i dont agree with everything that this pakistani Canadian scholar says but he is pretty much spot on in this article…
for how long western governments will keep issuing immigration certificates to muslims, provide them with a safe environment so that these muslims can practice their religion, protect their rights and mosques … and then in return become a victim of their hatred in a terrorist attack/attempt…
we all know who did london terrorist attacks…who planned plane bombings using chemicals, and there are many other plots unfoiled since then which were being planned by Muslim immigrants living and enjoying the benefits of these secular societies…isnt this a height of hypocrisy?
now i know that majority of the muslim community is peaceful but the problem is that even if one of these ugly attacks gets through, hundreds if not thousands of innocent people will die… and all of us go to our mosques in the west…we know that some imams are very aggressive against 'kuffar"…right?
it is a very tricky situation…not sure the optimal solution…knee jerk reaction will create more hatred and division.
i urge to read tarek’s article with an open mind and discuss his points on merit…
thx
**Stop praying for defeat of ‘Kufaar’**
**Every time a Canadian Muslim is named as a suspect, the predictable Islamic clerics line up to deny it**
By Tarek Fatah ,QMI Agency First posted: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 06:21 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 06:23 PM EDT
Here we go again. Yet another group of Canadian Muslims itching for jihad has been discovered. This time, not only did they plot jihad, two of them died fighting one.
For years now, Canadians have been reading about Islamist-inspired terror-plots with dismay. No sooner do they get over one plot, another emerges. These include the failed Millennium bomber Ahmed Ressam, al-Qaida linked Omar Khadr, Ottawa digi-bomber Momin Khawaja, the Toronto-18, the Mumbai 2008-fame Tahawwur Rana, the still unnamed Arab-Canadian who allegedly blew up a bus full of Israelis in Bulgaria. And now we hear about Ali Medlej, Xristos Katsiroubas and maybe Aaron Yoon from London, Ontario.
And there is more in the pipeline.
Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) are reportedly monitoring 50 to 60 Canadians suspected of being involved in jihadi groups. Recently, AFP in Pakistan interviewed a Canadian who goes by the name Mohammad Ibrahim. He claims to have completed terror training in Pakistan and was “preparing to leave” and ready to wag jihad inside Canada.
Every time a Canadian Muslim is named as a suspect, the predictable Islamic clerics line up before cameras to deny any role in the affair. This time too, London’s mosque establishment came out with the now familiar bane “unequivocally condemning violent extremism of any kind”. Adding the anticipated rhetoric, “… this is the opposite to the core teachings of Islam.” Most of the media, as usual, lobbed puffball questions to London’s supposed Muslim leaders. They carefully avoided talking to liberal or secular Muslim community leaders such University of Western Ontario professor Dr. Salim Mansur, who is witness to the growing narrative of jihadi Islamist doctrines in his city.
The question to the Islamic clerics should not have been whether they supported or denounced “violent extremism,” but rather:
*— Have you ever renounced the doctrine of ‘armed jihad’ in any of your sermons?
— Do you offer prayers in your mosque urging the congregation to ask Allah for Muslim victory over Kufaar (Christians and Jews)?
Those of us who have cried till our voice was hoarse about the dangers of Islamism as a political doctrine, are labelled Chicken Little screaming “the sky is falling”. On the contrary, we are the canaries in the mine, still alive, but do we have to die before Canada recognizes the odourless poison in our midst?
To fight malaria, we need to drain the swamps, not shoot down individual mosquitos. Long before the mosquito emerges, the larva is sustained in stagnant pools that allow the disease carrier to nourish and flourish.
Long before a jihadi picks up an AK47, he or she is imbibed with a false sense of victimhood and hatred towards non-Muslims. That hate is subtle, yet potent. And there are Imams urging the faithful to utter prayers against the Kuffar — Jews, Christians, Hindus and other non-Muslims.
“Anta mawlana, fanSurna ‘Alal Qawmil Kaafiryun”
“[O Allah] You are our Protector, give us victory over the Kuffar [Jews, Christians, Hindus and other non-Muslims]”
Just the ethics of such hateful sermons and prayers is questionable, if not repugnant.
Never once in any of his sermons did Prophet Muhammad invoke such angry words towards non-Muslims.
And if clerics in Canada want to be taken seriously the next time a Canadian is accused of jihad, then they should also denounce this prayer.
