"Ummah-itis"

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Women praying in Indonesia

Witnessing the utter devastation of the December 2004 Tsunami takes my breath away each and every time. I have continually stressed that the faith-affiliations of the victims is completely immaterial. White, black, yellow, brown; Muslim, Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Atheist; it makes absolutely no difference. Fellow human beings have suffered tragic deaths, and it is our obligation to help them.

That being said, it has not escaped my mind’s eye that the majority of victims are Muslim. They are my brothers and sisters, as the Quran tells me: “The Believers are but a single brotherhood…” (Quran 49:10). Whenever a Muslim suffers, it is my duty to help them as well. Why? Because the Muslims are one nation, or ummah: "“Verily, this nation (lit., “ummah”) of yours is one nation (lit., “ummah”) and I am your Lord, therefore serve Me” (Quran 21:92).

..The sayings of the Prophet (peace be upon him) are full of traditions that detail how the Muslims are supposed to care about one another. In one of these, the Prophet said, “None of you truly believes until he wishes for his brother what he wishes for himself” (Bukhari, Muslim). In another saying, the Prophet said: “A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim: he neither oppresses him nor does he fail him…” (Muslim). In fact, the Prophet characterized the “ummah” as one body, and when one part is injured, the entire body feels the pain.

This fact explains why I was deeply offended by the comments of a RAND Corporation senior analyst. During a day long program sponsored by the New America Foundation and the NYU Law Center entitled, “Al Qaeda 2.0: Transnational Terrorism After 9/11,” he said that one of the problems of today’s Muslims is “Ummah-itis,” a phenomenon of Muslims caring about what is happening to other Muslims around the world. The ending “itis” is Greek for “inflammation,” and the connotation of “Ummah-itis” is that this caring for Muslims on the part of other Muslims is an affliction, a disease. Moreover, I understood his comments to mean that this “Ummah-itis” contributes to transnational “Islamic” terror.

http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=IC0502-2616

[Ranjhan]

Re: “Ummah-itis”

@laeeqkhan

This fact explains why I was deeply offended by the comments of a RAND Corporation senior analyst. During a day long program sponsored by the New America Foundation and the NYU Law Center entitled, “Al Qaeda 2.0: Transnational Terrorism After 9/11,” he said that one of the problems of today’s Muslims is “Ummah-itis,” a phenomenon of Muslims caring about what is happening to other Muslims around the world. The ending “itis” is Greek for “inflammation,” and the connotation of “Ummah-itis” is that this caring for Muslims on the part of other Muslims is an affliction, a disease. Moreover, I understood his comments to mean that this “Ummah-itis” contributes to transnational “Islamic” terror.

Interesting artcle, they fear our unity, reminds me of I read about the Brits, before world war II the British foreign minister said to the Prime minister, “We must put an end to anything that brings about any Islamic unity between the sons of Muslims. As we have already succeeded in finishing off the Khilafah. So we must ensure they never arise again, unity for the Muslims whether it be cultural or intellectual unity.”

…And the foreign minister in front of the House of Commons after the Lausanne Treaty of July 24, 1924 said “the situation now is that Turkey is dead. And she will never rise again because we have destroyed her moral strength, the Khilafah and Islam.”

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Re: “Ummah-itis”

@Ranjhan

…And the foreign minister in front of the House of Commons after the Lausanne Treaty of July 24, 1924 said “the situation now is that Turkey is dead. And she will never rise again because we have destroyed her moral strength, the Khilafah and Islam.”

Unfortunatly for the kuffar they did not finish the job well because islam is not dead it is very much alive and khilafah will return a lot sooner to a state near you inshalah!