuffar), the fire of hell and that is enough for them; for them is the curse of God and an enduring punishment” (9:68).
“Whether you (O Muhammad) seek forgiveness for them (hypocrites) or you do not seek forgiveness for them (it makes no difference.) Even if you ask seventy times for their forgiveness, God will not forgive them, because they have rejected God and His Messenger, and God does not guide the deviants (Fasiqun)” (9:80).
And never (O Muhammad) pray for any of them (hypocrites) who dies, nor stand at his grave, for they were unfaithful to God and His Messenger, and died as deviants (Fasiqun)” (9:84).
“The nomadic Arabs are the most inveterate violators of truth and justice (kufr) and hypocrisy (Nifaq), and more likely to be ignorant of the limits of what God has revealed to His Messenger, for God is All-Knowing, the Wise” (9:97).
These verses and others bearing similar warnings disavow the rights of the attackers (who were obviously Muslims) to claim allegiance to the religion of Islam. The revelation had asked the Prophet not to pray for their forgiveness nor attend their funeral. But this warning – which I have quoted in a number of my previous articles condemning terrorism in the name of Islam are certainly known to them but in their blatant hypocrisy, they shamelessly act as the archetypes of kufr and hypocrisy. So we must take a purely secular view of the matter.
It was a dangerously deep rooted conspiracy
The terror attack was possibly conspiratorial rather than vindictive.
Targeting of only Hindu men – all tourist was to stoke communal hatred in India, cripple the economy of Kashmir, upset the peaceful and harmonious relation between the two mainstream communities of India – not only in Kashmir but in the whole of India if not the subcontinent.
There could be far more heinous motive behind the attacks that merely spreading terror and mistrust and breaking the unity of India.
Acting Like A Devil’s Advocate:
In a world where military power dictates a nations’ status and standing – let alone survival in the international arena, military hardware are the most sought after assets of a nation. The producers of these assets are the Military Industrial Complexes – owned mostly by
the rich corporate world and bought and consumed by the poor third world countries. Even a primary school student can grasp how wars—though fought by poorer nations—enrich the manufacturers of weapons, mostly based in wealthier states.
Overriding Need For Unity As Hatred And Division Will Inevitably Herald Doom
As all major wars in the world have been triggered and sustained by hatred – the riches fuel for violence – let the victimize mainstream society in India make an impassionate and calculated assessment of this gory terror attack – which beyond an iota of doubt is the brainchild of a demonic mind that may be conspiring to trigger the onset of hell by deployment of most sophisticated and most expensive arsenals in modern wars. Shouldn’t this compel us, as a nation, to unite not in hatred, but in moral vigilance—against those who profit from division and despair?
My previous articles on the subject that may not be listed to avoid bulk/publicity:
2. Declare The ISIS As The Kharijites (Those Who Seceded From Islam) As This Article Demonstrates And Declares: Global SOS To The Ulama, Muftis, Intellectuals And Scholars Of Islam
3. Historical Significance of President Barrack Obama’s Declarations at the recent Summit to combat Violent Extremism
4. What ISIS Really Wants– Point by Point Refutation of Most of the Key Assumptions, Statements, Quotations and Charges Made in Graeme Wood’s Essay
5. The ISIS And Its Likes – The Muslim Violent Extremists Of This Era Must Be Outlawed On Historical Precedent To Save The Middle East From A Tsunami Of Bloodshed And The World From A Clash Of Civilizations
6. Countering Violent Terrorism – Muslim Community Leaders Must Warn Youngsters against the Dangers of Radicalization
7. Countering Violent Extremism – Muslim Ulama And Custodians Of Faith Must Avert A Potential Holocaust
8. The Heinous Crimes That ISIS Is Perpetrating Totally Opposed To Islam And Those Killed Fighting For ISIS May Earn Divine Wrath Instead Of Paradise And ‘Hurs’ – An SOS To All Mosque Imams
9. Europe’s About Turn in Its Stance of the Muslims from Hatred and Exclusion to Mercy, Compassion and Inclusion– an SOS to the Custodians of the Sacred Mosques
10.Radicalism under the banner of Islam is mutation of Islam into a Cult of Satan – so Muslims must create an anti-Radicalization narrative to defeat and disown it. Part-10
11.Religious authorities of Islam must delimitate peaceful Islam from terrorism committed in the name of Islam – German Chancellor, Angela Merkel
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Muhammad Yuns, a Chemical Engineering graduate from Indian Institute of Technology, and a retired corporate executive has been engaged in an in-depth study of the Qur’an since early 90’s, focusing on its core message. He has co-authored the referred exegetic work, which received the approval of al-Aznar al-Sharif, Cairo in 2002, and following restructuring and refinement was endorsed and authenticated by Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl of UCLA, and published by Amana Publications, Maryland, USA, 2009
URl: https://www.newageislam.com/radical-islamism-jihad/pahalgam-terror-attack/d/135297
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