Terrorism, Propaganda and Reality
In the world of Economic and commerce it is said that if the U.S.A economy gets cold the world market and economy sneezes but after 9/11 the same has happened with Terrorism. After the attack on the Twin tower, according to some the statue of Capitalism, America successfully lobbied and finally convinced the world that the Islamic Terrorism is the most dangerous phenomenon of the modern humanity. Our country India is no exception, instead a step forward. We are toeing the same line and charging a deprived community for every act of terrorism causing further deterioration.
Knowing the history of U.S. terrorism from Vietnam to Nicaragua, from Afghanistan to Iraq, the Uno is unable to define the terrorism and so is true for our country. If a bomb blast is a terrorist attack than what is the bombardment on the civilians, children and women by the Israelis in Lebanon? How will one define the using of Atom Bomb on Japan? Horror camps in Guantanamo? Killing of Jews by Hitler? Using Chemical weapons against human being of other country? Invading of Iraq, by America and its European allies causing a Million death and that too without the sanction of the UNO?
Politically speaking our learned Prime Minister has once said that Terrorism and Naxalism are the two major causes of concern and a threat to our nation. Knowing his politeness and closeness with the U.S one can easily understand that by terrorism he meant Islamic Terrorism. It was not expected from a person belonging to the Minority community specially who was targeted the same way in the recent past.
In spite of the financial crisis (subprime) and deteriorating dollar, ballooning fiscal and trade Deficit, our business community, as concluded in a conclave of the leaders organized by the noted media house, is not far behind and they see the Bright future of our country in siding with the U.S. and letting of our historic non alignment policy.
Bureaucrats have also joined the war on Terror. Security advisor to the Prime Minister Mr.M.K.Narayanan suspected terrorist funding in our share market but never said a word against the Hedge Funds. He also did not cautioned our little investors who lost lacks of rupees of their saving in the stock market when the George Soros Short more than 3 lacks of nifty future twice as reported by the newspapers.
High cast dominant and corporate media houses are very clever. After minutes of any blasts or attack they don’t only suspects but declare the culprits, ands quoting agencies discover the cell phones; tap the conversation to Pakistan and Dubai.
Instead of the majority of Indians, who are just, as always, few but dominant and powerful are creating a havoc and terrorizing our society for their vested interest.
In Fitna, the movie by the far right dutch Geert Wilders, has reiterated the false propaganda that Islam teaches violence and hence the religion is in question. Fighting with evil is not the exception with Quran or the teaching of Islam alone but every religious scripture or religion commands the same with its follower. It’s in the Old Testament, New Testament, Geeta and Mahabharata. Not only the religion but the modern states of today follow the same to eradicate evil (read terrorism).
S. Michael Houdmann, President and founder of gotquestions.org, explains, “Many people make the mistake of believing the Bible says, "You shall not kill," and seek to apply this command to war. However, the Bible actually says, "You shall not murder" (Exodus 20:13). The Hebrew word literally means "the intentional, premeditated killing of another person with malice." God often ordered the Israelites to go to war with other nations (1 Samuel 15:3; Joshua 4:13). God ordered the death penalty for numerous crimes (Exodus 21:12; 21:15; 22:19; Leviticus 20:11). So, God is not against killing in all circumstances, but rather only murder. War is never a good thing, but sometimes it is a necessary thing. In a world filled with sinful people (Romans 3:10-18), war is inevitable. Sometimes the only way to keep sinful people from doing great harm is by going to war with them.
He further elaborates, “In the Old Testament, God ordered the Israelites to: "Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites" (Numbers 31:2). See also Deuteronomy 20:16-17. "For hands were lifted up to the throne of the LORD. The LORD will be at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation." Also, 1 Samuel 15:18, "Go and completely destroy those wicked people, the Amalekites; make war on them until you have wiped them out." So, obviously God is not against all war. Jesus is always in perfect agreement with the Father (John 10:30), so we cannot argue that war was only God's will in the Old Testament. God does not change (Malachi 3:6; James 1:17). http://www.gotquestions.org/war-Bible.html,
In the September 2001 issue of "The Theosophist" magazine Lester Smith in his article DOES THE GITA JUSTIFY WAR? argues that ate the time of great war of 1914 theosophist turned to Bhagvadgita and, thinking they saw in it a justification of warfare, threw over the teaching of the Buddha and the Christ, and joined their countrymen in the prosecution of the war.
