Europe

In the absence of the Khilafah should Muslims residing in the west integrate and melt into society due to pressure?

How to view acts of violence that have occurred in Western societies:

The subject of acts of violence that have been committed occasionally in the western societies by Muslims living in them is a large and complicated subject. However without doubt it is a great responsibility upon us to understand it whether for the purpose of abiding by our Deen or for the purpose of carrying the right understanding to the people.

And if were at the correct level of Islaam in terms of understanding, thought and Da’wah then we would be able to dominate the hearts and minds of the people. However at the same time it is not allowed to forget that the western media in general has an agenda that it is working towards and this agenda necessitates that they demonise the Muslims and picture them as being terrorists and this is so that they can legitimise their acts of colonialism, repression and severity against them in addition to taking away their rights and to kill them from the skies by unmanned drones without trial and to place them in prisons like Guantanamo amongst others without bringing charges against them or court hearings.

The Muslims are being exposed to the greatest of slaughters across all levels and what some of them have done in terms of acts of violence occasionally is nothing more than desperate reactions which fall short and are incapable of meeting those actions taken against them that are far greater and more severe.

The Muslims feel that they are in a security vacuum in the absence of the Islamic authority and protector that safeguards there Deen from insult and preserves their honour from being exposed to being violated. So they (some Muslims) attempt to fill this gaping security vacuum with reactionary acts that harm and do not bring benefit whilst serving the interests of their enemy so that they increase their abuse of the Deen and legitimise more and more strikes against the Muslims and especially when civilians are targeted.

It is obligatory upon the Muslims who are living in the western lands to be active in the societies that they live in however this certainly does not mean that they should integrate and melt into the society. Rather they must interact in them in a way that makes them effective and not affected and this requires for them to be upon a level of Islamic thought, political, economic and social vision that enables them to present an alternative vision and image to the people. This is because the one who does not possess a matter cannot give it to others and the one who does not possess an objective and ideology will no doubt blend into the objectives of others.

It is not permitted for the Muslims to hide and isolate themselves from the people because this is a reflection of despair or cowardice. Rather it is necessary to meet with the people and to be the best ambassadors of the Islamic ideology.

The Muslims living in the west are a part of the Muslim Ummah and it is not permissible to live there with the mentality of being minorities that are separated from the body of the Ummah. Rather they are a part of this body and they will never feel secure, stable and tranquil unless the body recovers as a whole and this will only happen when the Ummah returns to how it had always been, an Islamic Ummah possessing a divine message, an Ummah that rules by that which Allah سبحانه وتعالى has revealed and carries its message to the world under the shade of the just and upright Khilafah State.