Sheikh Anwar al-Awlaki: Israel As The Cancer of The World
Should Be Eradicated, The Islamic World Must Reform
05-01-2009
Sheikh Anwar al-Awlaki, the famous da'i who originated from the USA harshly
condemned the brutal Israeli strikes on the Gaza strip, and at the same time he
criticized the leaders of the Arab nations and called them “impotent” for their
incapability of taking any assertive action on the Zionist regime for their
brutality towards the Palestinian citizens, which had taken place for decades.
In his personal blog entitled "The Meaning of Gaza", Sheikh al-Awlaki gave three
important points from his thoughts about what have been happening and what is
currently happening.
First, al-Awlaki stated that the occurrence in Gaza showed that the enemies of
Islam (Zionist Israel) have succeeded in giving a hard slap on the face of the
Islamic ummah. He assessed that the responses received from the Islamic ummah
for the brutality of the Zionist Israel were not enough and their directions
were unclear. In this matter, Awlaki compared it with what happened during the
time of Rasulullah SAW, the moment a Muslimah was attacked by the Jews.
Rasulullah SAW declared war towards the Jews.
"Today in Gaza, though the number of casualties amongst the Palestinian Muslims
had reached by their hundreds, we only saw demonstrations and criticisms, and
the Arab leaders only held a high level meetings which are useless. Those were
the only actions and therefore it has become our responsibility to heighten the
awareness of the masses around us regarding the events.” Awlaki wrote.
Second, the da'i of the Yemeni descendant stated that what was faced by the
Palestinians in Gaza was a clear indication that the Islamic world has long been
experiencing bankruptcy. Their leaders are impotent. According to Awlaki, the
defects in the governments of the Islamic world could not be fixed anymore and
they should be uprooted down to its finest roots to be replaced. Such a
conclusion had been thought over by many Muslim countries, but there was always
a camp who still debated against it on the name of the rulers who have betrayed
and caused the Islamic ummah to be defeated.
"The fact is, our kings and presidents are getting further from playing their
roles and nearer towards protecting their own interests, as well as the
interests of the modern crusader forces. They trained the military and security
forces only to muzzle the Islamic ummah and not as a responsibility to defend
the interests of the Islamic ummah. Instead, the leaders of the Islamic world
are suspicious and feeling sick of the Islamic ummah," Awlaki criticized.
He reminded the Islamic ummah not to be fooled again by the “criticisms” given
by the Muslim leaders. Sheikh al-Awlaki took Egypt as an example, which he
considered as taking part in attacking Gaza and implementing the blockade on the
people of Gaza.
"If the Islamic ummah today is thinking of performing jihad, the first to stop
them from performing jihad are the leaders of the Islam world," Awlaki said.
Third, according to al-Awlaki, the state of Israel must be destroyed like how
Rasulullah SAW expelled the Jews from the Arab peninsula. The Jews in Palestine
must be driven out to the other side of the sea until there is no more Israeli
civilians, only the Muslim citizens remain.
"When the enemies are attacking the women and children, we must also make their
women and children as our enemies and targets. Sheikh Ibn Uthaymeen said, 'if
the enemies are killing our women and children, to me it means that we can also
kill the women and children of our enemies as it would weaken their hearts and
embarrass them,'" al-Awlaki explained.
He also quoted the translation of al-Quran, surat al-Baqarah verse 194 which
says, "If then any one transgresses the prohibition against you, Transgress ye
likewise against him. But fear Allah, and know that Allah is with those who
restrain themselves."
In this regard, al-Awlaki affirmed again that women and children could not be
made as targets of attacks in a war. But if we are fought against and it has
forced us to fight back, then in this particular case we are allowed to kill the
non-combatant parties. Awlaki took the example of the attacks on Taif using
catapults during the time of Rasulullah. The same goes with today’s situation,
there are two methods adopted by the Palestinian fighters, the method of
martyrdom operations and rocket attacks on the invaders’ territories. These two
methods could not avoid the casualties from amongst the women and children.
What is happening in Gaza is an even bigger dimension, where the Zionist Jews
have made the entire community of Gaza as the target of a blockade and
uncontrollable bombardments. "That is the reason why I tend to incline towards
the opinion of Ibn Uthaymeen in a specific situation like this," Awlaki wrote.
Looking at the situation that is happening in Palestine, he stated his agreement
with the methods adopted by the Mujahideen and he also agreed with the statement
of the Mujahideen, that they would never stop targeting the Israeli civilians as
it was Israel who first started committing the same acts.
Sheikh Anwar al-Awlaki stated that he was ready to reassess his view if anybody
could give him references regarding the said issue.
He prayed to Allah SWT so that He would soon lift the sufferings of the people
of Gaza, stretch out His hand and give victory to the people of Gaza. And prayed
so that Allah SWT would forgive the shuhada and give victory to the Mujahideen
of Palestine. Ameen.
Submitted by a Mujahid