Dr Javed Jamil
Nothing was clear yet except that the name of the perpetrator was Omar Mateen. He was no known Islamic devout. As the reports appear, he might well have been a gay himself, and used to drink. American Government seems to be hard pressed to impart the IS connection to the whole drama. More and more people are getting convinced however that it was just another mass shooting.
When the perpetrators are Christians or Hindus or of any other faith and Muslims are the victims, nobody talks of the faith of the perpetrator. None expects Pope and Churches to issue statements of condemnation. Nobody seems to be shocked. But as soon as a Muslim looking name appears as the perpetrator, shock waves move across the globe. Muslim organisations too jump on the bandwagon to condemn the killings. Orlando shootings earned the attention all the more because it could provide a new twist to American Presidential elections, which are due in a few months’ time. The Presidential nominee, Trump whose name has already started shaking the nerves of peace loving people, was quick to take to Twitter after news spread that the assailant in the mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, was a child of Afghan immigrants and had apparently “pledged allegiance” to so-called Islamic State. Trump called for Mr Obama’s resignation for his “refusal to even say the words ‘radical Islam'”.
Trump forgets that the real threat to the world is from Radical West rather than Radical Islam. Radical West (with leaders having Christian or Jew names) has given Two World Wars and numerous wars and civil wars in the last one hundred years causing the death of more than 150 million people worldwide. While for the first half of these 100 years, Christian West was busy killing people with Christian names, during last 50 years, it is busy killing Muslims. Since 9/11, the radical West headed by the undisputed king the United States has killed at least 3 million people in the Muslim World none of whom had anything to do with the attacks on New York. This means that on average, they have given 10 Orlandos every day. And yet, Trump has the audacity to blame “Radical Islam” rather than apologising to the Muslim world for the misdeeds of Radical West. If there is radical Islam anywhere, it is a very minor reaction to the radical West. Had it been anywhere near the ruthlessness of the radical West, America would have really become what Trump was taking when he said that “”If we do not get tough and smart real fast, we are not going to have a country anymore.” He wrote. “Because our leaders are weak, I said this was going to happen – and it is only going to get worse. I am trying to save lives and prevent the next terrorist attack. We can’t afford to be politically correct anymore.” And the most effective means of preventing terrorist attacks in the eyes of West is to launch another attack on a Muslim country. Following that attack, they would forget counting the dead.
The greatest truth of the modern times is that it is almost the total radicalization of West and Westernism rather than that of Islam which has become the biggest foe of peace in every dimension of individual and organized human existence in recent times.
If we want to bring true peace to the whole world, we need to condemn every single act of violence, whatever the identity of the perpetrators, whatever the identity of the victims, whatever the ideology or motive of the perpetrators, religious, non-religious, atheistic or nationalistic, whatever the methodology used, whatever the place and whatever the time. Every single death of an innocent is equally condemnable, and the condemnation of every category of violence has to be proportionate to the magnitude of violence.. And if the magnitude of violence is made the criterion, West at the global level and certain non-Muslim elements in India will have to be condemned hundreds, even thousands of times more than Muslims. Recently, some experts have calculated that up to 5 million might have died in Iraq alone as the result of the war and its late effect. Do the Muslim innocents deserve lesser sympathy than Western? Are they any less human? And if we examine the role of Big Powers in the wars and civil wars in the last century, these consumed 180 million lives, an overwhelming majority being at the hands of these very big powers who claim to be the champions of peace.
India too uses its own terminologies in describing various forms of violence. While any terrorism related to Muslims is highlighted, the terrorism related to other ideologies is hardly discussed. More than 95 pc of terrorism related deaths in India in recent years have been caused by Hindu terrorists, not Muslim terrorists. Out of more than 35000 terrorist related deaths in India in last 30 years, more than 33000 are by Hindu terrorists (Naxalites, Ulfa, Bodo, Maoists, and Sikhs). Those allegedly by Muslims relate to not more than 1500.
Radicalisation of West is visible in every single institution, every single practice and every single war or civil war the world has been witnessing in the last century. West believes that its set of political, social and economic ideologies, what I call Westernism, is the only correct ideology for the world, and it alone has the right to define various concepts and parameters, and it alone has the right to endeavour through all possible ways, for the propagation and implementation of its ideology. Of course, they have made the world believe, even against their inner beliefs, that religion, individually or collectively, has no role to play in the modern “civilized” world. If the proponents of any other ideology, religious or non-religious, challenge the concepts of Westernism and try to prove the superiority of their ideas, they are described as “uncivilized”, “radicalized” and “extremist” forces.