What is causing Terrorism if it’s not the religion. About Iraq War, after initial adamant, the Australian Prime Minister, John Howard accepted that war in Iraq was due to oil. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7t_u641NyM&feature=email
Former Chairman of Federal Reserve, Allan Green span, in his book, the Age of Turbulence, acknowledged,” it’s politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows that the Iraq war is largely about Oil.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiWGqGCFcZg&feature=related
Therefore, Terrorism is not the religious but social, economical and political phenomenon and who so ever is preaching violence and killing innocent in the name of religion is completely misguided. It should be concluded by a quote of Retired Justice Hosbet Suresh that “State Terrorism is a reality and else is propaganda.”
A.M.Rehan.
Amr789@gmail.com
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Prophet Muhammad. the messenger of peace
Prophet Muhammad, the messenger of Peace.
In the subcontinent Eid-e-Milad is the third Id after Id-ul-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, and Id-uz-Zuha, observed just after the performance of Haj in commemoration of Abraham’s sacrifice of son Ishmael.
It’s the Birth day of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be upon Him) the last messenger of Allah for the whole Humanity and therefore celebrated by the Muslims. Muhammad means highly praised but it is the irony that in today’s civilized world he PBUH, the spiritual leader of billions, is not given the due respect instead his character is malign and he being criticized for no fault of his own. In Quran he is declared as a mercy for all the creatures but paradoxically he is charged of spreading terrorism.
Michael Heart, the writer of the 100 more influential people, after extensive research, listed Prophet Muhammad PBUH as the number one and applauded, “He was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular levels.” Mahatma Gandhi in young India was sorry that he could not read the full biography of Muhammad but said, “I became more than convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet, the scrupulous regard for his pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission.”
Then why suddenly the opinion changed? Is it 9/11 or the ideology of clashes of civilization. Is it the desire to control rich oil fields or the unfinished agenda of the cold war? Is it due the some ayah of Quran or the Sayings of the Prophet? The answers to these questions are very important for the world peace.
Muslims who are proud to love Muhammad PBUH did not understand him and his mission that lead to misapprehension among other human beings. They had mistaken him as the Prophet of Muslims only whereby Quran declares him as the Messenger of Allah not only for the humanity but for all the creatures.
Secondly his biographies are written at the time when history was meant the history of wars only. Therefore today we see Ramayana, Mahabharata and earlier pieces of classical history mostly portraying the war scenes. The real biography of prophet lies in the Hadith, the sayings and the actions of prophet Muhammad (PBUH). When an old lady was leaving Makah with a luggage on his head and was abusing Muhammad PBUH, the Prophet PBUH saw her and took her luggage on his own head. Throughout the journey she was abusing consistently but at the end of Makah when she knew that the person who was carrying her luggage was Muhammad, She apologized and reverted to Islam. He pardoned off those who killed his beloved uncle, who throw him out of Makah, who were planning to murder him who were abusing him and injured him severely by throwing stone. He helped 300 girl children who were supposed to get killed by their own parents. He not only saved them but grew them up. He was kind and generous not only for others but for his family too. Likewise there are many such UNTOLD STORIES about his life which are lesser known among human being.
Instead of repeated explanation that JIHAD means struggle to be a better human some Quranic ayah mostly quoted out of context lead to misunderstanding about Islam. For example it is well known that the drinking of wine is prohibited in Islam but In Quran one can find the Ayah preventing Muslims not to drink at the time of Namaz. Out of context this Ayah will mean that wine is allowed after Namaz which is not true. Therefore, to understand Quran the context of the ayah is must.
