Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Responding to terror without understanding islamist jihad

Terrorism and our response by Kalyan Viswanathan
http://www.blogs. ivarta.com/ india-usa- blog-column143. htm

Propellant of terrorism by NS Rajaram (Pioneer, 13 Aug. 2008)

Islamism fuels jihad, integral to the vocabulary of Islam

In response to the requests by the Governments of Rajasthan and Gujarat to approve special laws for dealing with terrorism, the Union Home Minister Shivaraj Patil retorted that existing laws would suffice. This highlights a profound misconception about jihadi terrorism prevailing in the Government and the intelligentsia -- that terrorists are lawbreakers who can be dealt with by law enforcement authorities.

The jihadis see it very differently: they recognise as legitimate no laws other than those sanctioned by the shariat (Islamic code). The goal of jihad is to wage a continuous war until the whole world is brought under the sway of Islam governed by the shariat. To fight terrorism it is necessary first to understand this ideology and the associated military doctrine. Terrorism is not a crime wave but an ideological war on all fronts. We will have only ourselves to blame if we fail to see this fundamental truth.

Dictionary of Islam defines jihad as: "A religious war with those who are unbelievers in the mission of Muhammad (the prophet). It is an incumbent religious duty, established in the Quran and in the traditions as a divine institution, and enjoined especially for the purpose of advancing Islam..."

The same point is made by Muslim authorities, both ancient and modern. Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406), arguably the greatest thinker produced by Islam saw jihad as an aggressive war of expansion with the 'universal' mission to convert everyone: "The other religious groups did not have a universal mission, and the holy war was not a religious duty for them, save only for purposes of defence... Islam is under obligation to gain power over other nations."

According to the influential modern thinker Sayyid Qutb (1906-66), the intellectual father of Al Qaeda: "...wherever an Islamic community exists... it has a god-given right to step forward and take control of the political authority... When god restrained Muslims from jihad for a certain period, it was a question of strategy rather than of principle..." We need look no further to understand what motivates the terrorists. It has nothing to do with grievances over Godhra, Palestine or anything else as some jihad apologists would have us believe.

When we come to the use of terror as an instrument of policy, we have the seminal work The Quranic Concept of War by the Pakistani Brigadier SK Malik to guide us. In his effusive foreword, the late General Zia-ul-Haq wrote that the book "...brings out with simplicity, clarity and precision the Quranic philosophy on the application of the military force, within the context of the totality that is jihad."

This means that jihad, "the most glorious word in the vocabulary of Islam," is nothing less than total war. According to Brigadier Malik, "the prophet's operations... are an integral and inseparable part of the divine message revealed to us in the Quran. ...The war he planned and carried out was total to the infinite degree. It was waged on all fronts: internal and external, political and diplomatic, spiritual and psychological, economic and military."

Another point made by the author is that the war should be carried out in the opponent's territory. "The aggressor was always met and destroyed in his own territory." In this Orwellian language, an 'aggressor' is anyone who stands in the way of jihad, that is to say anyone who defends himself. Terrorism is its underlying military doctrine. "The Quranic military strategy thus enjoins us to prepare ourselves for war to the utmost in order to strike terror into the heart of the enemy..."

It doesn't stop here, for Brigadier Malik assures us: "Terror struck into the hearts of the enemy is not only a means, it is the end in itself. Once a condition of terror into the opponent's heart is obtained, hardly anything is left to be achieved... Terror is not a means of imposing decision upon the enemy; it is the decision we wish to impose upon him." For justification, he cites the Quran (Anfal 59-60): "Against them (non-Muslims) make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war to strike terror (into the hearts of) the enemies of allah and your enemies..."

One can see that the primary sources from the Quran and the early commentators like Ibn Khaldun to modern exponents like Sayyid Qutb and Brigadier Malik leave nothing to the imagination when it comes to jihad and the role of terrorism -- whether the goal or the tactics employed. India's politicians and thinkers must face up to this reality and prepare to fight a long war against a relentless adversary.

