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24 January 2011 By Al-Ikhwah Al-Mujahidun We have just witnessed a sad
event for the Islamic ummah, namely the Southern
Sudanese Referendum which was concluded on 9th January
2011. It is very likely that South Sudan would choose
to split from Sudan. This means that the Islamic ummah
is again losing their land, after a number of
countries are being occupied by the kafir forces.
Whereas, a land or territory has an important meaning
for the Islamic ummah. How important is the land for
the Islamic ummah? It is this which will be discussed
in this article. Today is the fifth day since the
Southern Sudanese Referendum was concluded. The
referendum itself is a recommendation from the
Comprehensive Peace Agreement which was concocted in
2005 in order to end the North-South Sudan conflict
which had been going on for some decades. Observers
say that it is very likely that the people of South
Sudan, who are mostly Christians, would choose
independence, although the president of Sudan, Umar
al-Bashir said that the south would not be able to
handle the post-referendum chaos. What's obvious, America has
already pressured the governments of the neighboring
states into supporting this referendum, which means
that about one third of Sudan's territory will escape
from the grip of the government of al-Bashir who
ascended the throne in 1989, thanks to a coup which
was also supported by Hasan Turabi, the leader of an
Islamic movement (who is now turning back as an
opposition). Not only escaping the grip of the
rulers, separationism in this Africa's largest country
also means that the Islamic ummah is again
and again losing their plots of land. Thus, we should
be asking ourselves: how meaningful is the land to us,
the Islamic ummah? By the naked eye: nothing!
We are letting go of our lands one by one to the
invaders. This is rooted in our
understanding of Islam. What kind of Islam do we
believe in? The colonialists had planted the doctrine
in our brain that Islam is merely a set of ritual
beliefs. An Islam like that does not need a land or
territory, it is sufficient to just perform the
religious rituals, case closed! However, the
ideological Islam, the Islam which was propagated by
Prophet Muhammad SAW, requires us to think of a land.
This is because, an ideology needs a territory as a
zone for the enactment of the system which is brought
about by that ideology. The ideology of Islam
necessitates a government, the people, legislation and
territories. That's the meaning of 'land' for the
Muslims. Due to that, Muhammad SAW, not
only preached the practice of rituals. At one phase of
his ideological struggle, he was looking for the
strong support of the tribes and a land for the
aqeedah and Islamic Shari'a to be
established on it. Until, in the end, the Prophet SAW
gained the land of Yathrib , which was inhabited by
the militant tribes of Aus and Khazraj, as the first
territory for the Islamic government. After the ummah had a
land, the Shari'a is still giving orders to
defend the land. There is a Shari'a for jihad
to defend the land (and of course its inhabitants)
which is being invaded by the kafir forces,
where the ruling is fardhu 'ain. There is a
Shari'a concerning the land of kharaj
as a mechanism for the treatment of a conquered land.
The Shari'a also opens the door of
exploration for the ummah on the land which
they own. The jungle produces and agriculture on the
surface, and the earth yields beneath, are provided by
Allah as a treat for the Islamic ummah as the
holder of the mandate of khalifah fil ardh.
With them, the Islamic ummah develop
prosperity and organize strength (i'dadul quwwah)
in the fields of technology, economy, industry and
military in order to face the kuffar. The land inhabited by the
ummah, is also a political weapon. At this time,
the ummah are occupying the most important
and strategic points on this planet. The Middle East,
Mediterranean Sea, North Africa, South East Asia, are
strategic points since the Middle Ages until now. The
Islamic ummah have a promising geopolitical
position, if only the ummah was having the
political unity under one administration. Then, we harvested our sins.
Today, the total area of the Islamic World (including
Andalusia/Spain), our homeland, is around 32.5
millions square km, still bigger than the United
States of America or Europe. Then, there went
Palestine, an area of 22 thousands square km, from our
grip. Lately, we were letting go of Afghanistan, an
area of 647,500 square km, and Iraq, an area of
438,317 square km and gave these lands along with
their contents to America. Five centuries ago, we lost
Andalusia, an area of 600 thousands square km, and
just a few days ago we were letting South Sudan, an
area of 800 thousand km, become a 'plaything' for the
invaders. All are the result of the conspiracy of our
people whom we called 'government', and we are just
silent about it without any meaningful protest. How neglectful we are! Reza Ageung S. |
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