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US GENERAL’S MALICE AND INSULT-
THEIR VERBAL MALICE IS ‘MILD’

persuasion they may be. But inspite of this common factor, the “Islamic Radicals” are not venting their hatred in any direction other than the US and Israel. Why do they display this attitude of selective ‘hatred’ when their Holy Scripture, the Qur’aan, has a harsher attitude for the kuffaar other than those of the Ahl-e-Kitaab?

(9) If the hatred for the US was based on the fact that it is a Christian country, then to a greater degree would there be hatred for the countries of communism. The godless and atheistic ideology of communism is more repugnant to Islam and Muslims than the kufr of the Ahl-e-Kitaab.

(10) In the struggle to oust the communist infidels from Afghanistan, these very same “Islamic Radicals” — Osama Bin Ladin and his imagined Al-Qaidah — were in an alliance with the USA. For fifteen years, this selfsame Christian USA schooled and trained these very same ‘radicals’ in the art of ‘terrorism’ to achieve the American aim of ousting the Soviet Union from Afghanistan. At that stage what was the position of the ‘hatred’ of the ‘Islamic Radicals’? Against whom was it directed? US or Russia? And was Russia a Christian country?

(11) Are the “Islamic Radicals” in Chechniya fighting Russian brutality and murder because Russia is a Christian country? Mr.Boykin should reflect and answer. The Chechens have been fighting the communist aggression for ages, not because the aggressors happened to be Christians, for they are not.

The conflagration and confrontation between the US and the “Islamic Radicals” in the present time is far from a Deeni (religious) struggle. On both sides of the spectrum are political agendas. Political expediencies are steering the conflict. The plot of the US is to grab the wealth of the third world countries in general, and in particular the oil wealth of the Muslim lands. On the other hand, the aim of the “Islamic Radicals” is to oust the US Usurper and fight its aggression.

In this scenario Islamic slogans are used to churn up fervour and to attract young and unacquainted Muslims into the fight against US oppression with the bait of Martyrdom. Most young Muslim men and the ordinary footsoldiers are blissfully unaware of the forces controlling the conflagration from behind the scenes. So while they offer their lives with sincerity, they do not understand that the goal of the directors of the operation are not truly Islamic nor do their acts conform to the Islamic Concept and way of Jihaad — the Jihaad which the Sahaabah waged to open up the Road for Da’wah and Tableegh and to subdue and conquer the lands of the kuffaar for the sake of their own (i.e. the non-Muslims) everlasting success and salvation in the Hereafter.

In the name of Islam, wars with political, nafsaani, nationalistic and territorial designs are being fought. On the other side, we find the US unleashing its oppression and technological brutality in the name of some imagined “new world order of justice”. But in this pursuit there is nothing but misery, injustice and brutality. We have merely touched on this subject. A lengthy discussion is necessary to elaborate this issue.

Boykin has portrayed his stark ignorance of the most fundamental and primary doctrine of Islam —the belief in Tauheed (Monotheism). There is no religion with such an uncompromising attitude and conception of the Unity of the One, Unseen, Eternal, All-Mighty, All-Wise Creator, Allah Azza Wa Jal. Even non-Muslims who lack indepth knowledge of Islam are aware of Islam's uncompromising stand on this doctrine. So rigid is Islam’s doctrine of the Unity of Allah Ta’ala, that even pictures of human beings and animals are branded as the introductory measures of polytheism. In addition to Boykin demonstrating his crass ignorance of Islam, his vile remark of Islam’s God being an ’idol’ is unforgivable.

The utter drivel gorged out by Boykin besides displaying his ignorance of Islam is motivated by the ‘hatred for Muslims’ mentioned in the Qur’aanic aayat quoted at the beginning of this discussion. His blasphemous claim of idolatry hurled against Islam fits aptly his own idolatrous religion of Trinity, images and Crosses.

His statement that his ‘god’ is more powerful than Allah, is further evidence for the backwardness of his thinking. The Qur’aan states with dignity that the God of the Ahl-e-Kitaab and the God of Islam, is the One, Same Allah Azza Wa Jal. We advise this general who is given to malice and puerility to study some very basic books about Islam to rectify the mental aberration from which he obviously suffers.

The capture of the Somali warlord, whether the capture is a fact or a figment of Boykin’s mind, is not proof for the correctness of his religion and beliefs. Furthermore, whether the warlord had made the statement which Boykin attributes to him is questionable. Even if the Somali warlord had, in fact, made the alleged claim, his capture is not a yardstick by means of which Islam and Allah Azza Wa Jal could be judged. It is ludicrous to believe that Islam is ‘false’ and that Allah is an ‘idol’ because a Somali warlord was captured. While Muslims, undoubtedly believe that Boykin’s religion is false, they do not measure the falsity on the basis of America’s defeat and pull-out from Somalia, or the USA’s humiliating defeat in Vietnam, or its humiliating flight from Lebanon when a couple hundred marines were eliminated by the “Islamic Radicals”.

Nor do Muslims believe Boykin’s religion to be false on the basis of America’s present suffering and woes in Iraq and Afghanistan where the US is bogged down in a quagmire that is claiming American lives on a daily basis and where the anarchy is incremental . Although Boykin speaks as if the US has scored a victory, this is far from the truth and reality.

The US has gained no decisive and clear-cut victory, whether in Iraq or Afghanistan. By the day its headaches and misery are increasing while it is sinking deeper into the mess of the mire which it has created for itself. But while we claim that his religion is false, we do not cite the predicament and defeat of the US in Iraq and elsewhere as the grounds for our belief. For our claim there is rational and religious evidence.

It is important to understand that while Muslims say that all religions besides Islam are false, they do not claim, for example, that the God of the Muslims is ‘bigger’ and ‘more powerful’ than the God of the Christians or the God of the Hindus. Such ridiculous and childish claims are put forth by those who happen to be low in intelligence. It is the belief of Muslims that there is only One Omnipotent Creator Whom we call Allah. He is the Creator of all people and of entire creation. However, those like Boykin who cannot conceive of the Concept of Tauheed (The Unity of God) due to their mental stagnation in the mire of crass materialism, make comparisons of a Being about Whom comparison cannever be made, hence he can blabber and blurt like a child that “my god is bigger than your god".

The falsity of other religions is claimed on the basis of the Qur’aan, the teachings of the Rasool and historical facts, not the temporary vacillation, and ups and downs of worldly warfare. We are living in a material world in which there are material and worldly ways and means, causes and effects. We are not in Paradise. This world is the arena for the conflict between Haqq (Truth) and Baatil (Falsehood). It is the Divine Way and Scheme to allow the pendulum of Haqq and Baatil to swing between the extremities of victory and defeat, success and failure. For every swing in the opposite direction there is a definite cause, and the cause of Muslim defeat is their gross transgression and rebellion against Allah Ta’ala.

The current spasm of setbacks, failures, humiliation and defeats with which the Ummah is convulsing is not the product of the false claim that Islam’s God is ‘false’. The predicament of the Ummah is the consequence of moral and spiritual treason which Muslims are perpetrating against Allah Ta’ala. Since they no longer adhere to the true and original Islam of the Sahaabah, they are denied Divine Aid. Since Muslims have adopted westernism as their new culture, Allah Ta’ala has imposed western political domination on us. This is the secret of the humiliation of the Ummah in this age.

“Musaa said: ‘O my people! Seek aid from Allah and have patience. Verily the earth belongs only to Allah. He bestows (its sovereignty) to whomever He wishes among His servants. And, the ultimate success is for the Muttaqeen (Pious).” (Surah A’raaf)