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4 comments:

surinder attri said...

Subj: Peaceful appeal to Moslems to return to Hinduism

1. Quote: ..... a peaceful appeal to Muslims for their return to their roots, from which they were brutalized to accept Islam, deserves a place here and everywhere else.

COMMENT: Does this kind of recommendation, deserve consideration ?

Answer: Hindus: You answer this question yourself ?

2 What is the problem with this kind of exhortation ?

This pointer assumes that Moslems do not know that, their pre-Islamic ancestors were Hindus, (or some other Non-Moslems ).

3. What else is the problem with this touch of dash ?

This advice completely ignores that Moslems look upon, their Pre-Islamic period as a period of Jahaliyat ( total darkness ), and that Mullas & Maulvies et al, sedulously-condition them day in & day out about this particular notation. ( Note: That is Islam’s Battle Order # 1 ).

In fact, Hazrat Mohammad said that his Mother & his Uncle, were sent to Hell, because they were Non-Moslems, and were caught up in the Jahaliyat of Kafir ( Non-Moslem ) religions.

4. What is the likelihood of success of this kind of approach ?

Less than zero.

Surinder Paul Attri

surinder attri said...

Subj: Missionary-Menace
1. Coercive religious conversis by mindless Christian Missionaries has brought the deepest possible misery to untold millions of Hindus. As a source of sorrow and suffering to Hindus, this coercive and deceptive religious conversion has overshadowed every other source of suffering in our times. Coercive religious conversion and uprooting of Hindus have created untold social, economic, political and psychological problems in Kerala, Nagaland, Orissa, Bihar, and Meghalaya. It is time for nationalist leaders to come together, study and discuss how such a social-political calamity could have come into India, what are the prospects for its passing in other areas of India, and what we can do to keep it from spreading and completing the ruin of our country. For bogus intellectuals, phony academicians, merciless media giants, and pseudo secular political leaders, this coercive religious conversion by miscreant missionaries is a difficult subject to discuss. What the state and central government are doing is totally inadequate and it has proceeded in ways that failed to prevent social, political and religious interference of evangelical christian groups. The regime of Italian catholic Sonia, Christian missionaries currently enjoy a fairly high degree of support in India. The anti national Congress party, the Marxist party and the Jihadi groups have established an unholy nexus with Missionaries to destabilize and destroy the social fabric and cultural bond that keeps India as a nation. They are working diligently to destroy our cultural roots and Balkanize our country. The anti national subversive activities of missionaries are not properly exposed by the media who are working as paid agents of missionaries in India. The anti national missionary groups use modern psychological warfare techniques to mentally misdirect the masses. Missionaries also benefit from the passive tolerance of the masses and enjoy demagogic concession from the pseudo secular government.

I am not aware that anywhere in the world, other than in India, has missionary groups ever successful in operating without interference. Political corruption, passive tolerance of the masses, indifference, apathy, and denial of Hindus, and psychological warfare by foreign funded Christian organizations has been the main source of the establishment or maintencenance of Christian power in India. In no place, missionaries come into power except by force of arms. In India, they rule several states and decide the destiny of the majority. They rule by pressure or the threat of violence. The recent declaration of evangelist groups to create an armed militia against passive Hindus is intend to exert force and the cultivation of conflict and crisis. But none of these things could have happened without political support. Missionary are always interested in the ruthless exercise of power.

The massive reaction in Orissa against Christian criminal gang who has murdered Swami Lekshnananda is not the result of any political moment. It is a spontaneous and natural reaction. Hindu resentment against deceptive christian conversion is always present in Orissa. It needs to be activated. They have to use positive violence against miscreant missionaries with self-confidence and moral courage. Hindus around the world should support nationalist Hindu forces to continue their resistance against menacing missionaries to its logical conclusion.

