The Taliban Holds The Message Of Islamic Brotherhood With Itself

20 January 2013

By Al-Ikhwah Al-Mujahidun

In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

For a long period of time various circles are trying to defame the Islamic Emirate by different ways and to present dim and vague pictures of this immaculate system. Sometime they blame that it is against learning and education; sometime they say that it is not in favor of women rights; sometime they blame it for violating the human rights; sometime they hold it responsible for not trying to promote the inter-Afghan peace and harmony.

These and likewise other baseless accusations and unsubstantiated blames are irresponsibly ascribed to the Islamic Emirate by some selfish persons and organizations as an integral part of the war launched by the enemy. Nevertheless we have clarified our position from time to time concerning all these issues.

Nowadays a new series of the undue accusation has been started. Some people print out menacing letters on the fake pads of the Islamic Emirate, mark it with a forged stamp and then ascribe it to a commander of the Islamic Emirate as if that commander has given him life threatening. Then they forward this letter to the foreign governments to show them that their life is in danger. This is the false propaganda exploited by some people even during the reign of the Islamic Emirate and thus deceived the foreigners just for the sake of their personal interests.

Actually it is the ravaged economic conditions of the country which have forced our helpless people to make either bogus documents or sell their offspring or do other likewise undue acts in the hope of reforming their lives.

The invaders made a lot of hollow claims and exhausted the media by these kinds of boasting and bragging that they have come for the prosperity of Afghanistan and have brought sacks of dollars with them. Now it has been clarified to everyone that what kind of souvenir they have brought to our country. They have not brought anything else but adversity, destruction and hatred. The sacks full of dollars which they brought with themselves had either been spent by themselves or their cronies or have been pulled out of Afghanistan. Thus they paved the road for corruption and immorality to sprout and then spread out to the extent that even full fledge buildings constructed by their money have vanished as admitted by themselves. The end result is that the oppressed Afghan people are dying of severe cold and hunger today. Women are tyrannized; infants are killed in their cradles and numerous Afghans are living under poverty line to the extent that even a few kilometers away from Kabul palace, courageous fathers and affectionate mothers sell their dear and beloved little female children. The youth of the nation make forged documents and are trying to go abroad on very perilous ways.

The Islamic Emirate while strongly denying all these allegations, once again declares that we have the message of Islamic brotherhood with ourselves. We respect all sects of our people. We do not have threatening messages for anyone. The Islamic Emirate has been established to wipe out the miseries and adversities of the Afghan nation. It has been resisting for the previous eleven years as Jihad against the American invasion and has rendered a lot of sacrifices. As it is the demand of our Muslim nation, our all-inclusive holy Jihad will remain uninterrupted Insha-Allah (God willing) till the invasion is brought to an end and an environment of peaceful life under the supervision of an Islamic government is set up in our beloved homeland and it is never hard for Allah Almighty. From Consul To Terrorist: The Only Faction Active oOn The Scene Because Everybody Else Has Left The Arena :: EsinIslam The Muslim World Portal For Islamic News And Opinions





 

 
From Consul To Terrorist: The Only Faction Active oOn The Scene Because Everybody Else Has Left The Arena

14 January 2013

By Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed

As soon as I heard the name Iyad Ag Ghaly in relation to the events in Mali I began to wonder if this could be the same man from the same country? Could it really be him? Iyad Ag Ghaly heads up the military operations of armed terrorist groups in northern Mali; whilst there was a man with the same name who served as Mali's consul in Jeddah. I called some friends and confirmed that Iyad Ag Ghaly is indeed the same man that I met at Jeddah's Hilton hotel less than three years ago.

We are facing a truly strange world where those who are legitimate today could be fugitives tomorrow.

At the time, I knew-from those who had dealt with Ghaly as a Tuareg tribal chief and diplomatic consul-that he was the best source to find intermediaries to negotiate the release of hostages taken in the Azawad region. Now, he is said to be commander of the Ansar Dine movement fighting the Malian army, as well as international French and African forces.

When I read a profile about him in yesterday's Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, I was even more confused, for this stated that he was close to Libyan dictator Muammar Qadhafi who reportedly sent him to fight in Lebanon. Yet, Ghaly only recently displayed extremist tendencies.

This kind of confusion and uncertainty has become quite common as shown by the emergence of extremists like Tarek al-Zomor and Mohamed al-Zawahiri on Egypt's political scene. So how did a man like Iyad Ag Ghaly turn from being a moderate Sunni Muslim to an extremist armed fighter? Is it rational to suppose that a man in his fifties, like Ghaly, should suddenly become radicalized? This is truly hard to believe. I sense that this may be some kind of political maneuver where politicians have pretended to adopt extremist ideologies in order to recruit impulsive youths. These politicians provide these youth with funding under the pretext of ?religious duty?, convincing them to sacrifice their lives for a false cause in return for a place in heaven! Since there is a general international lack of will to fight anywhere in the world, the French-alongside a few African states-will fight this war on their own before realizing that desert wars never end and withdraw. What makes matters more complicated is that conflicts that involve religious slogans and tribal powers can last for decades without any side being defeated.

Our problem with those who are keen on fighting these extremists, like the French today and the Americans yesterday in Afghanistan and perhaps tomorrow in Syria, is their inability to understand the fundamental nature of the problem. These extremist groups represent the smallest part of the equation; rather the greatest and most important challenge is to confront extremist ideologies. Had the West, as well as the Arab countries involved and other relevant parties invested their money and effort in fighting extremist ideologies, this crisis might have come to an end. Instead they spent billions of dollars on tens of thousands of soldiers, advanced weaponry, and combat drones managing to eliminate a number of Al Qaeda's leaders; however Al Qaeda's ideology remains the same and in fact continues to spread like a disease. Most people find it easier to jump to easy conclusions by laying the blame on one group or another like Sunnis, Shi'ites, clerics, or even religion as a whole; however all these groups were present prior to this and were never a source of trouble.

We are living in a different world in which political powers are establishing and nourishing extremist ideologies and generations. These politicians have the project, the expertise, and the will to propagate such extremist ideology and they are practically immune to punishment because the wrong parties are always held accountable. Who could have imagined that Mali would become an international battlefield after Afghanistan? The West is repeating the same mistake in Syria by allowing it to fall prey to extremists who are emotionally manipulate the general public under the pretext that they are their only source of salvation from the tyranny of the Assad regime. In reality, they are the only faction active on the scene because everybody else has left the arena.

Al Rashed is the general manager of Al -Arabiya television. He is also the former editor-in-chief of Asharq Al- Awsat, and the leading Arabic weekly magazine, Al Majalla. He is also a senior Columnist in the daily newspapers of Al Madina and Al Bilad. He is a US post-graduate degree in mass communications. He has been a guest on many TV current affairs programs. He is currently based in Dubai.

 

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