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  • Faris Abdat: Exclusivism Is Not Taught In Islam, Ignorance Is Cause For Misunderstanding

    Faris Abdat: Exclusivism Is Not Taught In Islam, Ignorance Is Cause For Misunderstanding

    Nicholas Fang is the the executive director of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs.

    Yet when he speaks about the causes of terrorism and linking it with what he says is exclusivism in Islam, it shows that he is not in a position to speak about Islam or terrorism.

    At all.

    Exclusivism as understood by Mr Fang is never taught by Islam. Islam teaches Muslims to be tolerant and at the same time to be principled.

    While Islam says that it is the only true religion, Islam also says that non-believers have every right to believe in what they believe to be true and to practice those beliefs.

    The Quran says explicitly –

    1. ” There is no compulsion in religion. Truth is clear from error ” ( The Quran 2:256)

    2. ” If it had been the Will of your Lord, they would all have believed – all who are on earth ! Will you then compel mankind, against their will, to believe ? (The Quran 10:99)

    3. “If then they turn away, We have not sent you as a guard over them. Your duty is only to convey (the Message).” ( The Quran 42: 48)

    4. ” Clear proofs have indeed come to you; from your Lord; so whoever sees, it is for his own good; and whoever is blind [ to the Truth ] it is to his own harm. And I am not a keeper over you.” ( The Quran 6:105 )

    By insisting therefore that non-Muslims have the right to believe in what their hearts believe to be true, Islam has laid a solid foundation in the relationship between the Muslim and non-Muslim. Indeed, Islam emphasizes that the non-Muslim is not to be injured, harmed, embarrassed or distressed on the account of his faith.

    In the Charter of Privileges sent by the Prophet Muhammad to the Christians of Najran, we read –

    5. ” This is a message from [Prophet] Muhammad ibn Abdullah, as a covenant to those who adopt Christianity, near and far, we are with them. Verily I, the servants, the helpers, and my followers defend them, because Christians are my citizens; and by Allah! I hold out against anything that displeases them. No compulsion [in religion] is to be on them. Neither are their judges to be removed from their jobs nor their monks from their monasteries.

    No one is to destroy a house of their religion, to damage it, or to carry anything from it to the Muslims’ houses. Should anyone take any of these, he would spoil God’s covenant and disobey His Prophet. Verily, they are my allies and have my secure charter against all that they hate. No one is to force them to travel or to oblige them to fight. The Muslims are to fight for them.

    If a female Christian is married to a Muslim, it is not to take place without her approval. She is not to be prevented from visiting her church to pray. Their Churches are to be respected. They are neither to be prevented from repairing them nor the sacredness of their covenants. No one of the nation (of Muslims) is to disobey this covenant till the Last Day (end of the world). ”

    Not only that, Islam explicitly advocates peaceful dialogues and co-existence between Muslims and non-Muslims. The Quran is explicit in how Muslims should behave when calling others to Islam for example by employing tact, logic and politeness ; that Muslims have to respect the religious choices of non-Muslims without being judgmental or hurtful and that Muslims must behave with kindness and fairness towards those non-Muslims who desire peaceful co-existence, where the Quran clearly equates that kindness and fairness with Allah’s love.

    In this regard, the Quran says –

    6 ” Invite all to the Way of your Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious. Your Lord knows best, who have strayed from His Path, and who have received guidance. ” ( The Quran 16 :125).

    7. “And argue not with the People of the Book [ Christians and Jews ] unless it be in a way that is better, save with such of them as do wrong; and say ‘ We believe in that which has been revealed to us and to you; and our God and your God is one and unto Him we submit [ in Islam] ‘ ” ( The Quran 29:46)

    8. “Say: ‘O People of the Book [ Jews and Christians ] ! Come to common terms as between us and you: That we worship none but Allah; that we associate no partners with Him; that we erect not, from among ourselves, Lords and patrons other than Allah.’ If then they turn back, say you: ‘Bear witness that we (at least) are Muslims (bowing to Allah’s Will).’ ( The Quran, 3 : 64)

    Indeed Islam expressedly instructs Muslims to be kind, compassionate, just and fair to non-Muslims as the norm.

