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  • Singapore In The Anti-IS Coalition: A Missed Opportunity

    Singapore In The Anti-IS Coalition: A Missed Opportunity

    Bismillahirrahmanirrahim

    I’ve debated whether to post this.

    Decided I should.

    In the last few weeks, there was an issue that was extremely important for the Muslim community here to address. Yet as a whole, we did not. For whatever reasons.

    I refer to PM Lee’s announcement that the SG govt was considering joining the ‘coalition of the bombing’.

    Instead of addressing the issue – the elephant in the room in my view – they chose to address the dog issue.

    The situation is akin to what happened in Saudi Arabia during the first Gulf War and the setting up of a US airbase in Dahran. Instead of addressing the issue, the ‘establishment ulema’ there chose to focus their attention to a Muslimah who – heaven forbid – decided to drive. Aparently that’s far more impt than the issue of an entire airbase being situated very near to Islam’s holiest shrines. But I digress.

    Let’s recap. After Minister Shanmugam posting something on IS on his FB, suddenly so many establishment asatizahs start falling all over themselves to condemn IS. Not in their name, they chorused dutifully. The asatiahs were from RSIS and MUIS. The big guns, so to speak. Then The head of PERGAS gave an interview on national TV, condemning in no uncertain terms IS and again chorusing ‘not in our name’.

    Don’t get me wrong. I do not support IS. Im saying these acts do not happen in a vacuum. US atrocities, the bombing of entire Muslim villages by drones, the killing of many Muslims attending a wedding feast, CIA and Mosad complicity in the genesis of IS…. all these are conveniently left out of the narrative.

    Then there’s the woeful episode of the black flags. Asatizahs began writing articles, questioning the authenticity of the hadith on Khurasan and the black flags. Firstly, it was done in a rather lop-sided manner. Eg, in a particular chain that was quoted by both Imam Tirmidhi and Imam Ahmad, it was said that Imam Tirmidhi considered the chain weak. But what did Imam Ahmad say about it? Next, two places were mentioned: Khoorasan and Jerusalam. There are other ahadith about a Muslim army liberating Jerusalem, and the hadith is muttafaqqun alaih – of the highest possible authenticity. This was not mentioned. Also, there appears to be numerous chains of the hadith. And these chains could strengthen one another, making it collectively sahih. Not to mention these ahadith appear in the canonical six collections of ahadith – collectively the most authentic we have.

    Then the ED of PERGAS saw fit to talk to BH about it not being right to purchase the flag, as it would make non Muslims uncomfortable. Truly, that’s a preposterous statement. Should we then censor the Quran? After all, the end of Bakarah is a doa for Allah azzawajal to Grant us victory agst the non Believers? That’s juz one eg out of many.

    We are told we should have husnu zhon. But shouldn’t these asatizahs have husno zhon on the Muslims who had purchased the flags, without realising its bigger implications? Should the asatizahs not contact these people personally and advise them to remove it from FB? To my knowledge this wasn’t done. And our brothers were hauled up by the authorities and have to answer for their deeds, with all the attendant worry the family had to go thru.

    Now, after the govt announced that they would join the ‘coalition of the bombing’ and the issue has become fait accompli, some among the asatizahs are voicing out their displeasure. A little too late no? Or is it an attempt to recover lost legitimacy, since there has been voices ‘encouraging’ out estab asatizahs to join the jihad?

    Final word. Late for Jumuah. We hope our pol leaders and estab asatizahs enjoy their paychecks and coming EOY bonus. If u r MUIS staff, bear in mind it comes from the Fitrah fund.

    A reminder these things come with strings attached.

    We hope and pray there will not be hell to pay.

    Gotta go for now. I’m not done yet. will dress our own complicity in this.

    Wallahualam. Barakallahufeek.

     

    Authored by Syed Danial on 7 Nov 2011.

  • Saudi Arabia Keluar Fatwa Untuk Jelaskan Mengapa Islam Harus Tolak IS

    Saudi Arabia Keluar Fatwa Untuk Jelaskan Mengapa Islam Harus Tolak IS

    RIYADH: Kepimpinan kanan ulama Arab Saudi telah mengeluarkan fatwa baru yang mengisytiharkan pengganasan sebagai “jenayah kejam” di bawah undang-undang syariah – yang merupakan satu lagi komitmen kerajaan Saudi untuk menolak IS dan kekejaman militan itu kononnya sebagai perjuangan atas nama Islam.

