The guilty verdict of the so-called "Irvine 11" is a sign of the duplicity and double standards of "freedom of speech" in the United States. The Muslim students bravely acted upon their Islamic duty to speak the truth against injustice and oppression, regardless of the consequences when they stood up against the Israeli ambassador Michael Oren's speech last year at the University of California - Irvine. One by one, they stood and shouted as the ambassador tried to give a planned address on U.S.-Israeli relations. Ten of the eleven defendants are charged with two misdemeanors of conspiracy to willfully commit a crime and disrupt a public meeting, each facing up to six months in jail.
"Interfering with freedom of speech" is a flimsy accusation that holds no weight, especially in a university setting where free exchange of ideas is encouraged. What makes the case even more incredulous is the fact that even President Obama was heckled by Republican Congressman Joe Wilson during his 2009 keynote speech on health care reform. But now speaking out at a college setting about an impassioned and divisive issue is a crime. Clearly, one can sense Islamophobia has played a role in this verdict.
It's ironic that Western leaders praise freedom of speech when it suits their policies and when young Muslims stand up against injustice, oppression and tyrants they are punished with draconian measures. There's little wonder why Muslims around the world view the West's overtures and "symbolic acts of support" as hollow and fake. People around the world see the hypocrisy of the West and understand that promises of freedom and democracy are the marketing campaign for colonialism.
Muslims in the West should continue to speak the truth against injustice and oppression, boldly and bravely without fearing the consequences. If they do this, they will reach the station of the martyrs as the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم promised:
"The best of martyrs is Hamza. And the one who speaks a word of truth to an unjust ruler"
O brave youth of this Ummah, we admire you, who have dared to stand up against injustice, oppression, tyranny, boycott, bloodshed and humiliation. O brave youth, rejoice in the glad tidings of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم when he صلى الله عليه وسلم said:
"There will always be a group from my Ummah that will be steadfast on the order of Allah, they will not be harmed by those who oppose them or abandon them, until the order of Allah comes and they will be triumphant over humankind."
May Allah سبحانه وتعالى forgive the sins of these brave young men and grant them Janat ul-Firdaus and grant them and their families patience through these difficult times, Ameen.
مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ رِجَالٌ صَدَقُوا مَا عَاهَدُوا اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ ۖ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ قَضَىٰ نَحْبَهُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَنْتَظِرُ ۖ وَمَا بَدَّلُوا تَبْدِيلًا
'Among the believers are men true to what they promised Allah. Among them is he who has fulfilled his vow [to the death], and among them is he who awaits [his chance]. And they did not alter [the terms of their commitment] by any alteration.' (Surah Al-Ahzab:23)
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BOB KULA
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am dying wanting to see the crushing of this self destructive system,may Allah make me live longer and make me among those who would humanize the capitalist with Islamic system |
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Muslim
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The so-called western secular liberal democracies are in reality "military industrial aristocracies". Those Muslims calling for democracy are naive about how the world works. The world system is owned by the powerful "financial-aristocrats" or capitalists. The world system is Capitalism. This system is like a computer operating system (like Windows 8 ) Democracy is just a facade. It is like the GUI or Graphical User Interface, or "front end". Democracy is like "window dressing", or the paint of a car. However the "engine" is where the real power resides. There are all sorts of systems and subsystems at work "under the bonnet". The engine is Capitalism. It is the Capitalist systems that really matter. Not the mickey mouse mask called Democracy. Systems such as "patent law", "giant trans-national corporations" (with oil companies and western banks having massive power over western politicians). Systems such as the U.N. where some have veto power. Systems like "the stock market" (which is a big casino) and "riba" and so on. The point is when the entire operating system (OS) of the world system is owned by the powerful financial-aristocracy in America and elsewhere, it is nearly impossible to have true independence. Even the Europeans find it difficult to be independent of American financial power. That is the reason the E.U. still exists. It is to compete with America. But America has such financial power that when it sneezes the whole world catches a cold! (credit crunch) If the E.U. finds it hard, what chance do weaker entities have? To use a metaphor it is like playing football. Imagine a game of football where "Team Muslim" is on one side, and the opposing team is "Team America". Now, the referee is American. The committee that makes the rules is American. The game starts... A Muslim accidently brushes against an American player... He gets a "red card". He is sent off. Later an American punches a Muslim player and knocks him to the ground... referee? No problem. Play on. It is not a foul according to the referee. Then Team America scores a goal. On the scoreboard it shows 2:0 instead of 1:0 (the company that makes the scoreboard is american) The Muslims play really well.... and they score a goal... Referee holds up the flag! OFF SIDE! The goal is not counted. Team America wins. This is the metaphor for how the world system works in reality. Democracy changes nothing. It is like Team Muslim changing its shirts for new shirts with different colours. The rules of the world system remain the same. The only way for Muslims to "Win" is for us to have a Muslim referee, a Muslim committee that makes the rules and a Muslim company that makes the scoreboard etc. i.e. We establish a system that "levels the playing field". The Caliphate is that system. Those who call for democracy are missing the point. Muslims have been suffering from the "Game" of capitalism for 500 years. Democracy changes nothing. Democracy does nothing to alter the rules of the world capitalist system. It is time for Shariah Rules not Capitalist Rules. It is time for a Quranic State not a Shaytanic State. It is time for Islam. It is time for the Caliphate. |
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Abu Naser Muhammad
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"People around the world see the hypocrisy of the West and understand that promises of freedom and democracy are the marketing campaign for colonialism." |
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salehin khan
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It is clear who run America..And i dont' have any expectation more than this ,from an animal country they must be humanized by Islam ... |
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Jason Smith
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Freedom of expression is to attack the Prophet (Saw) and to attack Islam. Freedom of expression cannot be extended to the sisters wanting to where Niqaab (the face veil). Freedom of Religion is to be promoted by the West to people living thousands of miles away in Tibet while it is to be suppressed at home with Minaret Bans and Niqaab bans. All of this talk of freedom from the sanctimonious, self appointed, morally duplicitous policeman of the world makes my stomach churn and makes me sick to the core. Is the West so deaf, dumb or blind to the point at which it doesn't realise its own contradictions or is the west too morally depraved to care about its intellectual inconsistencies? Is there one rule for the West and another rule for the rest? Whatever the answer is I still think the west really needs to get its own house in order before it starts hypocritically preaching to the world about the merits of FREEDOM! |
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Abdul-Kareem
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Freedom of speech is a myth which in reality means freedom to speak kufr but not Islam. If the students were Jews or Christians and they had interrupted a Muslim speaker they would be heroes. |
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