I want to thank The Times of India for carrying a detailed interview with All India Muslim Personal Law Board President Qazi Mujahidul Islam who presented Islam in its true meaning and motto and rightly distanced it from the terrorist attacks of 11th September and from those responsible. Whether this kind of acts in the name of Islam serves any purpose or not, it surely does great harm to Islam itself.
Notwithstanding the anger of the muslims over America's role in West Asian wars and territorial conflicts, Islam would never approve of attacking from behind and killing unarmed civilians. Islamic history is the witness of this fact. Right from the Prophet and his Caliphs in the early days of Islam in Arab to Salahuddin Ayyubi in 11th century Jerusalem and Shah Waliyullah, Ahmed Shaheed Barelvi, Qasim Nanautwi and Rasheed Ahmed Gangohi in pre-1857 India, they always first united the muslims, prepared the military forces and then fought a declared war. Suicide squad has never been a part of Islamic holy war. In fact, in the 12th century when this mode of attack was started by Hassan Al Sabah - an ismaili shia'ite, Imam Ghazaali, one of the great theologians, had warned the
muslims of this menace.
But what is the root cause of terrorism in the first place? The Qazi himself hinted the answer only next day of the attacks when he reacted by saying: "yeh to uuper ka zakhm hai, kharabi to khoon main hai." It's time that US looks into its foreign policies and behaves impartially while playing big brother in settling the international disputes.
Notwithstanding the anger of the muslims over America's role in West Asian wars and territorial conflicts, Islam would never approve of attacking from behind and killing unarmed civilians. Islamic history is the witness of this fact. Right from the Prophet and his Caliphs in the early days of Islam in Arab to Salahuddin Ayyubi in 11th century Jerusalem and Shah Waliyullah, Ahmed Shaheed Barelvi, Qasim Nanautwi and Rasheed Ahmed Gangohi in pre-1857 India, they always first united the muslims, prepared the military forces and then fought a declared war. Suicide squad has never been a part of Islamic holy war. In fact, in the 12th century when this mode of attack was started by Hassan Al Sabah - an ismaili shia'ite, Imam Ghazaali, one of the great theologians, had warned the
muslims of this menace.
But what is the root cause of terrorism in the first place? The Qazi himself hinted the answer only next day of the attacks when he reacted by saying: "yeh to uuper ka zakhm hai, kharabi to khoon main hai." It's time that US looks into its foreign policies and behaves impartially while playing big brother in settling the international disputes.