    “Pengganasan adalah bertentangan dengan tujuan agama Islam, iaitu membawa rahmat di seluruh dunia.

    “Pengganasan tidak ada kaitannya dengan Islam dan merupakan ideologi yang menyimpang.

    “Pengganasan tidak lebih daripada hanya kerosakan dan jenayah yang ditolak oleh undang-undang syariah dan akal budi,” kata para ulama dalam kenyataan yang dilaporkan Saudi Press Agency, seperti yang ditukil akhbar The Guardian.

    Sebarang Muslim yang berfikir bahawa jihad bermakna menyertai kumpulan pengganas “merupakan golongan yang bodoh dan tersesat,” tambah kumpulan ulama itu.

    Kewaspadaan Arab Saudi tentang militan IS kini semakin kuat sejak beberapa bulan kebelakangan ini.

    Raja Abdullah telah menggesa majlis ulama – badan agama negara itu – supaya bergerak lebih cepat mengutuk pengganasan dan mengurangkan tarikan kepada IS selepas Arab Saudi dan sembilan negara Arab lain menyertai perikatan antarabangsa yang dipimpin Amerika Syarikat untuk memerangi IS di Iraq dan Syria.

    Putera Mohammed bin Nayef, Menteri Dalam Negeri Arab Saudi, digambarkan di Riyadh sebagai penggerak utama di sebalik strategi dengan keselamatan dalam negeri dan dasar serantau diselaraskan dengan lebih berkesan bagi menangani IS.

    Februari lalu, Arab Saudi telah memerintahkan hukuman penjara bagi orang yang menyokong pertubuhan pengganas atau membuat perjalanan ke Syria atau Iraq bagi menyertai IS.

    Awal September lalu, 88 orang telah diberkas kerana menyokong Al-Qaeda dan pemimpin IS, Abu Bakar al-Bagdadi.

    Rakyat Arab Saudi kini membentuk kontinjen kedua terbesar pejuang Arab yang berjuang bersama IS.

    Arab Saudi sebelum ini dikejutkan dengan kritikan bahawa negara itu menyokong IS walaupun para pengamat berkata sokongan kewangan yang diberikan Arab Saudi adalah bagi kumpulan Islam yang menentang Presiden Syria, Encik Bashar al-Assad.

    Namun beberapa pihak berkata bantuan itu akhirnya mengalir kepada kumpulan yang dikaitkan dengan Al-Qaeda dan IS.

    Selepas menewaskan Al-Qaeda dalam kempen anti keganasan pada 2004, kerajaan Arab Saudi bimbang dengan kesan rakyat Arab Saudi yang pulang selepas berjuang di Syria dan Iraq.

    Sementara itu, Mufti Besar Arab Saudi, Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Asheikh, memberi amaran bahawa musuh Islam kini menggunakan laman web sosial seperti Twitter untuk menyebarkan perkara palsu tentang Islam selain menyerang penganutnya.

    Portal berita Arab News melaporkan Sheikh Abdul Aziz meminta penduduk Arab Saudi yang menggunakan Twitter supaya berfikir terlebih dahulu sebelum menyiarkan apa-apa di akaun mereka.

    Beliau menggesa penduduk Arab Saudi agar memastikan apa yang disiarkan di akaun mereka akan menjaga kepentingan negara dan tidak memburukkan pemerintah negara ini.

    “Mereka yang memburukkan Islam tanpa malu tidak mempunyai sebarang pegangan dan tidak takut kepada Tuhan,” katanya dalam satu rancangan televisyen.

    Beliau berkata, Twitter menjadi laman web yang mempromosikan pelbagai jenis “kejahatan dan kerosakan”.

    “Penggunaan yang baik adalah apabila orang ramai yang menggunakan laman web itu mendapat faedah, namun sebaliknya mereka menggunakannya bagi perkara bukan-bukan,” jelasnya. – Agensi berita.

    “Pengganasan adalah bertentangan dengan tujuan agama Islam, iaitu membawa rahmat di seluruh dunia. Pengganasan tidak ada kaitannya dengan Islam dan merupakan ideologi yang menyimpang.”

    – Fatwa kepimpinan kanan ulama Arab Saudi.

     

    Source: www.beritaharian.sg

  • Leader Of The Islamic State Wounded In US-led Air Strike

    Leader Of The Islamic State Wounded In US-led Air Strike

    The leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was “critically wounded” when a U.S.-led air strike targeted the western Iraqi border town of al-Qaim, tribal sources told Al Arabiya News Channel on Saturday.

