No to Extermism - Islam is a justly balanced nation

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Islam is the true Religion
I Love God. I Love Muhammad. I Love Jesus. I Love Moses.
I Love All Prophets of Allah ...  Because I Am A Muslim


[Thus have we made the Muslim nation a justly balanced nation] Quran 2:143.

قال الله تعالى: ـ (وَكَذَلِكَ جَعَلْنَاكُمْ أُمَّةً وَسَطًا) ـ

Why are some poeple NOW comparing Islam to 'extremism'?
Why are some poeple NOW claiming that Islam urges 'terrorism'?
Why are some poeple NOW trying to ruin the clear name of Islam?

Maybe because Islam is the fastest growing religion in: United States, Canada, South America, Asia Europe rather all over the world.

Why has Islam been the fastest growing religion?

Because the message of Islam is about teaching and advising others to do the good. It's about knowledge that complies with your sound mind and pure intellect. That's the only reason why hundreds of millions are accepting Islam and submitting to this great religion out of their own choice and for the sake of God, Allah.

They all know that Islam rejects extremism, terrorism and fundamentalism. It's about time for people to belie the media and believe themselves! Islamic History Never Lies.

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Islam Against Extremism

Let us talk a bit about Islam Vs. the development of extremist ideology and its effects on civilization.

Yes it's true. Islam is growing by the good word of mouth and by the sincere advice. That's the message of Prophet Muhammad as he spent 13 years walking around and advising people! 13 years Prophet Muhammad spent advising and teaching people to do the good deeds and to do the good things and avoid the evil doings. Prophet Muhammad ordered people with the good advise to do the good deeds have the good manners and to avoid the bad deeds and bad manners.

However, extremism has been exaggerated by the media. We do not say that there are no extremist, but we ask where these extremist came from? And what are their hidden agendas.

Many people would ask the ways and methods to remedy the societies from extremism that tarnishes the image of Islam and spreads terror and violence in our countries. The answer is that we have to realize that extremists hide under the slogans of Islam in deceit, and propagate ideas that have no relation whatsoever to Islam. So we have to know that the confrontation must come through exposing them and removing the masks they hide behind, and by facing them with proofs that demonstrate the disintegration of their logic and the vileness of their practices based on their devilish ideas.

The war on extremism is a scientific war that must depend on pre-emptive measures to prevent extremists from fortifying themselves behind high ranks and positions that enable them to move and speak deceitfully in the name of Islam. We have to block them from channels that are meant to spread Islam and its concepts that are completely remote from extremism and fanaticism. Here comes the role of scholars, sheikhs and preachers who stand as the first and strongest line of defense against those extremists; if this line falls, the road will be clear to those extremists and their objectives will be much easier to accomplish. Therefore, we emphasize on the importance of preparing the preachers, and for them to be competent with knowledge and ready with proofs and give evidence to uncover those extremists and its followers, exposing them to the world so that they cannot find other means to deceive the ordinary people.

A wonderful example of teaching both the preachers and the public is through the interpretation by the people of the righteousness of the Ayat ((And whosoever does not judge according to what Allah has sent down, then those are they (who are) the disbelievers)). The interpretation of this goes into two directions: first, which is the interpretation of Ibn Abbas, the Interpreter of the Qur'an, and is related in AI Mustadrak by AI Hakim, and authenticated by Al Thahabi, and related by Ahmed in his book the Religious Rulings on Women, it is not that disbelief that you think of, that separates one from religion.

It is a kind of disbelief other than infidelity, i.e. a lesser disbelief, just like dissimulation, which the Prophet (the prayers and blessings of Allah be upon him) described as a lesser association of deities when he said "Distance yourselves from dissimulation for it is a lesser association." It is of course known that dissimulation is not infidelity that separates one from religion, and likewise is the ruling according to man-made laws; it is not a case of infidelity that necessitates the separation from religion, but the application of laws contradictory to the Qur'an is what is unlawful.

The other interpretation of the Ayat is the one by the revered companion of the Prophet, AI Sara' bin Azeb, related by Muslim, which said that the three Ayats of the Surah al-Ma1ida (the Table) were all revealed in relation to the Jews who distorted their religion and disbelieved the Prophet. When the prophet told them that the adulterer should be stoned according to the Torah, they insisted on disbelieving him and on claiming that God did not reveal stoning; that of course is infidelity that separates one from religion.