Many Islamic Scholars believe that War in Islam is allowed only in self defense means there is no offensive war forget the preemptive wars (as declared by Mr. Bush). Killing innocents are the worst crime even at the time of war. Muslim soldiers (Not anybody) are allowed to fight with the soldiers only and not the civilians, women, children. They can’t destroy even the trees cannot poison the water or do anything destructive for humanity.
We must understand the message of Prophet Muhammad, live his life and spread his message of Peace and Salvation. Islam was spread by the characters of Muslims and through peaceful Dawah and this is the only way to pay tribute to the beloved Prophet (PBUH).
Ansari Mohammed Rehan.
amr789@gmail.com
In the subcontinent Eid-e-Milad is the third Id after Id-ul-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, and Id-uz-Zuha, observed just after the performance of Haj in commemoration of Abraham’s sacrifice of son Ishmael.
It’s the Birth day of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be upon Him) the last messenger of Allah for the whole Humanity and therefore celebrated by the Muslims. Muhammad means highly praised but it is the irony that in today’s civilized world he PBUH, the spiritual leader of billions, is not given the due respect instead his character is malign and he being criticized for no fault of his own. In Quran he is declared as a mercy for all the creatures but paradoxically he is charged of spreading terrorism.
Michael Heart, the writer of the 100 more influential people, after extensive research, listed Prophet Muhammad PBUH as the number one and applauded, “He was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular levels.” Mahatma Gandhi in young India was sorry that he could not read the full biography of Muhammad but said, “I became more than convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days in the scheme of life. It was the rigid simplicity, the utter self-effacement of the Prophet, the scrupulous regard for his pledges, his intense devotion to his friends and followers, his intrepidity, his fearlessness, his absolute trust in God and in his own mission.”
Then why suddenly the opinion changed? Is it 9/11 or the ideology of clashes of civilization. Is it the desire to control rich oil fields or the unfinished agenda of the cold war? Is it due the some ayah of Quran or the Sayings of the Prophet? The answers to these questions are very important for the world peace.
Muslims who are proud to love Muhammad PBUH did not understand him and his mission that lead to misapprehension among other human beings. They had mistaken him as the Prophet of Muslims only whereby Quran declares him as the Messenger of Allah not only for the humanity but for all the creatures.
Secondly his biographies are written at the time when history was meant the history of wars only. Therefore today we see Ramayana, Mahabharata and earlier pieces of classical history mostly portraying the war scenes. The real biography of prophet lies in the Hadith, the sayings and the actions of prophet Muhammad (PBUH). When an old lady was leaving Makah with a luggage on his head and was abusing Muhammad PBUH, the Prophet PBUH saw her and took her luggage on his own head. Throughout the journey she was abusing consistently but at the end of Makah when she knew that the person who was carrying her luggage was Muhammad, She apologized and reverted to Islam. He pardoned off those who killed his beloved uncle, who throw him out of Makah, who were planning to murder him who were abusing him and injured him severely by throwing stone. He helped 300 girl children who were supposed to get killed by their own parents. He not only saved them but grew them up. He was kind and generous not only for others but for his family too. Likewise there are many such UNTOLD STORIES about his life which are lesser known among human being.
Instead of repeated explanation that JIHAD means struggle to be a better human some Quranic ayah mostly quoted out of context lead to misunderstanding about Islam. For example it is well known that the drinking of wine is prohibited in Islam but In Quran one can find the Ayah preventing Muslims not to drink at the time of Namaz. Out of context this Ayah will mean that wine is allowed after Namaz which is not true. Therefore, to understand Quran the context of the ayah is must.
Many Islamic Scholars believe that War in Islam is allowed only in self defense means there is no offensive war forget the preemptive wars (as declared by Mr. Bush). Killing innocents are the worst crime even at the time of war. Muslim soldiers (Not anybody) are allowed to fight with the soldiers only and not the civilians, women, children. They can’t destroy even the trees cannot poison the water or do anything destructive for humanity.
We must understand the message of Prophet Muhammad, live his life and spread his message of Peace and Salvation. Islam was spread by the characters of Muslims and through peaceful Dawah and this is the only way to pay tribute to the beloved Prophet (PBUH).
Ansari Mohammed Rehan.
amr789@gmail.com
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