The most notable form of radicalization of West is its theory of violence and its involvement in violent conflicts. It is working on a well-planned categorization of violence to suit its political and economic ends. Instead of reacting on the basis of the magnitude of violence, its reaction is based on the political considerations. Any violence, which is linked or can be made to appear linked to religion, especially Islam, is worthy of highest condemnation, but any violence, which is related to the effects of West’s ideological or political positions is either not talked about or becomes “collateral damage”.
In recent years, Western role has been prominently there in all the conflicts in the Middle East. But again, it can be seen that their weapons go to the side, which toes their lines, and against those which have refused to surrender to their diktats. And always, the media would blame the loss of lives on the forces that are not pro-West.
It is clear that radical Western ideologies and radical Western powers have disturbed the whole equilibrium and harmony in society. They first commercialise problems and then they commercialise solutions. And they think they alone have the right to invade and bombard countries, they alone have the right to decide all the major policies of the world; they alone have the right to decide the course the countries want to pursue and they alone have the right to teach lessons to others. West thinks that West alone knows what is best; and West alone knows how to act or react. What else can be a more extreme form of radicalization? All others forms of Radicalization in the current world including “Radical” Islam are the product, direct or indirect, of Western radicalism. If the world is to be saved from chaos and devastation, the only solution is to abandon all forms of radicalization. And before asking others, West being the leader will have to abandon it, not in parts but in totality. Others will automatically fall in line.
If I wanted, I would have replaced “Radical West” with “Radical Christianity”.West have an overwhelming majority of Christians, and most of the Western political leaders and army men are Christians, at least in theory if not practice. It is also well-known that many Western leaders including George Bush have had deep religious commitments. But I purposely avoided it because it is not the religion but their political and economic ambitions that give rise to radicalism.
It can be easily seen that terrorism in Muslim countries is born either out of anger against the West, which has continuously tried to keep its puppets in power in those countries against the wishes of the people, or out of Western support to certain groups. Terrorism has obviously been directly proportional to the Western involvement. This is true for Afghanistan, Pakistan and Most Arab countries. Moreover, all the major “terrorist outfits” have been the friends of the West in the past. Al-Qaedah was a close friend when it was fighting the Russians along with Talibans. It is nonsense to call ISIS Islamic in any sense. They are the products of Western machinations and most of their fighters, fdollars and weaponry has come from the West.
Radicalisation is a universal phenomenon these days, but it is the radicalisation of West, not Muslims, which is the biggest breeder of the global violence. Radicalisation is bad –Western, Hindutva or Islamic. And it is bad in proportion to the amount of fire power each possesses. The powerful indulges in wars and instigates civil wars and riots. The weak indulges in terrorism and guerrilla wars.
The time has come now when all the right-thinking intellectuals must ask the West to stop talking about Islam’s and Muslims’ role, and instead focus on its own role. Let the global media discuss Western military ideologies in details and their roles in the destruction of human lives! Before studying Islamic Jihad, let Western philosophies of confrontation, combat and wars be discussed in all its minute details. Let this continue for at least one year before debating the Muslim factor again! Instead of criticising the others, let the West learn to face criticism! Let the West allow their own people to know the whole truth, rather than the truncated truth. Violence cannot be minimised unless every single factor responsible is discussed and effectively addressed.
Assalam, beautiful responce, grate javid sir, “western rough’s, power hungry devils & hidden policies. ‘O muslims beware.
What, what a pack of lies and ignorance! This is nothing but libelous insults, vicious smears and lies meant to absolve yourself and your of all responsibility for your own behavior. I doubt very seriously the actions of the ‘west’ instigated the islamic invasion of southern Europe in 700 AD, the genocide of Christians in what is NOW called Turkey, Syria and Iraq after the invasion of muslim Turks in 1495.
And how are the actions of ‘the west’ responsible for the 10s of 1000s of indigenous buddhist JUMMA in the Chittagong Tracts who have been slaughtered or forced to leave their homeland since the early 1980s??
NOTHING – stop blaming everybody else for every despicable action perpetrated by muslims AND BY THE WAY – THE POPE DOES make public statements of sorry when large groups of people are killed no matter who is doing the killing and who the victims are. He has professed to sadness or grief and spoke against ALL killings, including the death of muslims. That is something YOUR religious leaders NEVER DO. LIAR
Every religion has produced evil and violent people. So It is unfair to raise finger against any particular community for this crimes committed by some mis-guided and unscrupulous people.
One thing more, just stop spreading lies and baseless accusations against Islam which is far far away from any drawbacks even a slightest.
