True Jihad
by Pete Fisher
Since 9-11 we have probably heard the term Jihad on almost a daily
basis. Most people had no clue what this meant and many still do not.
Because we hear pretty much what the media wants us to in this
nation, all we hear is that Islam is peaceful and Jihad is merely the
inner struggle for an individual between good and evil. The path of
discipline in ones life to overcome sin and temptation and become a
better person is how it is explained.
It is also explained to be the means of defense to the oppressed.
Not just to any oppressed, but to Muslims who are oppressed. Though I
dislike the biased nature of Jihad for only Muslims, it could
still be considered a moderately decent ideology.
And if these were simply the only definitions of the term it would
be a good thing. After all, how can one who seeks truth be in conflict
with that idea? But the meaning of Jihad seems to be different
depending on what it is used for. A prevailing thought is that it can
be used to liberate oppressed Muslims from a regime that is oppressive
to Muslims.
Not a bad idea, though again it provides nothing for
non-Mohammedans. It only provides the authority to war against the
governments who oppress Muslims.
So this differs from other religions in that it provides only for
its own. We see the tidal wave that devastated several Muslim nations
recently. The largest amounts of donations come from Christian and
Jewish sources. Though we see a Muslim Terror group camping on site to
"protect" the Muslims, the cash is lagging far behind what is donated
for terror activities.
We see that billions have gone to financing Madrassas around the
world to fully indoctrinate Wahabi values into children, and see the
money spent to finance terror instead of feeding the hungry; one must
ask what the true concerns of Islamic nations are?
We see the USA having liberated Muslims in Europe and the Middle
East, as well as providing haven and education for them. In fact,
Americans have freed more Muslims than any Muslim nation ever has. We
have given from our pockets to feed and clothe them. Our money is
spent on their well being and education. But where is the Muslim money
going?
We know terror organizations are funded by Muslim nations. Iran,
Syria, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Egypt, Iraq. We watch almost daily as
some act of terror is committed somewhere. Whether in Pakistan where a
grenade was launched into a church filled with praying girls as
reported on CNN Wednesday, December 25, 2002:
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Three girls were killed and 14 people
were wounded in a grenade attack on a church holding a special
Christmas Day service for women and children, police in this mostly
Muslim country said Wednesday.
The three girls were 6, 11 and 15. Of the 14 injured, two were in
serious condition at a Lahore hospital. Or an attack on a Jewish
School Bus, or shopping Mall, it is as evident as the Sun rising in
the East every morning.
We see that the huge rate of illiteracy in Muslim people as
reported by the Muslim American Society:
With an over 60 percent illiteracy
rate, our people are held backwards and have few avenues of gainful
productivity. As a result, nearly 40 percent live below the poverty
line (less than $2.00 a day). And while our masses continue to suffer,
corrupt autocratic dictators plunder our resources and loot the public
treasury. And when they finally leave thrones of power, billions are
taken with them to be stashed in foreign banks.
We see oppression in Muslin nations
against their own people, where the citizens of many nations are not
allowed to question the elders, be educated, and live in abject
poverty. The Sharia Law that exists to stone people, cut off body
parts, crucifies people for what seem petty crimes is an extremely
oppressive system.
We watched as Yassir Arafat stashed
away millions upon millions while keeping his people ignorant and
impoverished, using that money to murder. We saw Saddam steal Iraq
blind all the while torturing and murdering Muslims. We watch the
Saudi government spend billions on brain washing schools while their
own people wander in search of employment that does not exist,
becoming angry and filled with hatred as they watch their families sit
in poverty.
We hear of stonings in Iran for having sex. We listen to the absurd
ramblings of how all natural catastrophes seem to be caused by
Christians and Jews. We hear of the Great Satan, the nation that has
involved itself more in Jihad for Muslims than Muslims ever have,
being the target of the hatred bred by uneducated and ignorant people
who would be killed if they dared blame Islam itself.
But when Muslims are hungry and Muslims are being tortured and
killed, and when Muslims are being held in oppressive regimes, where
are the Muslim Jihads against THAT injustice?
Where are the so called "moderate Muslims" when imams in London
celebrate the anniversary of 9-11? Where are these "peaceful" Muslims
when a Fatwah is issued to slaughter Americans or Jews, no matter
whom, when, or how?
If Jihad IS what you try and tell me it is, then why not Jihad
against your OWN Islamic societies that oppress and repress Muslims?
Why not Jihad against those who supposedly hijacked your religion? Why
not Jihad for Muslims who hunger and thirst? Who are never allowed to
live as human beings?
Why not Jihad against those who torture your brothers and sisters
daily and keep your brothers ignorant? Why not Jihad against Hamas and
Abu Saef, who plan daily how they may kill and kidnap for gain?
Because until you ACT upon what you attempt to teach, your little
fantasies about what Jihad truly is will never be believed by
non-Mohammedans.
Because by your own definition, The Great Satan and the Jews Jihad
more for your people than you do yourselves. We have saved more,
liberated more, fed more, and loved more than Islam has. We have used
what God has given us to heal and to do good. Not to arm those who
kill innocents, not to keep ignorant our citizens, and not to oppress,
but to free.
It seems non-Muslims perform the duties of Jihad more closely and
more often than Muslims do, IF we are to believe that Jihad is used
for the good of mankind. But I have my doubts.
Pete Fisher is a political columnist in Chicago, Illinois. He can
be contacted at
PFisher2005@aol.com
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