By
Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi
Usually, when the discussion to be made on terrorism, terms like "Radical Islam", "Jihadism", "Jihadis", "Islamic extremism" etc used frequently by scholars, so-called educated class and media.
Muslim scholars, who usually do not aware about Islamic history and conspiracies behind war on terror, use above terms frequently in their columns and speeches.
By a section of Muslims it is always opposed for linking Islam to terrorism or using terrorism with Islam.
It is true that there are various Muslims organizations across the glob which is fighting and resisting for certain causes. Some of them are fighting for an Independent country, such as Taliban in Afghanistan, Palestinian resistance groups in Palestine, Al-Shabab in Somalia and other resistance groups in different areas across the glob. The activities of above resistance groups are limited in their own countries.
These resistance groups carry out their activities because International community does not want to lessen the voices of the people where some groups have taken the weapon in their hand. International community is not playing a role in ending interference and occupation from those countries.
There is an organization which is called Alqeda. This organization has various branches in various countries, certain groups themselves affiliated to it to enhance pressure and to establish their own network.
Some countries also help some Muslim and none-Muslim groups secretly. It is hard to establish which organization is getting help and weapons from where, and which countries are supporting them.
Few media reports suggest that Israel had supported rebel groups in Sought Sudan. India has always been blaming on Pakistan for sending the terrorists in Indian territories to create panic and terror.
As for Alqaeda, there are much cocked up stories and myths. How this organization became much stronger as to threat to peace of the world and US is a matter of discussion.
United States claims that Alqaeda is behind the 9/11, but it is still not presented proofs to establish its claims, even certain questions raised by various personalities over this attack.
Above discussion establishes that every organization has certain causes behind its activities. You could say it terror attacks, or simply attacks, or activities of certain groups. Everyone can select the term as per his political atmosphere, as we can see the atmosphere in terror attacks. If Muslims are involved then it is a terror attack, if none-Muslims are involved then it is simple an attack.
What appears is that all above organizations are not fighting for establishing an Islamic Khilafat. Nor they are using violence to establish an Islamic state across the glob. When their causes are different and their actions and aims are for political achievements, then how they can be connected to Islam or Islamic terrorism? If they were fighting for Islam, and for this cause they kill innocents and use violence as a tool to spread Islam, then we can say that it is Islamic terrorism or it is Jihadism, or these are Jiahdi groups.
But, they are not resisting for Islam, they are not fighting to occupy entire glob to turn it into Islamic state etc. Their aims are different, even it is hard to believe which organization is working for which, and for home?
This analysis makes it clear that linking of various groups to Islam or calling Islamic terrorism or Jihadism is against the logic.
Continue linking Islam with terrorism, or calling Jihadism, or Jiahdi groups, emphasis this thought that whether the war on terror is against Islam or Muslims.
01-08-2011
