Khilafah: The root of unacknowledged terrorism
By abid Ullah jan
Published: September 10, 2005
nlike the noble cause of digging out Saddam's atrocities, Islam Karimov's
recent massacre in Andijan is being buried deep because in his words, the
victims wanted to establish Khilafah. Atrocities of similar, dictatorial
regimes in many Muslims countries are acceptable to the civilized world
because these are considered as secular bulwarks against Hizb ut Tahrir-like
movements, whose main crime is the struggle for establishing Khilafah.
The deadstream media makes everyone believe that the trouble started, at the
earliest, around the Taliban's coming to power in Afghanistan. In fact, the
global troubles have been attributed to Khilafah since its inception in the
7th century. Thirteen centuries later, when the British Empire abolished the
remnants of Khilafah in 1924, it took a sigh of relief and considered it as
the ultimate victory against Islam.
To the utter disappointment of Britain and its allies, the problem,
nevertheless, remains. Khilafah still provides motivation to many actions
and reactions; movements and counter-movements. Consequently, the centuries
old zeal of Islamophobes to abolish Khilafah is as much the root of all
unacknowledged terrorism as the renewed zeal of Muslims to re-establish it
is the mother of all solutions.
The major problem with Khilafah is the morbid dread it strikes in the hearts
of the totalitarians who are determined not to allow Muslims to get united,
exercise their right to self-determination and living by the Qur'an. The key
to materializing these objectives lies in thwarting Muslim's organized
struggle towards establishing Khilafah.
Just a thought of this struggle leads the Islamophobes into taking many
pre-emptive measures, which, in turn, lead to grievances, reaction and
counter measures on the part of Muslims.
The more the time passes, the more people realize importance of a central,
independent authority for Muslims. Unlike all the dead revolutions of human
history, the 7th century revolution in the heart of Arabia not only
culminated in establishing a way of life but also set guidelines for a basic
governance mechanism, which are still valid today.
This realization of the need to have a central, independent authority for
Muslims is directly proportional to the struggle on the part of Islamophobes
who will never allow Muslims to establish an alternative model to the
existing unjust socio-political and economic order.
The war on terrorism is a post 9/11 slogan. In fact, it is a summary title
for all the anti-Khilafah efforts: from intellectual escapades to legal
hurdles, wars, occupations, detentions and torture. In this process,
terrorism is used as a synonym or Khilafah.
One can notice this by carefully listening to the brief statements at the
end of summits and conferences these days. It seems as if there is nothing
going on the world except terrorism. The crux of all messages is: We are
committed, determined and one against the evil of terrorism. We would not
allow terrorists to win. They are against our values and way of life.
A realistic look forces one to ask: Where does the alleged 'Muslim terrorism
' stand in comparison to the mass killings, tortures, detentions, and
exploitations carried out by the legitimized institutions and licensed
states. This shows the war is actually on something other than the
deceptively labeled terrorism.
One month before 9/11, New York Times reported that most Americans are made
to believe, terrorism is the greatest threat to the United States and that
it is becoming more widespread and lethal. The Americans are made to think
that the US is the most popular target of terrorists and they almost
certainly have the impression that extremist Islamic groups cause most
terrorism. Larry C. Johnson, nevertheless, concludes: None of these
beliefs are based in fact (NY Times July 10, 2001: The Declining Terrorist
Threat).
Johnson cites figures from the CIA reports. Accordingly, deaths from
international terrorism fell to 2,527 in the decade of 1900's from 4,833 in
the 80's. Compare the 2,527 deaths in the 90s due to acknowledged terrorism
with the death of 1.8 million in Iraq's during the same years due to
unacknowledged terrorism of the US, its allies and the UN. The US and allies
' terrorism remained unacknowledged because they justified it with lies
about Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction. Also compare the 4,833 deaths due
to acknowledged terrorism with one million deaths due to unacknowledged
aggression of Iraq against Iran on the behest of the US and its allies.
So, what is consuming the world: the acknowledged terrorism of Muslims or
the unacknowledged terrorism of the US and its allies?
This brings us to the point that the endless tirades about terrorism that we
hear from Bush, Blair and their presstitutes and deadstream media are all
