Following a consultation that took place between the Judge of the Shari’ah Court of the UK, various Tulabut I’lm (students of Shari’ah) [Taliban] and members of Al-Muhajiroun, under the guidance and supervision of Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad ....
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The letter sent out by representatives of the Muslim Council of Britain to Imams, Mosque leaders and Elders was prepared in reply to the arrest of a number of Muslims from around the United Kingdom by the British government. Within it are calls for the Muslims residing in Britain to give their ‘fullest co-operation’ with the British police forces against any Muslims and to report and spy upon your Muslims brothers to aid the British authorities. Despite these clear violations of the fundamental Islamic Belief, A’qaid, the tenets of the Islamic Brotherhood and numerous clear-cut ayat from the Holy Qur’an, much of the Muslim Ummah residing in the UK has remained silent, unsure how to respond. For this reason, we have prepared this short letter detailing the Islamic stance on the matter. ....
Since the very beginning of time, Allah (swt) created two distinct entities, the camp of al-Haqq and that of al-Baatil. To each of the camps was assigned its followers and adherents; the believers to the camp of Haqq and the disbelievers and hypocrites to the camp of Baatil. .... In fact the very Shahadah ... necessitates that we .... we must keep our distance from the Tawagheet and ally ourselves with Allah (swt), the Messenger Muhammad (saw) and the Muslims alone. In Islam, as you know, this is known as Al-Wala’ Wal-Bara’. The concept of Al-Wala’ Wal Bara’ ... provides the distinction between the camp of Emaan and the camp of Kufr. ... Therefore the Wala’ for the believers is to one another and there is no room for them to include the disbelievers (such as Tony Blair or his police) in this .... The Wala’ of the believers entails that certain Huqqoq are fulfilled between one another. ...
When one can fight and even die for his fellow Muslims, who are being pursued or for whom the Kuffar have evil plans, then at the very least, rather than handing them to the (kufr) police, Muslims must give refuge to any Muslim and protect him or her from all angles. This is ABC Islam, you do not need to be an aalim to know that the request of the MCB for Muslims to give the name of another Muslim to the police is totally unacceptable, a complete betrayal of ones brotherhood and an act of apostasy for these very reasons. .... This applies to the Siwaak, what about handing the Muslim himself to the Kuffar Police, or allowing the non-Muslim forces to raid ones home while his wife, sisters and daughters are uncovered, surely this is the greatest Ghadaar one could do. .... From the above ayat the position of the Muslim is very clear; the Muslim supports and allies with the Muslim whoever he may be and has hatred and enmity towards the disbelievers whoever they may be. ... We ask the Muslims not to spy on one another for the sake of the Kuffar nor for any other sake. .... |