Dec 30 2007
Muslim Apostates and Caliphate Dreams
When my archives are restored, there will be amongst the many posts from years past those that are dedicated to what I have referred to as “reasonable voices”; a euphemism, actually, for Muslim apostates. In the beginning, after 9.11, I was quite hungry to find these reasonable voices. Alas, time has demonstrated that they are quite rare. The following excerpt is from one such Muslim apostate who describes an afternoon at the mosque.
“Brother, the implementing of the khilafah is a great obligation upon each and every Muslim. It is haram [forbidden] to remain for more than three days without a pledge to a khaleefah being on your neck. It is haram to rule by anything other than Islam and to stay silent about the implementation of kufr laws over us”.
His voice is carrying across the courtyard and he promptly shifts to third-person.
“Due to this, Muslims all over the world are sinful in the sight of Allah and they will all receive punishment except those who involve themselves in establishing the khilafah and restore the ruling by that which Allah has revealed. The sin will not be lifted from their necks until the khilafah is established, and whosoever dies without a bay’ah [oath of allegiance to a would-be khaleefah] on his neck will die the death of jahiliyyah [ignorance].”
As Americans are fond of saying: like, whoa.
“So, it is obligatory for every Muslim to help establish the khilafah?”, I ask.
“Yes, brother”. He looks at me pointedly. “The daleel [evidence] is laid out in the Koran and the Sunnah, and any Muslim who refuses to help establish the khilafah has committed a clear act of kufr and this takes them outside the fold of Islam”.
His mention of apostasy is pregnant with implications of sudden death. And by this time, more of his colleagues are gathering around to listen to this exchange.
“So, you’re basically saying: it’s obligatory for every Muslim to be subject to all the laws and customs of Islam but the only way for this to come about is by establishing the khilafah, right?”
“Brother, it’s not me who is saying this”. He holds up a Koran. “Rather, this is God’s command to each of us as laid out in the Koran and Sunnah. To be ruled by Islam is an obligation upon our necks. Establishing the khilafah is the only method for establishing Islam over our heads. Only in the presence of the khilafah can the laws of Islam exist and in its absence they are suspended. Brother, there is a very important, well-known Shari’ah principle that says: that which is necessary to achieve an obligation is itself an obligation”.
from Once Upon a Time in the West (Midlands) - New English Review
Whenever I read these calls for the caliphate, as are quoted here, I’m amazed that the left can read the same material and yet still consider Islam a “religion” of benign intentions. These are not the isolated rantings of a few clerics and imans, but a call for domination that is harbored in the very heart of Islam. Yet, the left claims that Christians are just as worrisome. While there may be calls for a Christian nation, unlike the Koran, there are no mandates in the bible that demands Christianity be imposed upon all.
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