The emergence of a jihad group which named themselves
Tandzim Al Qaeda of “Serambi Mekah” (Front Porch of Makkah) in early March
2010, surely baffled many parties. Especially that it was followed up by a
series of hunts, shootings and arrests on this Tandzim Al Qaeda which had
their shares in executing resistance and inflicting heavy losses. All
parties made analyses together according to each of their perspective.
There are those who agreed, not a few who are reviling. What follows is an
analysis which was featured in a blog, 'elhakimi', presented in parts. May
it be useful!
The
Aceh Jihad that took place in early March 2010 was very surprising. When
earlier before that, the society was preoccupied with the pandemonium of
the Century (corruption case-ed), and all of a sudden reports about jihad
in Aceh appeared, the Century was forgotten right away. Surprising because
Aceh, which all these while was known as the base for the GAM (Gerakan
Aceh Merdeka or Independent Aceh Movement), which was very local (GAM)
in image, suddenly turned into the base of Al-Qaeda which is global in
image.
What is more
surprising, they – who are always called terrorists - carried out
resistance in the form of gunfights in the open wilderness. The result was
so surprising, a number of the Densus 88 members, which was projected as a
gangster forces like the Blackwater – the sleeves rolled up to display a
macho impression- were killed by them.
All of a sudden,
the news about Aceh Al-Qaeda turned booming. The hot news of the Aceh
gunfights had not settled, it was immediately followed up by the killing
of (Ab)Dulmatin alias Amar Usman whose head was priced at 10 million
Dollars by America. The Mass media were in noisy uproar blowing up the
event.
SBY,
who had been struggling with grief by the insistent pressure concerning
the Century case, suddenly had his face turned joyous and radiant. He had
found a good ammunition to cover the Century case. On another angle, he
who was on a visit to Australia and received the "honor" to be the speaker
in the parliament of Australia – it was said that only 5 heads of state
had been given the chance for it - was having the special opportunity to
bootlick Australia. He, by saying "alhamdulillah", reported to
his master the success in capturing the ringleader of the terrorists
(read: a Mujahid figure) who all these while had been targeted by the
entire kafir world.
A lot of analyses circulated amongst the society. Unfortunately, in
general they are divided into two camps which are both equally wrong in
addressing this issue. Viewing the issue through wrong spectacles.
The First
Camp: The Followers Of the Theory Of Conspiracy
The followers of
this mazhab see the Aceh jihad as the conspiracy of SBY and the
police of RI (Republic of Indonesia) to merely divert the public attention
from the Century case which had its climax in early March 2010. Or, the
conspiracy of maturating a situation to muzzle the radical camp so that a
maximum security is created for Obama's visit to Indonesia scheduled for
late March. (Alhamdulillah, delayed till June, it was said).
A conspiracy
theory in its essence is a mechanism to “blame” the enemies by closing the
eyes to the reality that the movement of a resistance in the midst of the
Islamic ummah is real and cannot be refuted. The conspiracy theory always
has the connotation that the enemies of the Islamic ummah are
very superior, they could plan anything and achieve it just like in movie
storylines, meanwhile, the Islamic ummah are just a flock of
“deaf sheeps” who are stupid and oppressed. A conspiracy theory is based
on views that the film director of all these events is the Jew, Israel,
USA, Europe, CIA, BIN, the police and etc. This theory wipes out the
taqdeer of Allah, the abilities of the Mujahideen and the Islamic
ummah. Whatever events that harms the Islamic ummah, the
answer is always the same: there is a Jewish conspiracy behind it. As if
the Jews are "The Rulers Of The Whole Worlds" whose entire plan could be
accomplished resembling movie scenarios at the hand of the film directors.
For example, when
dissecting the attacks on the WTC which had destroyed the symbol of the
American economy, these followers of the conspiracy theory are chained by
the beliefs that it was all invented by America. Usamah bin Ladin was just
a pawn used by America to mess up the Islamic ummah. The proof?
In the past, when Afghanistan was fighting the Soviet Union, the
Mujahideen got supports from America. It included Usamah bin Ladin.
The chain-links
of logic were arranged, and the conclusion that came out was so
ridiculous. They did not realize that this theory could drag other
conclusion; that Prophet Musa AS was actually an agent of Fir'aun. The
proof? Because, he had been brought up by Fir'aun in his palace.