    9. “Allah does not forbid you, with regard to those who do not fight against you for your faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with them: for Allah love those who are just.” (The Quran 60: 8).

    Mr Fang claimed that ” Much of the rationale and motivation for recent terror attacks stem from interpretations of religious texts and teachings that emphasise exclusivism “.

    If his claim is indeed true, then it does not prove that exclusivism is the culprit. Rather it proves that ignorance equal misunderstanding.

    Islam does says it is the only true religion and we Muslims believe that Islam offers the only way to salvation both in this life and the next but that belief can never be justified to killing non-Muslims.

    Anyone who believes that Islam teaches exclusivism as Mr Fang understands it which justifies killing innocent people is obviously ignorant of what Islam actually teaches.

    In this both Mr Fang and the terrorists have something in common

     

    Source: Faris Abdat

  • Another AETOS Officer Placed On Restriction Order, He Supported And Abetted Colleague’s Intent To Take Up Armed Violence In Syria

    Another AETOS Officer Placed On Restriction Order, He Supported And Abetted Colleague’s Intent To Take Up Armed Violence In Syria

    Muhammad Khairul Mohamed’s colleague, Mohamad Rizal Wahid, was put under a restriction order last month for supporting Khairul’s intentions to fight in Syria.

    A person issued with a restriction order is not allowed to move, change jobs, or travel out of Singapore without the authorities’ approval.

    Rizal, 36, was also an AETOS auxiliary police officer at the Woodlands Checkpoint, and was deployed as an armed officer conducting security duties.

    He had been aware since 2015 that Khairul wanted to take part in armed violence in Syria after the latter repeatedly confided in him about his intentions, MHA said.

    However, he not only failed to notify the authorities or AETOS management, and even suggested to Khairul various ways to get to Syria, it said.

    Although Rizal did not share Khairul’s desire to participate in armed violence, as an auxiliary police officer, he should have been aware of the prevailing terrorism threat, the ministry said. His failure to dissuade Khairul and report him to his superior officer was a “serious lapse of judgement”, it added.

    “The Government takes a serious view of anyone who supports, promotes, undertakes or makes preparations to undertake armed violence, regardless of how they rationalise such violence ideologically, or where the violence takes place.

    “This is particularly so if the person involved is a public servant, and especially if he or she is a uniformed officer.”

    Anyone who supports or abets another person’s radicalisation or intention to undertake violence also poses a security threat to Singapore and Singaporeans, MHA said.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

     

  • Another ISA Detention: 24 Year Old AETOS Officer Planned To Undertake Armed Violence In Syria

    Another ISA Detention: 24 Year Old AETOS Officer Planned To Undertake Armed Violence In Syria

    An auxiliary police officer who was deployed to Woodlands Checkpoint has been detained for planning to travel to Syria to take part in armed violence, while his colleague has been put under a restriction order for supporting him.

    Muhammad Khairul Mohamed, 24, an auxiliary police officer at the traffic enforcement division at Woodlands Checkpoint, was arrested in May and detained under the Internal Security Act, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Tuesday (Jun 20).

    He was deployed by AETOS, the second-largest of three licensed auxiliary police organisations in Singapore, to the checkpoint as an outrider. His duties did not require him to be armed, MHA said.

    Khairul became radicalised as early as 2012 – prior to joining AETOS in May 2015 – when he went online to gather more information about the conflict in Syria after reading about it on mainstream media.

    “He developed the view that the conflict in Syria was a sectarian struggle between Sunni Islam and Shia Islam, and being a Sunni Muslim, he wanted to fight against the Shi’ites in Syria by joining the Free Syrian Army,” the ministry said.

    The Free Syrian Army (FSA) is a group founded by defectors of the Syrian Armed Forces, whose aim is to use armed violence to overthrow the Syrian government led by President Bashar Al-Assad, who is backed by the minority Shia Alawite sect.

    Khairul perceived the Syrian conflict to be a holy war in which he was prepared to die in battle as a martyr and receive “divine rewards”, MHA said.