    U.S. Central Command confirmed in a statement that U.S.-led air strikes targeted ISIS leaders near their northern Iraqi hub of Mosul late Friday, without confirming whether Baghdadi was killed, AFP reported.

    “This strike demonstrates the pressure we continue to place on the ISIL [ISIS] terrorist network and the group’s increasingly limited freedom to maneuver, communicate and command,” U.S. Central Command said.

    Anbar province MP Mohammad al-Karbuli told Al Arabiya News Channel that coalition aircraft had targeted a gathering of ISIS leaders in al-Qaim that led to the killing of tens of people and wounded many more.

    Karbuli said chaos ensued the air raid with ISIS members scrambling to transport their wounded to al-Qaim hospital which was overwhelmed with the number of patients.

    Reuters news agency quoted two witnesses as saying an air strike targeted a house where senior ISIS officers were meeting, near al-Qaim.

    The witnesses said ISIS fighters had cleared a hospital so that their wounded could be treated. ISIS fighters used loudspeakers to urge residents to donate blood, the witnesses said.

    The agency also quoted residents as saying there were unconfirmed reports that ISIS’ local leader in the western Iraqi province of Anbar and his deputy were killed.

     

    Source: http://english.alarabiya.net

  • The Islamic State Ultimatum

    The Islamic State Ultimatum

    You get three choices, pay the Islamic State tax, convert or die.

    Then the first choice is taken off the table. That makes it quite simple. Convert or die.

    On my first day here in Jordan I came face to face with Iraqi Christians who had less than an hour to flee the advancing Islamic State. Standing in the bustling refugee processing centre in Amman, an Iraqi family tell me their story.

    It was June in Mosul and many thought the Peshmerga forces would stop the murderous militants from swamping their city. They were wrong.

    Time was short, hundreds of Christian families grabbed a few belongings and jumped in their cars heading East towards Irbil. But swathes of people with the same idea meant a 1.5 hour drive turned into a 20 hour journey from hell.

    They made it, and thanks to Peshmerga forces Irbil provided a safe haven for a few months. But the escalating violence has destroyed any hope these Iraqis had of a future in their home country.

    In the last two weeks over 800 Iraqis have arrived in Jordan seeking resettlement, according the UNHCR. They are now living on church floors amongst the Amman and Zarqa Christian communities.

    While the Iraqi families consider their resettlement options, Jordan is being faced with it’s own Islamic State ultimatum. The rise of the brutal jihadis has forced countries like Jordan to choose between security and humanity.

    As we walk through hundreds of refugees at the UNHCR’s Amman processing centre, the organisation’s head Andrew Harper tells me that fear of Islamic State militants crossing the border has been a game changer here in Jordan and other neighbouring countries.

    “The humanitarian focus has now been surpassed by the security focus,” Andrew Harper goes on to explain that in the last month very few refugees have been allowed to cross the Syrian border in Jordan. October was the lowest intake in two years.

    That’s created a nightmare situation where vulnerable Syrian refugees fleeing the Islamic State are starting to pile up at the border.

    Andrew Harper tells me there are 5000 asylum seekers piled up at Jordan’s eastern border crossing with Syria.

    “Anyone who is stuck at a border and is not allowed in is a massive concern because it’s my job to make sure that people fleeing violence have access to safety.”

    It’s obviously a tricky balance. While Jordan has been incredibly generous in accepting over 600,000 refugees they are now part of the US led coalition at war with the Islamic State.

    If security concerns means thousands of refugees stuck at the border become sitting ducks for Islamic State militants it will take this three year long catastrophe to another level.

     

    Source: www.abc.net.au/triplej/hack

  • Singapore To Contribute Personnel and Equipment to Multinational Coalition Against IS

    Singapore To Contribute Personnel and Equipment to Multinational Coalition Against IS

    SINGAPORE – Singapore will play its part in the multinational coalition battling the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) by contributing personnel and equipment, said Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen in Parliament on Monday.

    This is part and parcel of Singapore’s ongoing efforts to combat terrorism, Dr Ng said, as he outlined how Singapore fought against the terrorist threat from Al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah.

    It did so by strengthening its social, psychological and physical defenses at home, and joining other countries to deal with the sources of radicalisation and terror in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    “As a result, both Al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiyah are weaker today. However, this terorrism threat is a long-term one, and new groups like ISIS will emerge even as existing ones falter. When they do, we must not lose focus or heart in dealing with the threat from ISIS. We must continue with the approach that has served Singapore well and protected us thus far,” he said.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com