The followers of
the conspiracy mazhab do not believe that the Mujahideen are
capable of launching such a spectacular attacks as the 11 September. They
are imprisoned by the experiences of the Islamic ummah which have
been occupied for so long, it is not possible that from amongst the
Islamic ummah, there are some who are able to resist the
kafir.
The followers of
the conspiracy mazhab bicker that the American technology is so
sophisticated that it is impossible for a civil aircraft to slip away from
the espionage radar of the Americans, in its own country. They are
forgetting the Powerfulness of Allah, Who could make the fire that burns,
unable to burn Ibrahim AS. They are forgetting the taqdeer on the
WTC destruction had precisely allowed the Jews to sniff the plan of the
attacks earlier, and they allowed it to happen so as to inflame the war
against the Islamic ummah which they liked to happen. This is the
way of the taqdeer which Allah wills for the destruction of the
WTC.
The followers of
the conspiracy mazhab wrongly concluded. They think that the acts
of the Jews that allowed the attacks to run smoothly was a proof of the
conspiracy between the USA and Usamah bin Ladin. Subhanallah...
just because of this misleading theory, they accused the Mujahids, whose
jihad performance are acknowledged by the world, as agents of America.
Blaming the jihad figures as betrayers because of the conspiracy theory.
The followers of
this mazhab are numerous in number. The
PKS,
HTI and almost all the elements in the Islamic ummah, which are
opposition in ideology but modernists, use this mazhab. Look for
example at the websites of Eramuslim and Hizabuttahrir.
Their analyses are always founded on conspiracy theory. How sad!
Second:
The Followers Of Neo-Murji'ah
The followers of
this mazhab believe 100 percents in the information that come
from the government, in this case the police. That, the executors are from
amongst the Islamic ummah who are deliberately fighting a “valid”
government. The followers of the Neo-Murji'ah react by being hostile
towards the executors and believe that the incidents are certainly real,
not the inventions or the products of a certain conspiracy, such as from
the government.
The followers of
this mazhab are generally from amongst the Salafi Murji'ah.
They reject the conspiracy theory, but on another angle, they blaspheme
the Mujahideen with sharp words. Normally, by calling them
Khawarij.
Feel free to see this phenomenon at, for an instant, the websites of the
SM (Salafi Murji'ah) and Radio Rodja Cileungsi. One of
the important figures of this mazhab is Zainal Abidin (the
founder of Radio Rodja).
The error of this
mazhab lies on their blind hatred towards the Mujahideen. They
totally do not want to acknowledge the status of the "terrorists" as
Mujahideen. To them, the Mujahideen are more hated compared to their
hatred for George Bush, Ariel Sharon, Geert Wilders and other destroyer of
Islam personalities.
Yours truly
wonders, perhaps they have never truly learn the concept of Wala' wal
Bara'. Even if they had studied it, it was surely in a wrong
perception. They love the Sunnah very much, unfortunately they
are unable to choose which are friends and which are foes. They identify
the term Terrorist as Khawarij. The result, according to them,
the Terrorists will become the dogs of Jahannam!
Wasath
(The Middle Path) Mazhab
Contrary to the
blasphemies of the SM, the followers of the wasath mazhab,
with full of love, refer those who are given the title 'Terrorist' as
Mujahideen. Terrorists who are Muslim of course, and are defending Islam
and the Islam ummah. Unlike the Terrorists of the Basque Forces
in Spain who are Christian.
As well as, not
wanting to view the Aceh jihad with the conspiracy theories. All are true,
executed by a small number of men from amongst the Islamic ummah
who are yearning for jihad and shaheed. They are motivated by the
rewards which are so tantalizing for the activities of jihad and the
bounty of dying shaheed. As for its occurrence, which was soon
after the Century scandals began to expose more offenders, they could not
take it that the Aceh jihad was the product of the police fabrications. It
was purely the taqdeer of Allah, which perhaps is a form of
istidraj for SBY so
that he feels he is loved by Allah, as he is saved from the Century
scandal. Whereas, the way he was doing his bootlicking on Australia by
giving reports to that of his “master”, showed that SBY is not a
personality who fits to obtain help from Allah in the context of love and
mercy. But, a "help" in the context of istidraj.
