Everyday we hear of attacks or people being incarcerated for plotting attacks on US soil. Most those attacks are weapon related. Only a few are linked to Islamic wrong ideology, brain wash and manipulation under the name of Islamic Jehad.
Lets put this straight for everyone to know, a Jehad is not war, not suicidal actions, not an offense. It is a struggle, be it for self righteousness, be it for others wellbeing, or for the general good of all people. It is a struggle that can take different forms, like Jehad for the rights of women to vote, Jehad for the peace process of the world, Jehad for the security of Homeland.
So Jehad is not necessary war though it make take this form when you defend yourself or defend other to practice their religion. Islam use to encompass christianity and Judaism while at large, Jehad did not mean aboloishing other religions, its only a struggle for all to practice with peace and security. Equal rights of worship in today's terms.
For a Jehad to take the form of war there has to be three principles to be fulfilled and acted upon. First, there has to be Moral, Islamic, Ethical and humanitarian need for such a war to take place and thus the people will join this action because of its severity. Think of it like a resolution by the Security General Council of the United Nations. Second, there has to be a representation of those in that army, it can take a form of country, a group or the Muslims at a whole, though Jews and Christians were part of the Army that use to fight back in the old Islamic days. Third, the ground rules of Jehad has to always be abide with, those are as follow:
- Do not harm an elderly;
- Do not harm a woman;
- Do not harm a child;
- Do not harm a building; and
- Do not cut a tree.
None of the terrorist attacks anywhere in the world did abide by these principles, thus none of these attacks are in any way connect to Jehad or any Islamic teachings. The problem though is the lack of knowledge of these in both the Media that reports on these and also the perpetrators of those heinous acts.
It is there can easily be cured, not by restricting people from seeking and diving further into the teachings of Islam but by encouraging it. If those perpetrators know of the teachings of Islam and that harming civilians goes against Islam they would have known that they have been misled, they would have known that this is not the teaching of the faith they follow. This would have alerted them to those who seek to misguide them and use them as puppets for their coward goals.
Islam condemn suicide and foretell its punishment for those who commit it, its eternal damnation. Suicide bombing is no different fate for the perpetrator than suicide alone, in fact it is even worse since so many innocent lives were shed in the process and thus the fate will be worse. But if those perpetrators were educated in the teaching of Islam and have realized what their actions would lead them to, they would have deterred from those actions and would have learned that Islam teachings are completely different than what his masters are conveying to him.
I urge that the Muslim community in the USA to form an emergency council and a hotline for those lost muslims, a line that may help them uncover the truth, a line that may save thousand of lives. Muslim scholars should be available to contacted through those lines to help young and new muslims to learn the true teaching of Islam, and to shed light on the practices that should be followed. This would help educate and alert those new muslims about the dangers of listening to those who want only to enact their coward agenda through the use of new muslims minds.
This responsibility will fall only on muslims, muslims need to act, muslims need to take actions, muslims need to educate and muslims need to protect other muslims and those living with muslims. We have to do something, we have to stand up, we have to speak up, to tell the truth, to enlighten those misguided, to bring up a more educated, enlightened and true muslims in the society. Those who know the teaching of respecting your neighbor, teachings of always committing to speak the truth, teaching of struggling for the good of humanity and a Jehad (struggle) for the peace on earth for everyone, everywhere.
Lets put this straight for everyone to know, a Jehad is not war, not suicidal actions, not an offense. It is a struggle, be it for self righteousness, be it for others wellbeing, or for the general good of all people. It is a struggle that can take different forms, like Jehad for the rights of women to vote, Jehad for the peace process of the world, Jehad for the security of Homeland.
So Jehad is not necessary war though it make take this form when you defend yourself or defend other to practice their religion. Islam use to encompass christianity and Judaism while at large, Jehad did not mean aboloishing other religions, its only a struggle for all to practice with peace and security. Equal rights of worship in today's terms.
For a Jehad to take the form of war there has to be three principles to be fulfilled and acted upon. First, there has to be Moral, Islamic, Ethical and humanitarian need for such a war to take place and thus the people will join this action because of its severity. Think of it like a resolution by the Security General Council of the United Nations. Second, there has to be a representation of those in that army, it can take a form of country, a group or the Muslims at a whole, though Jews and Christians were part of the Army that use to fight back in the old Islamic days. Third, the ground rules of Jehad has to always be abide with, those are as follow:
- Do not harm an elderly;
- Do not harm a woman;
- Do not harm a child;
- Do not harm a building; and
- Do not cut a tree.
None of the terrorist attacks anywhere in the world did abide by these principles, thus none of these attacks are in any way connect to Jehad or any Islamic teachings. The problem though is the lack of knowledge of these in both the Media that reports on these and also the perpetrators of those heinous acts.
It is there can easily be cured, not by restricting people from seeking and diving further into the teachings of Islam but by encouraging it. If those perpetrators know of the teachings of Islam and that harming civilians goes against Islam they would have known that they have been misled, they would have known that this is not the teaching of the faith they follow. This would have alerted them to those who seek to misguide them and use them as puppets for their coward goals.
Islam condemn suicide and foretell its punishment for those who commit it, its eternal damnation. Suicide bombing is no different fate for the perpetrator than suicide alone, in fact it is even worse since so many innocent lives were shed in the process and thus the fate will be worse. But if those perpetrators were educated in the teaching of Islam and have realized what their actions would lead them to, they would have deterred from those actions and would have learned that Islam teachings are completely different than what his masters are conveying to him.
I urge that the Muslim community in the USA to form an emergency council and a hotline for those lost muslims, a line that may help them uncover the truth, a line that may save thousand of lives. Muslim scholars should be available to contacted through those lines to help young and new muslims to learn the true teaching of Islam, and to shed light on the practices that should be followed. This would help educate and alert those new muslims about the dangers of listening to those who want only to enact their coward agenda through the use of new muslims minds.
This responsibility will fall only on muslims, muslims need to act, muslims need to take actions, muslims need to educate and muslims need to protect other muslims and those living with muslims. We have to do something, we have to stand up, we have to speak up, to tell the truth, to enlighten those misguided, to bring up a more educated, enlightened and true muslims in the society. Those who know the teaching of respecting your neighbor, teachings of always committing to speak the truth, teaching of struggling for the good of humanity and a Jehad (struggle) for the peace on earth for everyone, everywhere.
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