The prisoners held
in Guantanamo Bay and other similar interrogation centres, are just one of the
injustices and crimes being committed in the world today, many by the USA and
her Allies. Countless other crimes and injustices
are being committed around the world, where suffering and exploitation of
people is at unimaginable levels.
The reaction by
many people to these crimes and injustices thus far have been: to march and
shout on the streets, sign some petitions, donate to a charity organisation,
boycott some goods, or vote for secular political parties, in the hope that
somehow these ineffective actions will lead to resolving just one of the
burning issues around the world.
We also see that
describing in detail these injustices is easier than providing the real
solutions that will actually deal with these crimes and sufferings. This is because to correctly identify the
solutions, requires a correct ideological basis* from where the solutions will
be derived.
So for the secular
people and their parties, it is the mind, which decides what is a crime and
what is not, and what is implemented is what the majority of minds agree upon
(Democracy). For them the Word of God
does not dictate any policies. So you
will find that they do not see homosexuality, nudity, gambling, alcoholism,
relationships outside marriage, prostitution etc as crimes. Moreover because there is not a set moral
standard, except what the majority agree upon, then what is evil or despicable
today may become acceptable tomorrow, and homosexuality in the West is an
example of this.
As for the
Muslims, the crime and its remedy are both defined by the Guidance sent by the
Creator and Lord of this world i.e. Islam.
In fact, when Islam is not the basis for judging matters, then oppression
and injustice are more likely to occur.
The world has witnessed the scale of bloodshed, tyranny, oppression and
spread of corruption in the last century since the decline of Islam as a
political power and the rise of the ideology of ‘Democracy and Freedom’.
In truth, the
materialistic ideologies, Capitalism and Socialism, cannot stand up for
justice, because from their basis they have a corruption - since they have
detached God as the source of moral standards and criteria of justice. Thus our support needs to be with those whose
basis is the Truth and are working for the rise of the ideology based on this
truth and not with those whose basis is falsehood.
It is the
re-establishment of Islam as a political, economic and social entity, which will
organise the resources to counter the tyranny and oppression prevailing in the
world today, in order that justice and mercy can be witnessed again. Allah (swt) says:
"We verily
sent our messengers with clear proofs and revealed with them the scripture and
the balance (of right and wrong), that mankind may observe justice” TMQ 57:25
The guidance, of
the creator, must be implemented in its entirety without compromise, and the
first step towards this is to know how to identify the systems of Islam from other
ideologies, and support those who work for God’s Law and shun those who work
for Man’s laws.
