The End of Terrorism by Amir Fatir

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THE END OF TERRORISM

BY

AMIR FATIR

The word “Islam” means peace. But to most people in Europe and America the word Islam triggers emotions of fear andthe threat of imminent danger through some fanatical terroristic act.

How did the religion of peace come to represent the complete opposite of peace to most of the developed world?

Although the word “Muslim” means “peaceful one,” misguided fanatics have branded Islam with such a horrible image

that millions of people would rather disembark than fly on an airplane when even one Muslim is known to be a passenger.

In the face of such terrible international image The Silent Muslim Majority can no longer sit quiescent while the religion

of peace is hijacked by violent fanatics who attack and murder non-combatants while claiming, quite erroneously, to be

compelled to commit atrocities because of their religious sincerity.

While only Almighty God Allah can judge a person’s sincerity, all intelligent Muslims can judge the validity of their

actions. And indeed we are obligated to do so because the Quran itself instructs us to judge by the light of what Allah

(God) has revealed.

When weighed in that light, terrorism is wrong. Terrorism is haram (prohibited). Terrorism is unIslamic.

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The terrorist who blows himself to pieces and kills innocent men, women and children will not go to Paradise and cavort

with 72 virgins. The poor deluded one will, instead, suffer the torment of a blazing chastisement.

Does not Allah state clearly in the Quran la taqtulu anfusakum, “Do not kill yourselves” (4:29)?

You might think that the misguided youth who was tricked into suicide bombing by his handlers deserves a break due to

his utter ignorance of divine law.

In the Quran, a group of followers complain that their leaders deceived them and ask Allah to give them a double

punishment. But Allah pronounces a double punishment for all, the deceivers and the deceived.

It is incumbent upon us to tell our young would-be-terrorist brothers that Paradise is the last place they can expect to

see after their deaths.

They must also be told that the only reason their older handlers are making them commit suicide is because the handler

is trying to guarantee that no one is left who can possibly point a finger at him

The suicide is not a sacred act or even a ploy to “cast fear into the enemy.” It’s a legal ploy to keep the handler out of the

courtroom.

We know that all Muslims are not terrorists. Only an infinitesimal number are. Yet that tiny minority has disfigured the

faces of all one billion believers in every nation on the globe.

The fear of Islamic terrorism costs. It shows up in the stares and looks Muslims receive going about their daily affairs. It

strikes their pocket books in the form of jobs they don’t get, promotions they lose and networks from which they are

excluded.

Those fears, whether irrational or not, restrict Muslims’ housing options and social circles. The fears have meant police

investigations, “routine” stops by highway patrols, wiretapping and, sometimes, even the confinement of innocent people

who have no more connection to terrorism than any American Christian.

Just having an Arabic name has meant being embarrassed and inconvenienced by placement on a no-fly list. It’s meant

denial of credit by banks and denial of entrance to some of the better universities.

While we are not to blame for the pervasive fear of and antagonism toward Muslims, we are responsible for it because


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and the Last Day and does good,

they have their reward with their

Lord, and there is no fear for

them, nor shall they grieve.

--Quran 2:62

Here we see that good Christians and good Jews have nothing to fear, not even Hell. They have their reward with Allah

right along with the Muslims.

So how can such also be Kaafirs?

The word “Kaafir” comes from the verb “Kafara,” meaning, “he covered a thing.”

A Kaafir is something that covers or superimposes itself upon the real you which is clear, beautiful intelligent light and

consciousness. The true you is unconditioned (mu min), pure and undifferentiated.

But false beliefs, programmed conditions, bad habits, low desires can superimpose themselves over the real you,

covering you, choking you until the true majestic you is buried under decades of negative imposed traits.

By the Soul and its balance,

proportion, order and

perfection.

So he breathed into it its

corruption and its

(enlightened) righteousness.

Surely he succeeds who

purifies it.

And he surely fails who

smothers it.

--Quran 91:7-10

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Nobody “likes” resisting their appetites and pleasures. But fighting against such cravings is better for our health and

spiritual development than indulging them.

Just as in the Bhagavad Gita and Ramayana warfare is used as a metaphor for the spiritual aspirants protracted struggle

against his or her conditioned responses.

Root Cause of Terror

People don’t suddenly decide to be terrorists for the fun of it. They are people who are desperate whose countrymen

have been horribly wronged and who have had the world ignore their plight or, worse, to blame them for the suffering

inflicted upon them by others.

Western corporations and governments’ treatment of Muslims has been outrageous and unconscionable.

Because it is a cry for attention to a horrendous plight, terrorism is, in part, a desperate kind of speech.

Few Americans have any knowledge of the horrors the United States and Europe have visited upon the Muslim world. So

when some Muslims explode in frustration and despair many Americans dismiss their desperation and simply categorize

them as lunatics.

The corporate media hides the atrocities committed against Muslims from the public. If the public knew one-tenth of the

facts they’d demand that the atrocities cease and that reparations be paid.

When the average citizen knows the facts, they are surprisingly fair.

But the truth is that desperate acts of terror are generating the opposite reaction in the West. If terrorism is speech, thatspeech has backfired. Instead of generating sympathy it has generated fear and hostility.

A completely different strategy is needed to win the hearts and minds of the Western public.

But America and Europe must be informed that when they ignore the cries of aggrieved people, they are helping to

convert normal boys and girls into potential terrorists.

I propose real and extensive dialogue between Muslims and Europe and America to understand terror’s cause and ways

to resolve it.

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Muslims, however, must be firmly resolved that terroristic acts is foul speech. Allah advises us in the Quran to “argue in

the most beautiful manner.”

Terrorism is light years away from the best way to put forward an argument.

The Quran teaches that the way to eradicate evil is to replace it with that which is better.

Intelligent Muslims have the opportunity to marshal their resources to address legitimate grievances and Islamic

concerns in a manner that’s more effective than terrorism.

The Quran teaches us to arrive at decisions by means of consensus.

We should conduct conferences on terrorism and arrive at the best approach to terror and a unified endeavour to secure

Muslims’ rights.

Some talking points for those conferences could include:

· Expanding Islamic charities to provide assistance to victims of terrorism

· Making Tauhid (unity) take precedence over sects· Muslim extremists who attack and murder other Muslims

· The Quranic way to resolve disagreements. Quran 49.9

· Interfaith and Interdenominational Activities

· Role of Muslims in Western Government Military Forces

· Expanding other Muslims’ understanding of Jihad

· Establishing a Hot-line and counselling for prospective suicide-bombers who want out

· Non-violent Passive Resistance: Global Intifada· Reaching out to misguided Jihadists

Young Muslim boys and girls around the world must be told and shown that each life Allah creates is sacred and that

they have too much to offer and are far too precious to be sacrificed to the false god of violence.

We must seek the fortitude to resist the temptation to allow transgressions against Muslims to persuade us to transgress

the limits and boundaries of Islam.

We have the challenge and opportunity to fulfil Islam’s promise of peace and to offer the principles in the Quran as an

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antidote for the social, economic, political and spiritual ailments that are afflicting the world.

O Mankind! There has indeed

come to you an admonition from

your Lord and a healing for what

is in the breasts, and a guidance

and a mercy for the believers.

-- Quran 10:57

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