Western Media Agencies claim that Turkish border guards have shot dead at least eight Syrians, including four children, who were trying to cross into Turkey, according to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR). Picture material and video footage show the dead bodies of small children. SOHR also claims that Turkish forces have killed as many as 60 civilians since the beginning of the year. [Source: Western Media Agencies (BBC; CNN)]

A statement from a Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that reports that the security forces “deliberately opened fire” on civilians crossing into Turkey illegally “do not reflect reality.”

Comment:

Turkey is once again in the cross-fire of secular media based on Western-backed human rights groups. This is not the first time, but more consuetude.

All good deeds, intensions and efforts are null and void, if a vague allegation by anyone towards a so-called ‘Muslim country’, even if democratic and deeply secular like Turkey, fits the Western agenda. Turkey has hosted and still hosts more than 2.7 million people who fled the war in Syria, and basically is still for an open-border policy for those who seek refuge on its soils. Turkey has spent about 10 billion dollars on Syrian refugees since 2011. And currently spends almost 500 million dollars a month. Yet, it is also under immense pressure from the EU to stop Syrians from travelling to Europe.

However, Turkey’s explanations are weak and vacuous. A Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said the reports “do not reflect reality.” A senior Turkish official said, “We are unable to independently verify the claims.” Turkish Minister for EU Affairs Omer Celik tweeted: “We have maintained an open door policy for refugees since 2011. We call on the international community to be more generous (and) receptive.”

The issue here is that the glorious Muslim army comes into situations where it seems more to be a group of bandits, or is depictured as such. This is due to its erroneous emplacement. The Turkish army’s duty is not one of protecting those false and harmful borders set up by the Kuffar regimes and powers after abolishing the Ummah’s unity and protecting shield, the Khilafah. The Turkish army, which is a major part of the Islamic army, will only go into true action if it is deployed in order to fight the enemy on the Syrian soils. If it clearly gets into action of actively protecting the Muslim Ummah, no matter from where they come or where they are. This will remove any doubts from the hearts of the Ummah, if there could ever, ‘in any wise’, be the possibility to harm innocent Muslims and in particular women and children. This will also remove any hopes or intentions from the hearts and minds of the Kuffar to think they would be able to fool this great Ummah and to harm it.

So the dilemma and the misery for the Turkish state and its army is the result of its obedience to its Kuffar masters, instead of to Allah سبحانه وتعالى and His Messenger ﷺ.

الَّذِينَ يَتَّخِذُونَ الْكَافِرِينَ أَوْلِيَاء مِن دُونِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَيَبْتَغُونَ عِندَهُمُ الْعِزَّةَ فَإِنَّ العِزَّةَ لِلّهِ جَمِيعًا

“Those who take disbelievers as allies instead of the believers. Do they seek with them honor [through power]? But indeed, honor belongs to Allah entirely.”

(Nisa: 139)

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِن تَنصُرُوا اللَّهَ يَنصُرْكُمْ وَيُثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَكُمْ

“O you who have believed, if you support Allah, He will support you and plant firmly your feet.”

(Muhammed: 7)

 

Zehra Malik