Press release of Yemen cleric Anwar al-Awlaki as posted on a jihad message board. * I have read other articles and lectures by this man in recent months. His style is consistent. It is the rhetoric of a man with intense hatred for America.
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Nidal Hassan is a hero. He is a man of conscience who could not bear living the contradiction of being a Muslim and serving in an army that is fighting against his own people. This is a contradiction that many Muslims brush aside and just pretend that it doesn’t exist. Any decent Muslim cannot live, understanding properly his duties towards his Creator and his fellow Muslims, and yet serve as a US soldier. The US is leading the war against terrorism which in reality is a war against Islam. Its army is directly invading two Muslim countries and indirectly occupying the rest through its stooges.
Nidal opened fire on soldiers who were on their way to be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. How can there be any dispute about the virtue of what he has done? In fact the only way a Muslim could Islamically justify serving as a soldier in the US army is if his intention is to follow the footsteps of men like Nidal.
The heroic act of brother Nidal also shows the dilemma of the Muslim American community. Increasingly they are being cornered into taking stances that would either make them betray Islam or betray their nation. Many amongst them are choosing the former. The Muslim organizations in America came out in a pitiful chorus condemning Nidal’s operation.
The fact that fighting against the US army is an Islamic duty today cannot be disputed. No scholar with a grain of Islamic knowledge can defy the clear cut proofs that Muslims today have the right -rather the duty- to fight against American tyranny. Nidal has killed soldiers who were about to be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in order to kill Muslims. The American Muslims who condemned his actions have committed treason against the Muslim Ummah and have fallen into hypocrisy.
Allah(swt) says: Give tidings to the hypocrites that there is for them a painful punishment –
Those who take disbelievers as allies instead of the believers. Do they seek with them honor [through power]? But indeed, honor belongs to Allah entirely. (al-Nisa 136-137)
The inconsistency of being a Muslim today and living in America and the West in general reveals the wisdom behind the opinions that call for migration from the West. It is becoming more and more difficult to hold on to Islam in an environment that is becoming more hostile towards Muslims.
May Allah grant our brother Nidal patience, perseverance and steadfastness and we ask Allah to accept from him his great heroic act. Ameen
My heart breaks for the families of the soldiers murdered and severely maimed at Ft. Hood. Let their devotion to duty never be forgotten.
I cannot begin to comprehend the huge, devastating void in hundreds of lives that was created by the actions of one traitor.
al-Awlaki could not be more deceived, in calling Hasan a hero. Only a coward would kill his unarmed brothers.
Surely political correctness hasn't blinded our whole country. There are many of us who believe this is a time for truth and justice, not false platitudes about the goodness of Islam.
By their fruits you will know them.
Military mom,
Those of us who serve understand military service has a ripple effect to our family tree; in this case, you are the mother of a service member.
I have a nephew who is in the National Guard and also a cousin who served in the Army. Our famiies are salted and preserved by the military service of our kin. smile
Tammy
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