Afghan Idols And A Farce Election: Dancing To The Master's Tune
09 September 2014
By Al-Ikhwah Al-Mujahidun
Besides violently imposing itself Internationally
through invasions and occupations, the United states
has also been actively busy in exporting its
'culture'. From fast food chains selling barely
palatable snacks to immoral Hollywood movies and
sitcoms. All this seems to be designed to create an
international public that would be less violently
opposed to the ideal of an American Empire.
A clear case of exporting the American Culture is the
TV show "Idols". From American Idols to Afghan Star
(the Afghan name for the program); the program has
been seen in 46 regions around the world, with its
various versions broadcast to 150 countries and an
estimated 6.5 billion viewers around the world having
watched variants of the show. The shows concept
elevates the singing and dancing ability of its
participants to a virtue, and the winners of this
frivolous show may call themselves their Nations next
Idol. The participants and winners of the show, and
millions of its viewers are being brainwashed with
concepts alien to most countries where it is shown.
Taghut
An Idol in Islamic Jurisprudence is called an Taghut.
The Islamic term Idol/Taghut is much broader that the
statues prayed to by polytheists. It encompasses all
that is willingly worshipped to, besides Allah. So the
Pharaoh in the story of Moses is a Taghut for calling
himself a god. The Devil is a Taghut trying to lure
men away from the straight path. But also legislators,
judges and politicians ruling with a law other than
the Law given by God are termed Taghut. This because
they allowed themselves to take a position which is
reserved to Allah alone. Allah is The Legislator and
all laws should be in compliance to the Shariah, or
religious laws.
And so we had two elections of the next Afghan Idol/Taghut
in 2014. One of the singing and dancing variant, and
one of the puppet and tyrant variant.
The contestants
The semblance between both the Idol contests starts
right from the beginning. There were the singers who
are being vetted and chosen by a Studio panel even
before the actual voting by the audiences at home,
there is the selection of potential Presidential
candidates and their Henchmen by the Occupation
forces. And that is why we don't see teachers from
Laghman or doctors from Jalalabad participating. No,
instead we see the same pro-western crooks that have
been selling out the country, bleeding it to death.
The actual elections
The actual election saw the participation of 7 million
Afghans (the votes weren't counted yet but the number
of voters was splashed all over the news) that braved
the rain, and of course potential violence, which
shows that Afghans want democracy. The elections were
a show of the declining power of the Taliban. This at
least, is what we were told by all major media
outlets.
But the real picture was far from what the media wants
us to believe. And even this part is not very unlike
the music contest.