He's studying to be a "peaceful religious scholar," but hey, while on break he's got some time to join the jihad against the U.S. A glimpse inside the jihad in Pakistan from New Straits Times, with thanks to John:
AAMIR is barely 20 years old. Most of the year, he studies the Quran at a madrasah in Islamabad. But during holiday breaks, he adopts an entirely different persona from the image of the peaceful religious scholar that he is studying to be.During these times, Aamir will be with a band of jihadist fighting the Americans in Afghanistan.
I was introduced to Aamir through my guide and interpreter, who brought me to the madrasah in a remote part of Islamabad.
It was late afternoon, and some of the students were playing football, volleyball and other games. A few were just lounging about on the grass.
They were all wearing kurtas — the traditional dress for Pakistani men. Many of them also wore skull caps as they played games.
The boys seemed happy to meet a fellow Muslim from Malaysia. One of them had ambitions of going to Malaysia or Saudi Arabia to work after obtaining his certificate.
Aamir, like many Pakistanis, felt strongly about the presence of Americans in Afghanistan. The Afghan people have very much in common with the people from the northern regions of Pakistan, even speaking the same language that Aamir uses in his village.
He said Muslims who went to fight the invaders of Afghanistan were fighting a holy war, and that dying there was to die syahid, or as a martyr. He himself had made the journey twice.
He claimed he had once hit an American helicopter with a shoulder-mounted rocket launcher, but did not know if it went down because after firing it, he ran off immediately.
Young men like Aamir are common in Pakistan. Being a jihadist is regarded as an adventure that many of the youths here are reluctant to miss.
Between 1994 and 1999, it was estimated between 80,000 and 100,000 Pakistani men fought alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The Pakistan Government was sympathetic with the Taliban regime during its rise in the 1990s, regarding it as a strategic advantage.
Islamabad was the first to recognise the Taliban regime, and even though official support for the Taliban has ended since Sept 11 — replaced with official support for the American war on terrorism — many ordinary Pakistanis still sympathise with the Afghans.
These men are often from madrasahs and some have received military training. They are armed with Chinese- and Russian-made weapons which are easily available — almost every household here has a gun of some sort. Many have assault rifles while others even have heavy weapons like rocket launchers in their closets.
The men who wish to go to jihad ride buses to the Afghanistan border, while their supplies and weapons are carried on donkeys through the mountains.
Upon reaching the border, they equip themselves and cross the porous Durand line to join hands with the Afghans in ambushing American troops.
It's worth reading the article following the one referenced above: Gilgit plagued by war between Muslim brothers
"In the morning and afternoon, tourists ride bicycles up and down the narrow lanes in the town. Villagers shop at the bazaar.
Come sunset, however, the shopkeepers shut their doors tight as armed men take to the streets.
While Gilgit once faced the threat of invasion by India, today it is plagued by an entirely different kind of problem — a war between its Muslim brothers."
"On the eighth day of each month — the day on which the Shia leader was shot in August — the Shias vowed to exact revenge by killing the Sunnis.
About 30 Sunni Muslims and an equal number of Shias have died."
When they can't find infidels to kill, they might as well turn on each other - got to keep sharp you know.
What is wrong with these people ?
What is wrong with these people???
They're a bunch of Militant Amish folk - can't you tell? Meanest bunch of radicals you EVER saw! They toss bomb laden Dressers, Chairs and Hope Chests like nobody can!
As the 9/11 was a false flag operation of the US government, the attack on Afghanistan is aggression by USA on that country. Thus, the Muslim that helps the Afghans regain their freedom is indeed performing jihad -- defensive jihad.
Mohideen:
The only falsity around 9/11 was bin Laden's initial denial of responsibility. As for your silly argument in support of the Islamists in Afghanistan who wish to re-establish Taliban rule despite the wishes of the vast majority of the population, well, ain't you one sick, deluded puppy.
"As the 9/11 was a false flag operation of the US government"
You silly little man. 9/11 was a Black flag operation by Bin Laden Co. Read more, it's enlightening.
"the Muslim that helps the Afghans regain their freedom is indeed performing jihad -- defensive jihad."
Uh - you don't read much do you?
Islam doesn't adhere to ANYTHING resembling Freedom. Islam means submission for believers, dhimmi for non-believers or death. Get it? "Good Muslims" and infidels who know better READ their Qur'an - maybe you should too.