On another angle,
the wasath mazhab also do not blindly defend the Aceh jihad as an
absolute truth without any flaw. This Mazhab still give critical
analyses on the amaliah (work) of Aceh jihad, with evaluating
comments so that they will become lessons for the following generations.
Not because of the factors of hate or envy at all. But the spirit of
mutual consultation with love. Rabbana la taj'al
fi qulubina ghillan lilladzina amanu !
This reflection
is written in the paradigm of the wasath mazhab. Thus, it might
be hurtful for those who are supporting the Aceh jihad blindly as if there
was no flaw. My apology!
Reviving
The Aceh Jihad
The Aceh jihad
attempted to maintain the land of Aceh, which is full of blessings, so
that it remains having the aroma of jihad, continuing what had been done
for a long time by Allah Yarham (the late) Daud Beureuh (Read:
Ber'eh) with his DI/TII movement, in the time of the holy war (fi
sabilillah) launched by the people of Aceh against the kafir
Dutch.
The jihad land of
Aceh had its chance of being straddled by the aroma of tribalism; the
sentiment of the Acehnese fighting the Javanese under the name 'GAM' (Gerakan
Aceh Merdeka or Independent Aceh Movement). With the death of the
ruh of the GAM opposition- as the ruh of tribalism is
genuinely weak – the opportunity to cleanse the aqeedah of the
people of Aceh from the tribal sentiment is open. To return them to the
aqeedah of Islamiyah, by which the jihad must be in the
paradigm of fi sabilillah, not fi sabili GAM.
Unfortunately, it
appears that the executors are still unable to realize this mission,
because the people have been so pro-government after having been through
the traumas from the impacts of the GAM's activities in the past. They had
been so traumatic towards anything that reeks of weapons. They had been
tired of violence.
This trauma can
only be healed with da'wah, which would straighten the
aqeedah of the people of Aceh from the aqeedah of
Nationalism or Tribalism and return it to the aqeedah of
Islamiyah. To conduct da'wah and preach to them to love
jihad, die shaheed and hate the systems which are non-Islam.
The choice of
Aceh to be made as a jihad front, or any other territories in Indonesia
for that matter, should be studied in depth. Jihad requires a "trigger"
which could attract the Islamic ummah to unite in a massive
number. If the igniter is not strong enough, the society won't be
motivated to support jihad. The fact is that the executors did not think
well about this igniter. They only make the fardh (obligation) of
jihad and the honor of dying shaheed as the igniters. Whereas,
the Islamic ummah had already been so chained by materialism and
the pleasure of living (in peace).
The doubts of the
society will still be unanswered, if in case they are already signaled to
support the Aceh jihad: so jihad against who if the location is in Aceh?
This question is apparently to be more fluently answered by the police;
"see, these people are evil, there is no manifest enemy but they are
inciting people to war. The only want to make troubles. If the people Aceh
join them, it would only add to the sufferings." This DA'WAH
of the POLICE is proven more effective and more simple, that it could be
easily understood by the people.
The success of Abu Mus'ab Az-Zarqawi in reviving jihad in Iraq, was due to
the very strong igniter i.e. the presence of the foreign invaders
who are kafir and very barbaric. Those
three words (in bold) became the igniters which are very
strong, that it even managed to attract the forces of Saddam into the
ranks of jihad.
The triggers used
by the executors are the vocabularies of jihad, fardhu 'ain,
Al-Qaeda and die shaheed. Whereas, these words are still
very absurd amongst the society who inhabit the surrounding areas of that
"jihad proclaimed" land of Aceh . How could jihad in the mountains exist,
if the society in the foothills do not support, give logistic assistance
and etc. In the count of days, they would surely be furled easily.
The Aceh Mujahids seemed to be in the belief that jihad is an objective,
not the means. In fact, what's even more extreme is making the death of
shaheed as the objective that results in the absence of the
contemplation on the analysis of victory or defeat, being capable or
incapable. The essence is simply jihad. Just like the solat, the
essence is that it has to be performed anywhere and in any condition, even
in sickness. Whereas, if the Mujahid only plans to die (shaheed),
he is already planning for defeat.
To be continued.....