It is obvious how important the role of the authorities is in curbing the spread of the phenomenal extremism by preventing those extremists from reaching the public; it is unacceptable to let those extremists have the opportunity to spread their ideas under the pretext of freedom, for those who threaten the common interests of the people and the security of the nation under such pretext pose an irreversible danger and serious consequences that occur in many cases.

Extremists move according to the carefully studied, designs and clear plans, along with external financing, to strike the security of the Arab and Islamic countries and distract them through conflicts, violence and internal strives, in order to give the enemies of the nation more excuses and pretexts to interfere in our internal affairs and direct them according to their interests.

In dealing with the issue of extremism through security agencies, it only represents the confrontation of the "criminal" aspects emanating from extremism, not the "reasons" behind it. It faces only the physical activities of the extremist thoughts such as murder, violence, and sabotage, i.e. the results of the extremist ideas that endanger the societies, not the reasons of the "movement" and the spread of these thoughts. Limiting our action to security agencies the confrontation of extremism may represent a motive for extremists to continue with the conflict through the cycle of action and reaction, in addition to its effect of expanding the struggle from generation to generation.

Extremism, when suppressed by force, motivates the thinking of, and preparing for, a long time of struggle in an exhaustingly retaliatory manner that would be fed by parties benefiting from its consequences; and with the help of such parties, extremism would seek to strike back with serious and destructive blows. Wars between states and extremist groups cannot be ended only by armed forces for many reasons, and police tactics alone could cause paying attention to, and sympathizing with, such groups by other parties. Therefore, correct concepts must be spread among the ordinary people by all possible means, such as television programs, radio, mosques, seminars, lectures, etc., so that the society becomes immune by virtue of the right religious knowledge with which it can differentiate between moderation and extremism. To sum it up, preventing the spread of extremist ideas and expanding the reach of the moderate concepts through the right people give tremendously effective results provided they are continuous and ascending in pace.

No matter how numerous the techniques extremism is confronted with, in order for them to prove successful, they must not be void of religious enlightenment (with a rising pace) that exposes the extremist ideas and their dangers in front of the Muslim peoples and spreads out The the moderate principles of Islam; they must also stress the following: The importance of adhering to Islam and its right, moderate principles importance of combating the spread of extremist ideas that threaten Muslims' homes and institutions, in addition to public institutions.

In order to succeed, things have to be named and addressed according to their actual reality; names of extremist leaders must be made public, exposing their radical ideas and proving that they have no logic behind them but misinterpretations; their books must be banned and lifted off the shelves of mosques, schools, universities, and libraries.

The principle of unification with the public when confronting the extremists is a useful factor to win the war against them, as well as giving the space to non-governmental organizations and societies to express condemnation of the acts of extremists to exhibit that they are not publicly welcome and that their problem lies with the people that do not accept them, removing the governments out of the picture. This is important because the extremists always benefit from any rift between the "peoples and governments". So it has to be clear that the struggle is between the extremist groups and the people, making use of the fact that such groups do not save the people in their horrendous acts, as they use them for pressuring and embarrassing governments, with the aim at reaching a stage where the peoples may ask the governments to have a dialogue with the extremists and let them share the power.

In fact, extremism is not caused only by one reason; there are many psychological, social, historical, and political reasons behind it. They may sometimes be complicated and intertwined. So when we are dealing with it, we should not deal with one reason and leave the other. We have to deal with these reasons with wisdom and courage, bearing in mind that ignorance is fought through knowledge, extremism through moderation, and wrong through right.

In the end, we have to acknowledge the usefulness of resorting to the fountains of truth and sticking to the sources of the Sharia without distortion, as the right religious knowledge safeguards the people from all forms of extremism. The Prophet (the prayers and blessings of Allah be upon him) was indeed right when he said, "0 people, you learn; knowledge comes through learning and scholarship through studying", related by AI Tabarani in AI Mu'jam AI Kabir with good authentication.

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YOU can make an affect in your community!

How? By following the clear teachings of Prophet Muhammad. [Serve the people sincerely. Teach them and advice them to do the good deeds and obey God, and help them avoid the bad deeds. Learn for your self and teach others for the sake of Allah].


The Solution?

Islam and Religious piety is the solution to the hateful fanaticism that spreads in the societies, supporting the unjust to be even more unjust, feeding on anger, and living on hatred. It shall only be conquered by the sublime approach by sticking to the pure religious piety. That only shall defeat our watching enemy, shall bring together the scattered lines, and shall strengthen back our one resolve. So, come and walk in the path of the prophets and follow the way of Allah's messenger's, for there is the happiness and there is the peace.

And may Peace, Mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you.