Regarding "defensive jihad". Have you ever read Islamic history??? Probably not so let me fill you in with a basic fact: the Qur'an has a few chapters regarding "defensive"...oh wait - I mean "offensive" tactics on how to deal with non-believers.
Read and learn. It's good for you and you might even find truth Mr.Ibramsha.
So far, Islam hardly has an ethical leg to stand on.
"Being a jihadist is regarded as an adventure that many of the youths here are reluctant to miss"
That's great. While most young men and women at that age strive to go off on an "OE" and start exploring the incredible world we live in, these idiots would rather go and play Jihad.
Speaking of idiots, Hey Mohideen why don't you go off to Afganistan and I'll meet you there and we can play Jihad. I must warn you though that I'm very good at playing the game "Whack-A-Mole", so be careful sticking your head out of a cave.
muslims have been performing "defensive jihad" ever since mohammeds first battle to spread islam. i think,mohideen,that you had better spread your lies elsewhere. we have been doing our homework.
Speaking of idiots, Hey Mohideen why don't you go off to Afganistan and I'll meet you there and we can play Jihad.
William The Crusader at September 13, 2005 08:18 PM
We have to go to our food; it does not come to us as long as we are mobile. The following Verse of the Holy Quran is worthy of consideration here. Quoting, we have:
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29:60 How many are the creatures that carry not their own sustenance? It is Allah Who feeds (both) them and you: for He hears and knows (all things).
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As per the above Verse, if God Almighty has sanctioned some food for me in Afghanistan, I have no choice but to go there to eat my food. And if “William The Crusader” is desirous of playing Jihad, why not?
Incidentally, Jihad is practiced by a Muslim, and not by a non-Muslim.
Mohideen:
Go take a look at Ali Sina's most recent post at freedomfaith.org and give us a break from your inane postings. The Afghan people were not happy living under the Taliban.
Go take a look at Ali Sina's most recent post at freedomfaith.org
waterdragon52 at September 14, 2005 09:01 AM
Did you mean this URL?
http://www.faithfreedom.org/oped/sina50913.htm
I do not want him to die of starvation. You may kindly inform him that I have no intention of writing to him.
dear mohideen,
what you do with your life is your business, but i think you are being lied to regarding who caused 9-11. that being said, if you want to fight america in what you call freedom, it is your decision. i am not here to argue or strive with you but to advise you regarding your eternal destiny.
true spiritual freedom, and i don't mean political freedom, is only found in jesus christ. mohammed or allah cannot give you this freedom. only jesus christ was raised from the dead so he could give you life. you must be born again of the spirit because of the spiritual death handed down from the first man adam.
however, perhaps mohideen you would agree with me that you were born spiritually dead and in need of life, just like all of humanity. this eternal life is available but only in jesus christ.
so no matter who is right or wrong in the political realm, the thing that really matters mohideen is whether you have been born of the spirit through jesus christ.
it would be such a waste mohideen, if you were to go die in jihad while refusing the life of jesus christ. in fact, jihad would seem unnecessary if you were to become born again through realizing that your sins were taken away at christ's cross 2005 years ago so christ could come and live in you and give you life. so ask jesus into your life today and you can start living by the law of love instead of hate. hate is from the dark side and is not of god.
i have been alerted to four attacks on my computer while writing this message. mohideen, accept jesus christ as your life while there is still time. thanks.
Life, by it's elegant design has reasons for existence that modern minds find utterly beautiful. Life in all it's symbiotic forms is deserving of reverence, understanding and empathy. Beloved and enemy alike. This is an easy rally point for ALL human beings - I would hope.
No offense "listen to realanswers.net" but...proselytizing yet another faith is hardly a rally point for ALL humankind. Preaching to people to come over to the Christian team is just...switching teams. To their credit, Christians are noble enough to recognize the immensely high value of all life and I stand united with them on that front.
Now, back to you Mohideen.
"As per the above Verse, if God Almighty has sanctioned some food for me in Afghanistan, I have no choice but to go there to eat my food."
What a bunch of metaphoric tripe!
You, MOHIDEEN IBRAMSHA, have no choice but to go "eat your food" (Jihad I assume) in Afghanistan? What are you? A horse? A pack animal? Allahs slave? Is your life that useless that you would destroy to it for a belligerent and merciless "God"? Are you utterly deranged and hopeless? Have you no regard, reverence or love for life or reason? Why oh why would you willfully be such a useful idiot?
