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The Obscenity of the Can anyone explain
how an individual can join the party of a mass murderer then have the audacity
to claim it was done in the interest of the victims? The claim becomes even
more absurd when the individual is a member of the same community that the mass
murderer preyed upon. The profile of such an individual clearly matches those
Muslims standing as Labour Party candidates for the Had A vote for the
Labour Party is a direct endorsement for re-electing Tony Blair and therefore
endorsing his murderous campaign in So, do we then
vote for the Conservatives or the Liberals instead? Well, first of all not only
have the Conservatives supported the war but Michael Howard is now on record
for saying that he too would have gone to war even without the WMDs. The
Liberals are no different, they also approve the war but they wanted more UN
authorisation. Meanings, if you are going to kill, at least kill them
‘legally’ and ‘morally’ through the UN! All this
demonstrates the militant nature of the major British political parties; they
love war, especially when it involves attacking a weak defenceless nation. It
would have made past Conservatives like Winston Churchill proud as he is the
one that first gassed the Iraqis in the 1930s using the “shock and
awe” technology of the time, Air Planes, to spread a lively terror. A further point to
note is that the Conservatives are the traditional party of the right, a step a
way from the rightwing Is it not strange
that despite being a leading democracy, all the major political parties within
the Since, all the
major political parties are unified on the Iraq war; it is not a coincidence
that all the Muslim candidates from these mainstream parties have the same
response on this matter, which is: I disagree with my party on this
‘issue’ of war on Iraq. How can one join a party and yet dissociate
from the most significant foreign policy decision to wage an unprovoked war
against fellow Muslims. The only way you can disassociate yourself is to resign
as did Robin Cook from the cabinet. However, Robin Cook disagreed on this issue
of Then we hear the
second line of defence which is that we as Muslim candidates will contribute
towards influencing the decisions of the party internally. This is clearly
naive; leaving aside the party whip and the existing power structure and
interest groups who make major contribution to party funds, the candidate can
only progress through the party if it adopts the interest of the existing power
structure in place. Hence he will end up being influenced instead of
influencing. This is like expecting a trainee graduate to join Microsoft and
then expect him to influence the decision of Bill Gates and his board of
directors. On the contrary,
these Muslims candidates are used by the main parties to promote themselves
amongst the ethnic groups. This is no different to those Muslims that take up
the Ramadan invitation to break their Ramadan fast at US and So what has been
the reaction from the Muslims? As the issue of to-vote-or-not-to-vote rages
within the Muslim community, their monumental failure is obvious. First is
that there has been a lack of unified response of boycotting and condemnation
of all the major parties for endorsing the war and especially the Labour
government. You should not need an Islamic legal rulings or a fatwa to
recognise this crime, this is common sense. Even many non-Muslims know this and
they are boycotting the Labour Party. Secondly, no alternatives have been
provided, Muslims collectively should have put forward independent candidates,
to secure the Muslims interests. They would have a direct mandate from the
public without the fear of the party whip or the stigma of the party policies. Add to this is the
confusion from the various Muslim groups. There have been three types of
response: a) Active Participation Those who have
argued for an active participation of the Muslim community to influence the
election but to do that as a minority would have required for us to act in a
unified manner targeting to get certain independent candidates into power
and/or ousting the belligerent ones, e.g. Jack Straw. They did not say which party
or candidate that the Muslims should vote for collectively. As a minority we
are already disadvantaged and unless we use our block vote we are going to be
ineffective. Furthermore, they
should have openly declared their opposition to the Labour Party for their
crimes in b)
Mosque-Worshippers
Those who preach
the ‘Islamic-Machiavellian’ doctrine say we live in a non-Islamic
society therefore we have the carte blanche to do whatever it takes to secure
our benefit. We may live in a non-Islamic society but that does not give the
Muslims right to build Bars, Brothels and Casinos! In the name of benefit they
pronounce a divorce between international issues and local issues. The divorce
is convenient as they found a new bride and that is grant money. The grant money
causes these ‘Islamic-Machiavellian’ to keep silent and thus
maintaining the status-quo is their motto. Indeed they are so obsessed with
building plush Mosques as if that itself is the object of worship. Hence we
have the new generation of Mosque-worshippers not worshippers in Mosques! I do
not understand how any practicing Muslim can have this understanding. Even the
Kaba (in Mecca) is worth less than the blood of the Muslims according to the
Hadith of the Prophet, yet a Mosque or some grant money down the road is the
price for turning a blind eye to the slaughtering of the Iraqis, Palestinians
and Afghani civilians. I mean how you can compare the blowing up of families
and kids in c)
Criticisms
without any solution Then comes those
who sees the route of non-participation in the election process but they have not
provided an alternative. The reality is we live in the Finally, more
confusion is caused by using words like “system”. The argument for
not participating in the non-Islamic System within the Instead each issue
has to be examined is on its own merit. There are the legislative aspects and
the political aspect, both should be taken into account. An issue may be
legitimate from Islam but its usage may bring more harm than good if used at a
certain point in time. Summary If we identity
ourselves as Muslim, we cannot divorce ourselves from the wider Muslim
community (Ummah), as Islam demands we view ourselves as one nation. Nor can we
continue to think that we can infiltrate the system to attain our goals in the
short term, equally we should not remain totally inactive because everything
around us is Kufr (disbelief) as the puritanical fringe claims. If things are
Kufr around us we need to turn it around otherwise migrate. A balance needs to
found whereby we secure our interest with active participation, without
compromising our interests, selling our brothers and sisters and continue to
attract the non-Muslims into the fold the Islam. I hope by the next
general elections, Muslims unify and can present various candidates along with
many of the good hearted non-Muslims who are sympathetic to our cause to secure
the interests of the Muslims and help to spread the message of Islam. I hope
the Muslims have an agenda that is built on commonsense, simplicity, without
causing confusion; it should be a practical and effective approach. Maybe the Yamin Zakaria *************************************************************************** {Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy Quran-16:125) {And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33) The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim] The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all." [Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- All views expressed herein belong to the individuals concerned and do not in any way reflect the official views of IslamCity unless sanctioned or approved otherwise. If your mailbox clogged with mails from IslamCity, you may wish to get a daily digest of emails by logging-on to http://www.yahoogroups.com to change your mail delivery settings or email the moderators at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the title "change to daily digest". Yahoo! Groups Links
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