    In 2014, he tried to reach out to a foreign militant on Facebook, as well as two other individuals whom he believed to be FSA supporters, to find out how he could make his way to Syria.

    At the time of his arrest, Khairul was still interested in joining FSA or any other militant groups operating in Syria and engage in armed violence there, the ministry said.

    “His readiness and proclivity to resort to violence in pursuit of a religious cause makes him a security threat to Singapore,” it said.

    The ministry also reiterated that friends or relatives of a person who may be radicalised or intends to undertake acts of violence should report him to the authorities.

    In the case of Khairul, several relatives and friends knew of his intentions but none of them came forward, MHA said.

     

    Source: www.channenewsasia.com

  • Wanita Indonesia Di Syria Lari, Selamatkan Diri Dari Penipuan ISIS

    Wanita Indonesia Di Syria Lari, Selamatkan Diri Dari Penipuan ISIS

    INDONESIA: Semasa wanita bernama Leefa meninggalkan Indonesia untuk menyertai ISIS di kubu kuatnya di Raqa, Syria, beliau menyangka dirinya akan ke sebuah destinasi ‘syurga dunia’.

    Beliau dan keluarganya membayangkan diri mereka dikelilingi orang-orang yang benar-benar beriman dan menjangkakan akan menerima jagaan kesihatan percuma serta mendapat pekerjaan yang dibayar gaji lebih baik, yang hanya jadi mimpi baginya jika terus menetap di tanah air sendiri, Indonesia.

    Namun sekarang, sedang ISIS berperang mempertahankan kubu kuatnya itu, Leefa dan lagi 15 rakyat Indonesia lain adalah antara ribuan orang yang melarikan diri dari Raqa yang terletak di bahagian utara Syria.

    Mereka kini berada di kem perlindungan sementara di Ain Issa bagi mereka yang kehilangan tempat tinggal, sekitar 50 kilometer dari utara Raqa.

    SANGKA BOLEH DAPAT PEMBEDAHAN LEHER PERCUMA

    Mereka masih menantikan nasib diri sedang Pasukan Demokratik Syria (SDF) yang disokong Amerika Syarikat terus berperang.

    Dalam bahasa Inggeris yang tidak fasih, diselang-seli dengan sedikit bahasa Arab yang dipelajari sepanjang berada di Syria selama 22 bulan, Leefa dan rakan-rakannya mengaku mereka sendiri memilih untuk ke wilayah yang dikuasai ISIS itu.

    “Semasa di Indonesia, kami membaca, menonton di internet bahawa Daulah Islamiah itulah tempat yang harus diduduki, untuk menjadi Muslim yang sebenar,” kata Leefa, 38 tahun.

    “Saya mengalami masalah kesihatan. Saya perlu jalani pembedahan pada leher dan ia begitu mahal di Indonesia,” tambah beliau.

    “Namun (sangkanya) dengan ISIS di sana semuanya percuma, semua percuma,” kata beliau.

    “Kami datang ke Syria sertai ISIS untuk jadi Muslim sebenar dan untuk kesihatan saya juga,” tambah beliau, yang mengenakan tudung berwarna hijau.

    “SEMUANYA SATU PENIPUAN”

    Leefa menjelaskan bahawa beliau berhubungan dengan seorang anggota ISIS di Syria menerusi internet dan diberitahu mereka yang sudah datang ke Raqa akan dibayar balik wang bagi pembelian tiket pesawat dan akan menikmati kehidupan yang baik.

    Namun sebaik saja tiba di sana, mereka mendapati keadaannya jauh berbeza daripada yang dijangkakan.

    Leefa mendapati pembedahan yang diperlukan bukan percuma dan akhirnya tidak mendapatkan rawatan.

    “Semuanya satu penipuan,” kata Nur, 19 tahun, seorang lagi rakyat Indonesia di kem Ain Issa, yang mengenakan tudung berwarna kuning air.

    “Setelah kami sertai ISIS, masuk ke negara mereka, semuanya jauh berbeza daripada apa yang disampaikan di internet.”

