The sites webmaster reply:
I am not the person who you had addressed your letter to (namely Sheikh
Omar Bakri Muhammad), however I would like to reply to your letter,
however due to the large amount of letters we are currently receiving I
will have to be brief.
I would like to begin by declaring the there is no god except GOD, and
that Muhammad (saw) is the messenger of God. This means that we as
Muslims must reject and nullify all other things, persons or ideals and
affirm belief only in the one Creator. We cannot accept our own ration
or our desires as a source of legislation or rule, nor allow a man to be
named 'god' or 'commander' as the basis of the belief in Islam, is that
there is NO Commander except God, no provider except God, no legislator
except God. And anyone who associates with him anyone or anything or any
constitution is committing the biggest crime and there is no forgiveness
for him, and cannot claim to be Muslim. However that does not
necessarily mean that we are the ones to punish him, that is left to God
in the hereafter or if he wishes, in this life as well. However the
crimes in society such as theft, murder, rape, paedophilia etc are all
punishable under Law, this includes Saddam Hussein, he is punishable
under Shari'ah, his crime is not development of WMD, but his crimes are
clear, and for the very criteria I had stated above he WAS NOT Muslim.
Islam is not a badge or ticket, cheaply bought for a few pence, it is
earned by declaring that there is none worthy of
worship/obedience/submission except God, and Muhammad (saw) is his
messenger, this declared with the tongue, whilst believed in the heart,
and is practised willingly. It has many negations, the most clear is to
associate with God. For this reason every leader in the world today who
claims to be Muslim, and yet challenges God in his Rule by ruling from
his mind and desires is NOT Muslim. Not Saddam, nor King Fahd (of
Saudi), nor Musharraf (of Pakistan), nor the rulers of Iran and Turkey
nor any other Muslim Country.
The Muslims are linked only by their belief we do not except any of the
borders in the world, Syria is not a country, it is within the Muslim
Lands, any 'nation' is rejected, we consider any Muslim to be our
brother/sister to the exclusion of all non-muslims. To condemn the
governments and society of any of those cuontries has no implication on
us nor on Islam, as they are not ruled by Islam but by man-made law, in
fact it has reflection on the west as it is their policies and
constitutions that they adhere to.
The Qur'an declares clearly that "there is no compulsion in the Deen
(way of life of Islam)." [EMQ Chapter 2: 256]. Any claim that Muslims
wish to 'force' people to become Muslim is unfounded and deceitful, you
will not find ANY Muslim who would dare to claim so, contradicting the
Qur'an. Sheikh Usama Bin Laden never claimed so nor Sheikh Omar Bakri
Muhammad. Our site is quite clear on this issue if you were to read
through it carefully. In fact Islam does not accept the Islam of the one
who embraces Islam under duress, until he does so when he is free.
It is an unjust comparison to equate Jihad to the christian crusades,
where people were killed and raped unless they converted, I am not
suggesting that you condone such actions but, it is unfair to accuse
Muslims of similar action because of the dark history of Europe. It is
quite clear that the jihad occurring throughout the world today is
purely out of Self Defence, you listed and justified murder and war
after war of the American war machine, yet you ignore that for years the
US has bombed with no provocation in Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia,
it has armed forces in ever Muslim Country in the world and stands by
its own arrogant justification. America continues to occupy the Muslims
today and for years with nothing but hatred and anger towards them, why
do you claim to fight in defence, yet you do not afford us the same
right? It is without any doubt that if USA would take away their forces
and puppets from the Muslim Lands, and ended their animosity to Islam
and Muslims, that the current Jihad would stop against USA.
On Saddam, I must again clarify that he was not and IS not a Muslim,
because to hold yourself above or equal to God in legislation takes you
out of the fold of Islam, we will never support him or the ba'ath party
unless they repent and take back Islam, leaving behind their old
religion of communism. You quoted the heavy casualties from the regime
of Saddam, yet you forget that in the current war in Iraq, already MORE
people have been killed in the past few months than was killed through
decades by Saddam, it is only patriotism that fuels your support for the
USA not any idea of justice or love for the Iraqi people. Further, the
deaths at the hands of Saddam were performed for the interests of the
USA and the West, not for the Muslims, do you forget that Saddam was put
into power by the US, it is not the job of the criminals to police their
own crimes, nor to IMPOSE your way of life, upon the Muslims, who
believe that the only legislator is God, we will never accept Democracy
to rule over us. Rather we want Shari'ah implemented, where people live
happily in justice, whether Muslim or non-Muslim. It is clear that there
is NO Islamic State in the world today, nor are there any governments
currently aspiring to be so, rather we only have Muslims working for the
establishment of Al Khilafah, the Islamic State. And the whole world
against us.
If you want an example of the Islamic State, you must look to our
prosperous history, for 1302 years from the time of the messenger
Muhammad (saw) til 1924, the Islamic state ruled in justice, and
Muslims, Jews, Christians, hindus etc lived happily together without the
injustice found in the west today, why do we find the Racism most
rampant in the west? Because it is ruled by man-made law, and whenever
law is made by man, it is prey to their desires and bias.
To close I would like to invite you to Islam, to believe that there is
no god except God, and that Muhammad (saw) is the Messenger of Allah.
- Mizaan
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