The very first issue of Common Sense
was published during the gulf crisis of 1991. In that issue we quoted some
apocalyptical Ahadith and linked them to the events that were unfolding before
the eyes of the world. Naturally, no - one can be sure that any Hadith about
events to come, phrased broadly enough to permit it being swallowed by the
prophet's contemporaries, relates to any particular event we witness, until well
after it. Yet, what has happened in the gulf, and still continues, seems too big
an occasion to having been entirely missed by the messenger of Allah - peace be
upon him - when he even foretold occurrences much less significant than these.
After the conclusion of the gulf war, a
reader wrote to us, that considering that all the allied forces returned back
home safely, the hadith couldn't have been right. We responded by saying, that
if the hadith referred to that event, which we still believe to be the case, it
simply meant, the whole thing wasn't over yet. Allah's messenger warned us of a
battle over mountains of black gold near the Euphrates which was going to be
fought in three distinct stages. Recently, on a Radio 4 news comment following
the new military build - up in the region, the "courageous" shelling
by America's high - tech forces of a retreating third world army was referred to
as the "first gulf war". It is unusual in language to use ordinal
numbers for one - off events, so maybe the commentator new better than we do,
that there is going to be a "second gulf war" and that the scenario
leading up to it is as meticulously planned as previously, the butcher of
Baghdad playing the American fiddle as well as the Amir of You-Wait or the King
of Saudi - America. The ambitions of Eretz (Greater) Israel stretch from the
Nile to the Euphrates, and the politics of the region are of key importance in
ushering in the final phase of a one - world government seated in Jerusalem, as
predicted by Ben Gurion as far back as 1962, administering total control over a
world population kept in chains by economic exploitation, brain - washed by mass
media indoctrination, and driven crazy by an abundance of New Age Cults. Hail
the coming of Dajjal, the Anti - Christ.
For those to whom the above statements
still sound too phantastic to be true, the October issue of the "Investors
Bulletin" published by Bob Beckman holds an even more astonishing surprise
when analysing the developments in the Gulf under the heading "Saddam
Hussein rides again". The article talks about nuclear proliferation
promoted by Moscow to raise the stakes. "The purpose", the article
says, would be "the advancement of discussion involving the structures of a
World Government." It quotes Russian sources as expecting "an
explosion to be detonated in the Spring, so that the terror associated with this
'accident' would be bound to dominate preparations for the subsequent G8 Summit
in the following July." This is being corroborated by the following
statement of the Soviet dissident Anatoly Golitsyn: "In a different
context, the Russians may be expected to provoke an incident unattributable to
themselves involving the explosion of a nuclear device somewhere in the West not
excluding the United States. The purpose would be to reassert the necessity for
the Russian - American partnership now and to create pressure for eventual World
Government." We agree with the Investors Bulletin that "the first
victim of any military conflict is the truth", and we would extend this to
be a valid observation for propaganda wars as well. So whilst we do not want to
deliberate on whether America, or Russia plays the tune, or both dance to the
tune blown by some forces behind them, the admission that world government is
being sought after and that its coming about could be facilitated by the build
up of a military threat, makes interesting reading indeed. Turbulent times may
well lie ahead.
Given the impact of those coming
tribulations, we decided to take a closer look at the beast of whom all prophets
since Noah have warned their people. Although Muslims have the best advance
warning system in their scriptures, most of them will, as usual, be caught
unawares, because they do not know how to use it. In the days of the prophet,
peace be upon him, knowledge meant applied knowledge, and great victories were
won, because of the wisdom to make the right connections and take appropriate
action. Today, knowledge, even for Muslims, is understood to be contained in a
certificate by which some raise themselves over others, and wisdom has been
replaced by vanity and self - centredness. "Religion" has been
separated from most spheres of life (and reflecting on world politics the way we
do may well be considered haram by some...); the treasures inherited from those
before us have been made inaccessible and irrelevant through narrow definitions
and childish interpretations; self - glorification, rivalry and petty -
mindedness prevent us from tackling even the most simple issues in hand. The
Muslims thus dismembered will continue to impress each other with horror -
stories about the giant who walks across the sea whilst the water hardly reaches
his ankles, the Arabic words "kafir" (disbeliever) clearly written
over his forehead, yet they will trod ignorantly behind him without recognising
him for what he is; they will boast about how to deal with the disbelievers,
basking themselves in the glory of Muslim conquests, whilst we are driven out
from every corner of the world; they will preach an Islam so uncompromising and
regulated that it will drive even the most kind - hearted and open - minded
away; and they will endlessly strive to make a little bit more money out of a
system they loudly denounce as corrupt and of the devil's making when in the
privacy of their four walls. Mahdis appear by the dozen, everybody wants to be a
Caliph, but nobody wants to go out of their way to seriously and responsibly
address a situation that has deteriorated for far, far too long. It is easy to
denounce and demolish, but difficult to plan and build. Muslims of today are
known to prefer doing things the easy way.
Who then is the Dajjal? What are we to
do, to avoid his curse? There are no easy answers, but we shall try, as always
at the risk of being dismissed as unorthodox or even cranky, to separate
superstition from fact, to hold up the mirror, even though the image may be
painful to behold, to interpret the trends that continue around us regardless of
whether we care to acknowledge them or not, to warn of the consequences of
ignorance and indifference, and to point to where we must begin if we want to
remedy our current state of affairs. We know that common sense is rare,
and expect no miracles. We simply stand to be counted.
Author: Islamic
Party of Britain |
Date Published:
Jan 1995 |
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