    Menurut Nur, beliau dan keluarganya menjangkakan saudara lelaki mereka akan mendapat pekerjaan, namun apabila tiba, mereka diberitahu semua lelaki wajib menyertai pejuang ISIS.

    “Anggota keluarga lelaki kami memasuki penjara, bapa saya, saudara lelaki saya,” kata beliau, tanpa menjelaskan mengapa dan bila kaum keluarga lelaki dimasukkan ke dalam penjara.

    Beliau kemudian mendapati dirinya diminta bernikah dengan anggota militan ISIS, kata beliau.

    “Terdapat ramai anggota militan ISIS yang duda, hanya bernikah dua minggu atau dua bulan,” kata beliau.

    “Ramai lelaki datang ke rumah saya dan memberitahu bapa saya mereka mahukan anaknya,” kata beliau penuh jijik.

    Malah saudara lelaki beliau juga pernah ditegur orang yang tidak dikenali di pasar Raqa dan ditanya sama ada beliau mempunyai wanita atau saudara perempuan kerana mereka “mahukan isteri”.

    “MEREKA DIPERDAYA”

    Kisah-kisah yang beritahu oleh sekumpulan rakyat Indonesia itu – lapan wanita, tiga kanak-kanak dan lima lelaki, bagaimanapun sukar dipastikan.

    Namun ia sama dengan kisah-kisah yang pernah diberitahu oleh beberapa individu asing lain yang berhasil melarikan diri daripada wilayah ISIS.

    Semuanya mengatakan, apa yang diberitahu dan digambarkan online jauh berbeza dengan keadaan sebenar sebaik saja tiba di ‘khilafah’ ISIS.

    Pasukan SDF yang kini memasuki kawasan lebih dalam di Raqa sedang menyoal siasat rakyat Indonesia tersebut namun dijangka membebaskan mereka, menurut pegawai kem Ain Issa, Fayruz Khalil.

    “Apa yang saya fahami…mereka semua diperdaya,” beliau memberitahu AFP.

    “Mereka mendapati gambaran yang diberikan ISIS semuanya palsu. Sepanjang 10 bulan lalu mereka cuba meninggalkan Raqa namun hanya berjaya melakukan demikian beberapa hari lalu.”

    SDF merancang untuk menghantar rakyat Indonesia itu ke sempadan bandar Arbil, Iraq dan menyerahkan mereka kepada kedutaan Indonesia.

    Menurut pihak berkuasa Indonesia sekitar 500 hingga 600 rakyat Indonesia dipercayai berada di Syria sekarang.

    Lagi 500 merancang untuk ke Syria namun dihantar pulang sebelum sampai ke destinasi.

    Sejauh ini, pihak berkuasa negara itu sudah mendaftarkan lebih 60 rakyatnya yang pulang dari Syria, yang kebanyakannya tidak diperiksa dengan ketat sebelum dibebaskan tanpa pemantauan lanjut, menurut para pakar.

    Source: http://berita.mediacorp.sg

  • Islamic State Calls For Attacks On West, Russia, Middle East, Asia, During Ramadan

    Islamic State Calls For Attacks On West, Russia, Middle East, Asia, During Ramadan

    CAIRO – An audio message purporting to come from the spokesman of Islamic State called on followers to launch attacks in the United States, Europe, Russia, Australia, Iraq, Syria, Iran, and the Philippines during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which began in late May.

    The audio clip was distributed on Monday on Islamic State’s channel on Telegram, an encrypted messaging application. It was attributed to the militant group’s official spokesman, Abi al-Hassan al-Muhajer.

    The authenticity of the recording could not be independently verified, but the voice was the same as a previous audio message purported to be from the spokesman.

    “O lions of Mosul, Raqqa, and Tal Afar, God bless those pure arms and bright faces, charge against the rejectionists and the apostates and fight them with the strength of one man,” said al-Muhajer. Rejectionist is a derogatory term used to refer to Shi’ite Muslims.

    “To the brethren of faith and belief in Europe, America, Russia, Australia, and others. Your brothers in your land have done well so take them as role models and do as they have done.”

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com