From: jodar@aludra.usc.edu (Nicholas Jodar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan,soc.culture.african,soc.culture.afghanistan,soc.culture.arabic,soc.culture.turkish,soc.culture.yugoslavia
Subject: Re: Bosnia (et al)
Date: 31 Aug 1992 22:44:59 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu
Summary: Confusion....

Assalam 'Alaikum....

Perhaps I am simply ignorant, but I am wondering why the
discussion of what is happening in Bosnia is being splayed over
seven newsgroups....  Considering the fact that all three 
newsletters I receive are covering the topic, (printing mostly
the same news, that from Crescent International), one wonders
in what manner the Bosnians may be served by the occasional 
spat found in the various 'soc.' groups.

This is not to say, however, that there is no room for discourse.
On the contrary, the case of the Bosnians merely brings home the
point that they are NOT the only group of people suffering right
now, nor will they be the last.  It can easily be deduced that
any attempt to practice Islam will be met with the fiercest kind
of resistance.  Just look at the U.S. ....  Islam is now the 
fastest growing religion in the country and this is triggering a 
flood of propoganda describing it as a 'menace' and 'conspiracy.'  
Witness the disappearance and possible murder of a muslim sister, 
whose only fault was her belief in only One GOD....  Witness the 
sad state of the muslims here, surrounded by fitnah, many of them
worshipping Dunyah instead of Allah.  Please pardon me for
rambling, but I cannot believe the things I am hearing!

'I'm a Pakistani/Arab/Whatever and proud of it!'

Are you going to try telling that to Allah (SWT) on the Day when 
your country is nothing but a memory?  What are you going to say 
when Allah (SWT) asks you what possible reason you have to be 
proud of anything, seeing as how everything good you had 'He' 
gave to you?  What are you going to say when 'He' points out 
that the only thing you ever had apart from him was your sin?  
Are you going to be proud of that?  

Pride....  Pride and Anger:  Shaitan's two best weapons....

The point is that Shaitan is losing ground, so he's pulling out 
all the stops.  It's all-or-nothing, and anybody that thinks they 
can establish a Khilafa peacefully is woefully ignorant.  The 
Armenians did the right thing in trying to do things by due 
process, but they should have EXPECTED the violence that followed 
and been PREPARED for it.  When have the muslims ever been allowed 
to practice the Deen in peace?  When the Jews were having their 
first-born chopped into tiny pieces by the Egyptians?  When the 
Christians were being slaughtered by the Romans in front of a
live audience for sport?  When the Arabs were tearing muslims in 
half, driving them into the desert to die, and sacking their homes?

Let's get real, folks....  If Shaitan can't corrupt you, he'll
kill you, and the only One that can stop him is Allah (SWT).
Allah (SWT) gave you this life.  If you aren't willing to give it
for the sake of 'La Ilaha Il Allah wa Muhammed Ur Rasullallah,'
then you might as well flick it in now because you're just as
useful to the Deen dead as alive.

But WHAT ABOUT ALL THE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS?

If Iran has truly come to its senses and found the Deen, WHERE IS
THE KHILAFA?  If we don't act as a State, how can we ever hope to
elect a leader??

If the muslims are willing to sit back and be slaughtered by the 
millions, WHY ARE THEY NOT WILLING TO DIE FOR THE DEEN?  If Allah
(SWT) and his Deen are always victorious, wouldn't our chances of
survival be greatly increased by fighting on 'His' side?

If we believe in 'La Ilaha Il Allah wa Muhammed Ur Rasullallah,'
then WHERE THE HECK ARE THE MUSLIMS?  In giving all we have in
the service of Allah (SWT), we have nothing to lose but the 
Dunyah and the whole of Jenna to gain....

If Allah (SWT) gave us our life, health, belongings and family,
then WHY ARE WE NOT USING ALL WE HAVE FOR ALLAH (SWT)?  Are we
really that stingy (or stupid)?

Do we honestly think that just talking about things is going to 
change anything?  Talk is a SUBSTITUTE for action.  Just ask the 
UN for a free demonstration!  When our muslim brothers and 
sisters in Bosnia-Hercegovina decline muslim aid on the grounds 
that it may 'antagonize' their neighbors, we should IGNORE THEM.  
Allah (SWT) ordered you to aid good and forbid evil.  What are we
going to say to 'Him' on the Day of Judgement?  'I refused to 
fight evil because this person asked me not to'???

Brothers and sisters in Islam, in the sad event that we have not
read the Qur'an, lately, let us remind ourselves....


[rough translation:]

By (the Token of) Time (through the Ages)!  
Verily, Man is in Loss,
Except such as have Faith, and do Righteous Deeds,
And (join together) in the mutual teaching of Truth, 
And of Patience and Constancy.

[Sura 103, 'Al Asr']

But the Messenger, and those 
Who believe with him, 
Strive and fight with their wealth
And their persons:  for them
Are (all) good things:
And it is they
Who will prosper.

[Sura 9, 'Al Tawbah,' Ayat 88]

As we read through the Qur'an again, Suras 8 and 9, 'Al Anfal' 
and 'Al Tawbah,' contain much that is pertinent to the situation 
currently facing the Ummah.

Perhaps I am wrong in this, but what little I know indicates to
me that Isa and Enoch and Elijah (May Allah Be Pleased with Them 
All) will be returning within a generation.  The lines are being 
drawn, even now.  Our brothers and sisters are in desperate need
of anything and everything that we can give to them.  Many of our
friends have already given up all that they have to go and fight
for the Deen (SWT).  The hearts of those of us who are not fit to
fight, those of us who are limited to selling our belongings to 
provide funds for Allah (SWT), our hearts should be bleeding 
because we cannot be there with them.  

But let us also pray that those who have the means and ability to
do more are given Hadaya by Allah (SWT).  Assuming that they wake 
up tomorrow, we can be certain that Allah (SWT) will ask them why 
they were not fighting for the Deen, today....


-Abdul Qadir


[I beg Allah's forgiveness for my weakness and insufficiency in ]
['His' service, and I ask for his protection from Shaitan and   ]
[from my own Desires.  None can protect me except Allah.  If I  ]
[have made any errors, I beg Allah to bring them to my attention]
[so that they may be corrected.  If I have made none, then it is]
[only through the Grace of Allah and all praise is due to 'Him' ]
[only.                                                          ]

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