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Thursday 9 November 2017

Should Muslim groups in non Muslim countries police themselves better?

And NO. I am not asking if they should be allowed to disregard local laws and run their own Sharia communities. That most definitely should NOT be permitted. In most cases they have CHOSEN to come to the non Muslim country that has been good enough and kind enough to let them in and make sure their needs are met and they most certainly should, in my opinion, at the very least respect and observe the laws of their host country. No. I am talking here about something different.

As most people, I think, are aware, those non Muslim countries that have opened their doors to Muslim immigrants (whether refugees or economic migrants) are currently seeing a wave of terror attacks on a scale never seen before and which is escalating. It has become a real problem for the whole society, including the Muslims.

Following the latest attack in Manhattan I stumbled across a video made by a young Muslim woman who appeared to be telling us that Muslims are being treated unfairly because of these attacks and suffer a feeling of dread. Here is the link to the video if you want to have a look.

https://www.facebook.com/splinternews/videos/2012748469010598/

Even worse. When they hear that the attacker was shouting "Allahu Akhbar" as he went on the killing spree they claim that the terrorist has hi-jacked this phrase and that it is, in fact, a call of peaceful Islam. Unfortunately their own sources show this to be false. "Allahu Akhbar" was a favourite war cry of Mohammed, the prophet of Islam, and is chanted in the Adhan (Muslim call to prayer). It is also said in the Hadith that when planning an attack Mohammed would wait till morning. If he heard the Adhan then he would delay his attack but if he did not hear the Adhan he would attack straight away. Here is the extract from Sahih al-Bukhari (one of Islam's most trusted sources considered strong):



Narrated Humaid:
Anas bin Malik said, "Whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) went out with us to fight (in Allah's cause) against any nation, he never allowed us to attack till morning and he would wait and see: if he heard Adhan he would postpone the attack and if he did not hear Adhan he would attack them." Anas added, "We reached Khaibar at night and in the morning when he did not hear the Adhan for the prayer, he (the Prophet ) rode and I rode behind Abi Talha and my foot was touching that of the Prophet. The inhabitants of Khaibar came out with their baskets and spades and when they saw the Prophet (ﷺ) they shouted 'Muhammad! By Allah, Muhammad and his army.' When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw them, he said, "Allahu-Akbar! Allahu-Akbar! Khaibar is ruined. Whenever we approach a (hostile) nation (to fight), then evil will be the morning of those who have been warned."
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا غَزَا بِنَا قَوْمًا لَمْ يَكُنْ يَغْزُو بِنَا حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ وَيَنْظُرَ، فَإِنْ سَمِعَ أَذَانًا كَفَّ عَنْهُمْ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْمَعْ أَذَانًا أَغَارَ عَلَيْهِمْ، قَالَ فَخَرَجْنَا إِلَى خَيْبَرَ فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَيْهِمْ لَيْلاً، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ وَلَمْ يَسْمَعْ أَذَانًا رَكِبَ وَرَكِبْتُ خَلْفَ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، وَإِنَّ قَدَمِي لَتَمَسُّ قَدَمَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏.‏ قَالَ فَخَرَجُوا إِلَيْنَا بِمَكَاتِلِهِمْ وَمَسَاحِيهِمْ فَلَمَّا رَأَوُا النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالُوا مُحَمَّدٌ وَاللَّهِ، مُحَمَّدٌ وَالْخَمِيسُ‏.‏ قَالَ فَلَمَّا رَآهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، اللَّهُ أَكْبَرُ، خَرِبَتْ خَيْبَرُ، إِنَّا إِذَا نَزَلْنَا بِسَاحَةِ قَوْمٍ فَسَاءَ صَبَاحُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ ‏"‏‏.‏
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 610
In-book reference : Book 10, Hadith 8
USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 1, Book 11, Hadith 584
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Now I'm sorry to say this but if the Muslims out there want us to believe the hype they are giving us that they are all peaceful and these attacks are not carried out in their name neither do they represent true Islam then THEY - ie THE MUSLIMS OUT THERE - need to start policing their own communities to make sure that these errant extremists are stopped before they can carry out their attacks. If they would work with local police and cross-community groups to denounce these people as soon as anything "odd" about them comes to light so they can at least be put under surveilance then perhaps we might be more believing of their hard luck rhetoric.

Unfortunately they do not police themselves and do not seem to have any problem, when not speaking to an audience outside their own community, with the rise in extremism and the execution of acts of terror against non Muslims.

In the USA there are approximately 3.35million Muslims. In 2015 Pew Research conducted a survey to find out what American Muslims (or Muslim Americans - depending on your point of view!) thought about extremism. On the surface it would seem the vast majority are against extremism - here is an extract from the Pew Research report:

"Despite their concerns about extremism in the name of Islam in the U.S., about three-quarters of Muslim Americans say there is either little or no support for extremism within the American Muslim community, including 30% who say there is “not much” support for extremism and 43% who say there is “none at all.” Just 17% say there is either a “great deal” (6%) or a “fair amount” (11%) of support for extremism. A bigger share of the U.S. public overall (35%) believes there is at least a fair amount of support for extremism among Muslims living in the U.S."

So to run the numbers, we have 17% of American Muslims supporting extremism and, by extension, terror attacks on non Muslims. This 17% equates to almost 570,000 who are on the side of acts of terror. That's a lot of people.

Now I'm sure if the other 2.8million within that community really worked together to root out the extremism and had the true desire to normalise their societies and ensure that these attacks were no longer carried out in their name it could be achieved. After all, the young lady in the video makes the point that when a white non Muslim commits some horrendous act the white community doesn't go through the same dread that the Muslims claim to experience. That could well be because in that case the wider community knows that most other groups within society are willing to work closely with law enforcement to try to prevent unlawful acts of violence and, when they do occur, to bring the perpetrators to justice. A society or community group that is openly seen to be working with law enforcement to uphold the laws of the country and protect all citizens regardless of race/religion/gender etc has nothing to fear by way of reprisals.




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