2. My Take:

Quote: Coercive religious conversis by mindless Christian Missionaries has brought the deepest possible misery to untold millions of Hindus. As a source of sorrow and suffering to Hindus, this coercive and deceptive religious conversion has overshadowed every other source of suffering in our times. Coercive religious conversion and uprooting of Hindus have created untold social, economic, political and psychological problems in Kerala, Nagaland, Orissa, Bihar, and Meghalaya.

COMMENT: This Missionary-Assault on the Hindu, has been going on for at least 500 years. It is mindless alright, because it is based on a Phoney-Belief of the Christians that, they alone have a monopoly on truth, that they have a divine command to save every soul from going to Hell. This is Phoney-Baloney. Missionaries still have to prove that, they have anything better to offer to the Hindus, in terms of spirituality, vision, or attainment. But Missionaries never had a normal mind, they are suffering from hallucinations & desire to control things in the world, and are trying to impose an alien faith on the Hindu people. It is a pity that Hindus have not countered the Phoney-Baloney of Christianity, by pointing out the flat-out lies that Christianity is preaching, and that it has a historical record that, stinks in the nostrils.

3. Quote: What the state and central government are doing is totally inadequate and it has proceeded in ways that failed to prevent social, political and religious interference of evangelical christian groups.

COMMENT: In a democratic set-up, it is not the job of state or central government to either promote or defend any particular religion in the country. Hinduism Defense is the job of every Hindu. Hindus need to understand that religion is a competitive business, & that no external agency can save the Hindus from competition, or rescue them from the stranglehold of either Islam or Christianity. If Hindus want to defend their Hinduism, then they have to put their money where their mouth is.

4. Quote: The regime of Italian catholic Sonia, Christian missionaries currently enjoy a fairly high degree of support in India. The anti national Congress party, the Marxist party and the Jihadi groups have established an unholy nexus with Missionaries to destabilize and destroy the social fabric and cultural bond that keeps India as a nation.

COMMENT: No doubt about it at all. Christian Missionaries, Islamic Jehadis, and Communists are total-traitors to the Hindu cause. But why blame them alone, when we have so many rotten apples, amongst our own Hindu people. What are our Damn Hindu Holy Men ( HHMs ) doing, 80 to 90 % of whom are Phoney-Liberal of one type or the other ? The non-sense that flows out of their mouth, does more damage to Hinduism, than any that either Sonia-Bitch or the Marxists ever could.

Our HHMs are telling us Hindus that, all religions are equal ( What Bull-Sh** ? ), and that we should show equal respect to the religious sentiments of other religions, and that we Hindus must live & let live.

What kind of horse-sh** is this ? We Hindus are facing slaughter, at the hands of Jehadi-Sullas as well as Crusading-Christians, neither of which believes much in live & let live, and who go out of their way for the total destruction of Hinduism in India ? Instead of confronting Islam & Christianity, and tearing a ten-foot square hole in the middle of Islam & Christianity, our HHMs are telling us to respect Islam & Christianity. How foolish ?

5. Quote: The recent declaration of evangelist groups to create an armed militia against passive Hindus is intend to exert force and the cultivation of conflict and crisis.

COMMENT: What should we Hindus do, tremble in our shoes ? We Hindus can also form our own militia, if we have the thoughtfulness of our cause in mind, and are willing to pay the price of Hinduism-Defense. Besides, who is going to lead the Christian-Militia, John Dayal, the biggest chicken on this side of the Ganges ?

6. Quote: But none of these things could have happened without political support. Missionary are always interested in the ruthless exercise of power.


COMMENT: Missionaries do not rely on political support alone. They are crazy as they come, they are a predatory enterprise. Christianity came out of Palestine, and in a few centuries, it pounced upon all the Pagan religions of Europe & elsewhere, and decimated all of them one by one. History clearly tells us that, they will take over India, if we don’t stop them in their tracks.

