Response to An Intellectual Friend
The Need and Objective of Jihad
It is altogether an issue to have a short write-up on what Islam envisages as a social order. It will be described on some other occasion. Confining to Jihad only, I should say Islam is not merely a creed that has worship system and want to annihilate evil and tyranny. It encompasses to the entire humanity in bringing a justice civil society. It calls upon all the classes and kings and nobles to espouse the spirit of Islam that is based on justice and shun hypocrisy and tyranny. It does not harbor any animosity against any class as it is clear from the life of the holy Prophet who did not kill even a single animal throughout his life [Steven has no reference that Muhammad [PBUH] killed 600 people. This is libelous and slander]. The enmity in Islam is only directed to tyranny, strife and immorality and that is too to be stopped by peaceful means through the rule of law. Hence, the people who acts upon the fiats of God and work to stop oppression and tyranny and abide the laws as propounded by God in the holy Koran are called the party of God or Islamic fraternity. As soon as this party comes into being, it becomes its religious obligation to stop all this and this tis the very rationale of its formation. The holy Koran has said about such people and party, “You are the best people, raised for mankind, exhorting good and warding off evil and believing in Allah.” [3: 110].
Again, the clerics that the West call are not preachers or missionaries in Islam. It is their duty to wipe out oppression, strife and torture through force or through peaceful means. It is also their duty to end the myth of demi-gods and false deities that is a cause of strife on this earth. That is why the holy Koran says, “And fight them until there is no persecution and religion is professed for Allah.” [2: 193. Again it says at another place, "If you do not do [that you are enjoined] there will be mischief on the earth tremendous disorder”[ 8: 73] and at another place, ”He is Who sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth, he may make it dominant over all religions, even if the polytheists resent it”[ 9: 33].
This is the point where this party of Islam has no choice but to capture the state authority if it has one and enforce this system to root out evil [if these fellows understand what is evil]. The reason for this state authority is quite obvious and they [atheists and agnostics] are enjoying the freedom of expression because they are in the United States having full state authority to legislate and enforce the laws. What they are trying to stop with secular or manmade laws have been given in the holy Koran revealed around 1400 years earlier. Just see what the Koran says in this connection.
”May Allah forgive you [O Muhammad] Why didst you permitted them [to remain behind] till had become manifest to you those who were truthful and who were liars. Those who believe in Allah and the Last Day, will not seek permission [for exemption] from striving with their riches and their lives. And Allah knows the righteous Only those will seek permission from you [to be exempted] who do not believe in Allah and the Last Day and whose hearts are full of doubts and in their doubts they waver.” [9: 43-45]
What I would suggest the persons having wrong notions about Jihad and Islamic concept about it should read first three articles and wait for the fourth one that is going to be published here shortly.
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