This widespread terror related incidents has hurt the cause of Islam, because the western and national media has tainted the name of Islam and the Muslims with one brush! The religion of Islam cannot be held accountable for the misdeeds of a few people, just like the religion of Christianity was not labeled with barbarism and genocide through the acts of Hitler, or of John McVeigh, or of Mussolini, Slobodan Milosovic, etc. When these evil people commited the crimes against humanity, we did not ask the Christian world to wake up on the right side of the bed and not on the side of terrorism! So why do ignorant people today want to make the acts of a few people a clash between the Western and Islamic civilization?
Thus my beloved brother in humanity, it is neither wise nor intelligent to take the example of a few misguided individuals and generalize the state of the general Muslim nation and people as terrorists or extremists!
The principles of Islam state that we, as believers, are not allowed to attack or kill any civilians, old people, women, children, etc., even if they are at war against us. The believes are only allowed to fight those who fight against us in war. No matter how many atrocities and aggression the disbelievers may do against us and our civilians, we are not allowed by Islam and Shariah to transgress the boundaries of Allah, and retaliate by killing their civilians. We cannot allow their injustices and enmity to provoke us to such an extent, that we over-step the boundaries set by Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him).
Allah says in the Holy Qur’an Chapter 5 Surah Maidah verse 8: “O you who have believed! Be steadfast in righteousness and just in giving witness for the sake of Allah. The enmity of any people should not so provoke you as to turn you away from justice. Do justice; for it is akin to piety. Fear Allah! Indeed, He is fully aware of what you do.”
Allah and the History of the Muslims is witness that Islam has always been very tolerant of the other religions of the world; but we see today that the secular world is not tolerant to Islam. We live by a Divine Code which is unchangeable, and Allah is our witness, we do not want to change it. All we ask is to live, and let us live in peace.
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50 MOST VIOLENT CITIES IN THE WORLD
The Citizen Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice, a Mexico City advocacy, has compiled a list of the most violent cities in the world by murder rate per capita. Despite Honduras topping the list for the second year in a row, 2016 Summer Olympic Games hosts Brazil has 19 cities in the top 50.
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Contrary to what is alleged by bigots, Muslims are not more violent than people of other religions. Murder rates in most of the Muslim world are very low compared to the United States.
I could go on and on. Everywhere you dig in European colonialism in Afro-Asia, there are bodies. Lots of bodies.
Now that I think of it, maybe 100 million people killed by people of European Christian heritage in the twentieth century is an underestimate.
See more at: http://www.juancole.com/2013/04/terrorism-other-religions.html
What is terrorism??
This is a question which many a muslim wants the World Powers to answer… What exactly is terrorism?
Terrorism is a derivative of the word ‘terror’ which means to put ‘extreme fear’ in someone or some people. Terrorism is often attributed as organized acts of terror to put extreme fear into a people.
Does islam accept it or not???
Islam absolutely does not allow any act of terrorism! Islam is a religion that does not allow the killing of civilians, unarmed people, women, children, or the aged, even in a state of war!!! Islam absolutely abhors the acts of terrorism and those who commit it.
What Islam does allow and command is that the Islamic Empire arm themselves with such superior forces and arms, that it would strike fear into the hearts of the enemies of Allah and Islam; so that they would not even think of attacking a muslim nation. This is very similar to what some of the World Powers (like the USA, Britain, France, etc.) do today, with their superior nuclear weapons and mighty armed forces; to put so much fear into their enemies, that no enemy nation would even dare to attack them.
Allah says in the Holy Qur’an Chapter 8 Surah Anfaal verse 60: “And to encounter them (the enemies of Islam), provide whatever forces and trained ever-ready horses you can afford (in todays times it could be the latest arms that technology can produce); whereby you may strike terror into the enemies of Allah, and your enemies as well, and others besides them, whom you do not know, but whom Allah knows (the hypocrites).”
But one must learn to differentiate between the acts of terrorism and the right of self-determination of a people whose lands have been occupied by force by their unjust enemies, or the rights of those who have been thrown out of their lands and homes, and forced to become refugees in foreign lands. In Islam, these people have the right to prepare an armed struggle against their unjust enemies, and against the forced occupation of their nation, lands and homes. This right has even been given to such people by the current world bodies like the United Nations.
In the New World Order proclaimed by the World Powers today, the arrogant nations have tried to deprive this basic right of the oppressed people, and have tried to unjustly label and disguise this basic right of the oppressed, as ‘terrorism’! This is absolutely unfair in the sight of Allah; and even in the laws of this world, as recognized by the United Nations.
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