What good comes from dying in a blast or fire fight with US forces who are in country trying stabilize and make autonomous the nation of Afghanistan? You seem to be under the impression that the US wants Islamic land.
Why instead don't you learn Pashtun and become a humanitarian translator you jackass!?!? You might just help the Afghan people and US forces get the job done so everybody can go home in peace. Internal Jihad (striving in the way of Allah), giving alms to such desperate and suffering people didn't occur to you did it? You've got to work for peace and that means an internal struggle to exact external healing. You're nothing more than a lazy Muslim if all you do is pull the trigger or push the detonator.
Listen up: Sunnis murdered near 120 people in Iraq yesterday, most were Shi'ite. These "Jihadi" animals murdered, with typical islamic impunity, a fair number of people who were looking for work, going on with LIFE and trying to survive in a violent landscape. Muslims (not all, but far too many still) seem to be honor bound to kill, subjugate, torture and force power upon those who challenge their flavor of Islam.
Let's face it, when pushed to the extremes of cultural combat, your Jihad buddies are morally bankrupt and ashamed that non-muslims are defeating Islam with modern morality. Muslims love death and everybody else loves coca cola right Mohideen?
You, MOHIDEEN IBRAMSHA, have no choice but to go "eat your food" (Jihad I assume) in Afghanistan?
Quantum Infidel at September 14, 2005 04:08 PM
God Almighty has decided just four parameters regarding every human, just four. The rest are left to the individual. The expression used by me is a common expression in India used by both Muslims and non-Muslims.
In IIT Delhi, once we dropped into a colleague’s house – a Hindu colleague – unannounced, and he had guests. He insisted that we join them in dinner. When we agreed and started eating, he said in Hindi words meaning, “The name of the eater is written in every grain that gets produced.”
When I said, “if God Almighty has moved his food, he has to go and eat it,” it was another way of expressing the sentiments expressed by my Hindu colleague.
I would be very pleased to become a martyr, that is, die in Jihad. One of the four parameters pre-decided is the time of death. We quote Verse 154, Chapter 3 of the Holy Quran as evidence.
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3:154 After (the excitement) of the distress He sent down calm on a band of you overcome with slumber while another band was stirred to anxiety by their own feelings moved by wrong suspicions of Allah – suspicions due to ignorance. They said: “What affair is this of ours?” Say thou: “indeed this affair is wholly Allah’s.” They hide in their minds what they dare not reveal to thee. They say (to themselves): “If we had anything to do with this affair we should not have been in the slaughter here.” Say: “Even if you had remained in your homes those for whom death was decreed would certainly have gone forth to the place of their death”; but (all this was) that Allah might test what is in your breasts and purge what is in your hearts: for Allah knoweth well the secrets of your hearts.
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So, if Mohideen Ibramsha’s place of death is indeed inside Afghanistan, he would go there. Since death is inevitable, he would be lucky if he dies in Jihad.
We would like to touch of the death of Lt Ken Ballard. We hope that the preordainment of his death would ease the pain in the heart of his mother. Quoting from http://www.insidebayarea.com/timesstar/localnews/ci_3027989
dated September 14, 2005, we have:
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The gunfire that killed Lt. Ken Ballard in a battle in the city of Najaf just before Memorial Day last year came not from insurgents, as his family initially believed, but by a machine gun from his own tank.
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After a battle, Ballard was preparing to back his tank out over a median and out of the combat area.
Branches from a tree whipped a machinegun turret toward Ballard and depressed a gun switch, May said. Bullets from the gun fired at Ballard and he was killed.
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Notice that Lt Ken Ballard lost his life while driving his tank under a tree. He was taken to his place of death.
Just because the deaths are preordained does not allow criminals to commit their crime. God Almighty would have taken the life even if the criminal has not committed the crime. Then the death would have been due to an accident as in the case of Lt Ken Ballard. The crime causes chaos to reign in a society if the criminal goes unpunished. Thus, Islam has exemplary punishments for criminals. The preordainment of the death of Lt Ken Ballard does not absolve Bush of his crime of having taken USA to war on Iraq on lies. He has to answer Lt Ken Ballard’s mother.