Preparing for Revolution
As the global economy undergoes perhaps the greatest market correction in modern history, rising prices will only increase political instability. As American power recedes due its own economic woes and its inability to defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan, its grip on the international system will recede. It will increasingly be forced to pack up its military forces from foreign states and will have to resort to proxy wars and arming states and ngos to carry out its political objectives. Yet, even this strategy will weaken due to the economic crisis.
What this means is that a window of opportunity is finally presenting itself where Islamists have a much stronger chance of overthrowing the international system state by state.
Sphere: Related ContentPublished October 6, 2008 . Filed under: Capitalism, Clash of Civilizations, Islamic Revolution, Muslim Unity, Problems of the Ummah, The Grand Chessboard, War on Terror
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So you’re saying terrorists should take advantage of the hard times and go around destabilizing and toppling world governments….?
Point?
October 6, 2008 @ 12:41 pm
1. A terrorist is someone who kills innocent civilians. An Islamist seeks to promote the Shari’ah and thus wouldn’t kill civilians.
2. We aren’t talking about all of the governments in the world, only key ones in the Muslim world
3. These governments are by and large illegitimate and are going to be destabilized anyway.
4. Therefore, the choice is that they will either be replaced by more anti-Islamic regimes or by Islamic ones.
October 6, 2008 @ 7:14 pm
Assalamualaikum brother,
I hope you are doing well. I need your urgent help regarding this matter I hope you’ll help me out there!
I’m a student and currently taking a course i-e Human Rights Laws. I have also taken Islam and Human rights as a unit and therefore I want myself to read and get the exact knowledge of what Islam actually say on those. Because I’m not very pleased by the modernist’s views on Islam. I want to know what are the fiqhi rulings on all those issues. I’ve asked some friends but no one could suggest me authentic books. Can you help me please? its really urgent and extremely necessary.. i cant see muslims and non muslims mocking Islamic rules in front of me yet i cant do anything nor can i defend due to serious lack of knowledge!
I’m listing below the topics on which I want to have detailed read.. I want to read the opinions of all the four respectable imams. InshaAllaho ta’ala.
The right to freedom of thought, Conscience and Religion (Proselytizing, Heresy, Apostasy)
Right to freedom of opinion and expression (Hate speech, Blasphemy, Religious sensitivities, obscenity laws)
Right of minority groups (in terms of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities) this includes Muslims living in non-Muslim states as minorities and non-Muslims living in Muslim states as minorities.
Islamic law and the prohibition of torture, Cruel, inhuman and degrading treatments and punishments (The hudud, Tazir and Qisas punishments and the Death Penalty)
Women’s rights (Gender Equality, Women’s rights and Islamic personal status laws and public law)
Children’s rights (generally, the age at which children are not classified as children anymore, status of non-marital children and the principle of best interest of the child)
the Right to fair trial and due process (Islamic judicial process and Pre-trial, In-trial and post-trial rights)
Looking forward to your reply. you can reply to me at itsaminah@live.com but don’t publish it here.
Jazakallaho Ahsan al jaza
Regards
October 23, 2008 @ 9:46 pm