The Friday Sermon (2)
By:
Salim I. Hassan
July, 2016
In the name
of Allah the Merciful, The Compassionate: Peace and blessings of Allah be upon
His Noble Messenger (Muhammad S.A.W):
This
is indeed an attack on Islam. By this evil attack, they have undoubtedly
declared war on Allah, and He will deal with them accordingly. Their evil creed has nothing to do with
humanity, let alone Islam. If the prophet (s.a.w) was still alive
he would have them all executed.
With
deep sadness, agony and sorrow came to every believer, the story of the wicked
terrorist group targeting the Prophet’s (s.a.w) mosque. To emphasize it, the
Prophet’s (s.a.w.) mosque was one
of three locations in Saudi Arabia targeted by terrorists on the same day. Still
there has been no official revelation of the identity of the terrorist group
perpetrated the attack by Saudis government. Only that we were told that one of
the suicide bombers was of Pakistani origin residing in Saudia. But in today’s
update, the Saudi Interior Ministry announces the arrest of 19 suspects whom
they included 7 Saudis and 12 Pakistanis. Whether or not the attacks were
coordinated, it is safe to say that all three attacks bear Daesh-like
fingerprints, both in terms of execution and motives. As painful as it might be
to admit that the suicide bomber targeting the Prophet’s (s.a.w) mosque was of
Saudi nationals identified as Musallam Hammad Al-nujaidi, a 26-year-old. Whether
these bombers had been radicalized by Al-qaeda or ISIS it makes no difference
as they are all source of terrorism.
You can recall that this ISIS group were
created officially (watch out for next month Salimanology’s report for details)
for a different purpose, but the end result is highly disappointing as they
turned against all the civilized humanity (including their masters). They
hijacked the highest cause of Islamic political identity (Caliphate) claiming
to be its champions, when their evil creed has nothing to do with humanity, let
alone Islam.
Daesh (ISIS) group have already declared war on
all Muslims regardless of their ideological differences. And only a few weeks
ago, a Daesh leader called upon his horrid clan worldwide to launch attacks
against their foes throughout Ramadan, having declared the kingdom as their
main foe. It should not be surprising that various attacks have been carried
out within the last week of Ramadan in various Muslim nations (Baghdad Attack
and Dhakka is a testimony).
The exact
positions of the attacks were not clearly understood by many. I reproduced here
the report on the attack as published in Saudi gazette Newspaper for more
clarification as some media have somehow distorted the reality.
The first attack,
which occurred near the American Consulate in the coastal city of Jeddah. The
second attack targeted two Shiite mosques in the Eastern province of Saudi
Arabia. Yet, the most significant of all three attacks was definitely the
attempt on the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah. There are no words that could
describe the horrific impact of this attack — had it been successful — both in
terms of symbolic significance and the potential number of casualties.
Before
I can de-scribe my pen, I will like to emphasize that the evil attack on the
prophet mosque deserve wider verbal and practical response more than we offer
to it as Muslims. Think of our all-out reactions towards Rushdie affairs in the
past and recently the Danish cartoonist saga. Why do protests only occur only
when ‘the West’ is perceived to have humiliated Islam? Isn’t an attack on a
holy mosque, which contains the prophet’s resting place, a far bigger insult to
Islam? Or does an insult become acceptable if the perpetrator was “one of us
(which I cannot subscribe)?”. In fact we should publicise our wrath more than
we offer. ISIS are not Muslims at all. It will not be possible, and it will
never be, after all, to believe that someone would attack the prophet mosque in
the name of this same prophet! Oh Allah
forgive us for weaknesses; We are at your service of Prophet (s.a.w.
If these attacks have
been all successful, it will amount to some political distrust between the
Kingdom and the US, as well as Iran respectively, as opined by Al-Arabiya’s
chief editor, Al-abbas. The foiled attack on the American consulate may have not only been meant as a jab at the West; but
had it not been prevented it would have definitely ‘poisoned the water’ between
Saudi Arabia and the United States.
The
Shiite sect are a minority in the Kingdom and have previously had their own
issues with the government. However, they (Shiites) are also a declared enemy
of Daesh. As such, had this attack been successful it would have also managed
to achieve two things: kill Shiites while also creating tension between this
minority and the government by making it seem as if they weren’t properly
protected by the Kingdom’s security forces, as Iran always accusing the Kingdom
of being selfish in protecting the right of the minority who are predominantly
Shiite.
Finally, indeed,
this is on Islam itself. As such, it must serve as an eye-opener to any
remaining Daesh/ISIS sympathizers among us who may still believe that their
evil creed has anything to do with humanity, let alone Islam. And to those who
are not Daesh sympathizers, but fail to express their feelings, now it is the
time to speak up. Most importantly if this evil attack doesn’t provoke
unprecedented worldwide protests, then we deserve to be called nothing less
than lop-sided Muslims. Our worldwide marching protest will send an Ultimatum
message to those evil groups.
Written from
Muslim Unity Foundation (MUF)
Office of the Islamic Press & News Agency
Kano, Nigeria.
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