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Militant Islam Monitor > Satire > Saudi Prince Abdullah on Relations between Muslim and Non Muslims Nations "True jihad conducted only against agression" Saudi Prince Abdullah on Relations between Muslim and Non Muslims Nations "True jihad conducted only against agression"May 3, 2007
MIM: Non Muslims no longer need to fear radical Islam since Prince Abdullah has declared that "Jihad cannot be a form of agression". Muslims will also breathe a sigh of realise to know that "Muslims cannot terrorise another Muslim". According to Abdullah "the natural place for Muslims in not in a cave or in terrorist cells" which explains why so many of them have moved to the West. SAUDI ARABIAN CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH DISCUSSES RELATIONS BETWEEN MUSLIM AND NON-MUSLIM NATIONS STATEMENT BY CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH Praise be to Allah, who said in His Glorious Book: "And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allah, and beyond bounds." And Prayer and peace be upon Prophet Mohammed who said: "The Muslim is the brother of another Muslim whom he never fails or exposes to injustice." From the land of the two Holy Mosques, the cradle of the true message, the site of the revelation that descended on Prophet Mohammed, and the quiblah for all Muslims, I came to bring with me the genuine affection and friendship of your brothers in Saudi Arabia. The relations that bind us are not transient nor founded on material interests, but are relations that are bound in spiritual brotherhood which the passage of time has deepened and fortified. The birth of Saudi Arabia and the birth of Pakistan reflect the embodiment of a great Islamic vision that led the journey of our founding father King Abdulaziz and Your founding father Mohammed Ali Janah, may Allah send His mercy on them. My Brothers,
Our religion is the religion of tolerance and moderation, and there is no place in it for the purveyors of hate and grudges. Our Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon him, has exemplified kindness, mercy, compassion, and the highest ethical standards. There existed with him in Medinah those who manifested their faith but covered the opposite thereof. Yet he did not question their intention and accepted what was apparent in their behavior. He said, "I shall not allow people to say that Mohammed turned against and killed his companions." He entered into a truce with his adversaries in Hudaibeyah which was described in the holy Qur'an as a glorious victory. And when Allah honored him with the conquest of Makkah, thus gaining mastery through the grace of God over his enemy, he graciously pardoned them saying: Go, you are free. This is the Sira of our Prophet, a Sira filled with love, shining with kindness, gentleness and high morality. He was taught by God Almighty the highest degree of compassion and forgiveness as is testified in the following tradition: "Kindness ennobles all things; absence of kindness spoils them." He further said: "No Muslim shall terrorize another Muslim." These are the real teachings of God and the Prophet. And yet those criminals, who sow corruption on earth, shed blood and kill the innocent, claiming always that they do their evil things to please Allah and his messengers: "Mighty is the word that comes out of their mouths. They utter nothing but a lie." The only guarantee, after God, for the stability of the Muslims and their advancement is the fraternal love that links them together. The Islamic land is the possession of all Muslims - men and women. There is no difference between one sect and another. And since we concede the right to everybody to follow the school of thought which he prefers and thinks to be the right one, we must grant the same right to others. Dialogue cannot be conducted with bullets. The daw'wah cannot be carried out by violence. And Jihad can never be an act of aggression. Real dialogue is the dialogue of wisdom and fair preaching in accordance with God's command, "Invite (mankind O Muhammad) to the way of your Lord with wisdom and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better." Thus the real daw'wah is the one that is based on goodness and persuasion. True Jihad is conducted only against aggression.
Our relations to non-Muslims should not be based on disinformation, misinterpretation, or false slogans, but on God's eternal dictat, "Allah does not forbid you to deal justly and kindly with those who fought not against you on account of religion nor drove you out of your homes. Verily, Allah loves those who deal with equity." Those who incite us to antagonize the world, they bring upon us loss and extinction. Those who want to isolate us from the world, they mean to inflict weakness and backwardness on us. The natural place for a Moslem is not in dark caves nor in secret terrorist cells, but in the front lines joining in the making of Islamic civilization in the brightness of the day, as was done by our ancestors in the golden age. It is a significant duty to Ummah, as described by Almighty, to show by its behavior and conduct a shining example of moral interaction as exemplified by its Prophet Mohammed, whom God Almighty described: "And Verily, you (O Muhammed) are on an exalted (standard of character)." This responsibility is further clarified in the verse: "Let there arise out of you a group of people inviting to all that is good (Islam) enjoying Al-Maa'ruf and forbidding Al-munkar and it is they who are the successful." My Dear Brothers, My Dear Brothers, All our problems are amenable to solution, if we face them with bravery, relying on God's assistance, lightening our path with the Holy Quran, following the Sunnah of Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon him. God never fails to deliver on his promise, and he has promised us victory and the strength to stand firm if we achieve his victory. In God's will, we shall do so. I cannot find a way to end this talk better than the words of Allah Almighty: "O you who believe! Endure and be more patient (than your enemy) and guard your territory by stationing army units permanently at the places from where the enemy can attack you, and fear Allah, so that you may be successful." |