7. Quote: The massive reaction in Orissa against Christian criminal gang who has murdered Swami Lekshnananda is not the result of any political moment. It is a spontaneous and natural reaction. Hindu resentment against deceptive christian conversion is always present in Orissa.

COMMENT: The Hindu reaction in Orissa is natural as well as spontaneous, but I have a conjecture that, the way the Hindus of Gujerat reacted to Godhra carnage ( aboard a train ), has concomitantly strengthened the resolve of the Hindu of Jammu, as well as of the Hindu of Orissa, although I must admit that I cannot prove my conjecture.

Suridner Paul Attri

surinder attri said...

1. A few days ago, the renowned film star Sabana Azmi commented that, Muslims are discriminated in India. I also ask that lady, Why are you barking here? Go to Pakistan immediately and live in peace there. But they will never pay any heed to such unpleasant realities, because they are hopelessly devoid of a thing called shame.

2. My Take:
In 1946, 95% of the Moslems of India, expressed that they did not want to live, with the Kafir-Hindus of India, and insisted upon a separate home-land of their own ( called Pakistan ).

3. After coming into possession of their Damn-Pakistan, with what face can they now live & breathe in the Kafir-Land of India, without feeling the least bit of self-disgust, and self-degradation. But shame is not perceived by Moslems, in general.

4. Moslems are a shameless-bunch.

Surinder Paul Attri

surinder attri said...

'Fatwa' against Salman for celebrating Ganeshotsav
Indo-Asian News Service
Saturday, September 13, 2008, (Mumbai)
Veteran Bollywood scriptwriter Salim Khan, the father of actor Salman Khan, on Friday questioned a fatwa, religious edict, against him by some Muslim organizations for celebrating Ganeshotsav at their home here.

"What is the locus standi of these people? Who are they to question people's religious beliefs? Why don't they issue such a 'fatwa' against terrorists and terrorism, which is un-Islamic? The clerics are talking nonsense," he thundered before a television channel on Friday evening.

Mufti Manjar Hassan Khan Ashrafi Misbahi, the chief of Darul-Uloom Hijaziya Chishti, Mumbai, issued the 'fatwa' urging a religious boycott of the entire Khan family on Wednesday.

Last week, the Khan family was in the limelight when all members along with friends and relations celebrated the Ganeshotsav festival at their home in Bandra, northwest Mumbai.

The Khans celebrate Ganeshotsav every year, but this time, the live telecast of the family performing 'aarti' (invocation) of Lord Ganesh has irked some community leaders. Later, the family took part in a ceremonial immersion of the idol of Lord Ganesh.

The social boycott call was issued in response to a demand by Abdul Rehman Anjaria, member of the Advisory Council, Jama Masjid, New Delhi.

Anjaria, who is also member All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), told IANS on Friday evening that the 'fatwa' would be in force until Khan and his family atone for their actions of worshipping an idol of Lord Ganesh, which is not permitted in Islam.

Referring to Salim Khan's outburst against the fatwa, Anjaria said they would call for certified tapes of his comments from the TV channel soon.

"Depending on what he has said, the community elders may go for stringent action against the Khans, including a social boycott," Anjaria explained.

According to Anjaria, Maulana Abdus Salam Bin Qasmi, president, Jamiat-Ul-Ulema-Hind, Mumbai, and Maulana Nizamuddin Ashrafi, principal, Darul Uloom Ali Hassain Ali Sunnat, Mumbai, who is also a member of AIMPLB, have also supported the 'fatwa'.

Despite repeated attempts by IANS, Salim and Salman Khan were not available for their comments in the matter.

Last year too Salman Khan had been issued a similar 'fatwa' by a Lucknow-based organization of Muslim clerics for joining the Ganeshotsav celebrations.

Justifying the decision to celebrate Ganeshotsav, Salim said his wife (Salman's mother) is a Maharashtrian Hindu and "worshipping Lord Ganesh is in my blood".