In the Name of Allah, the
Gracious, the Merciful
Donald Trump, in his
inaugural address as President of USA, said that he would work for complete
eradication of ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ from the surface of the earth.
What is Radical Islam he
is referring to? Does it include ‘terrorism’, as he mischievously implies?
History is witness to an extraordinarily
shining example of Radical Islam set by none other than Prophet Muhammad (peace
on him) himself! For 13 long years, his own people at Makkah had relentlessly
harassed the Prophet just because he declared, ‘There is no god but Allah!’
Then they – the Makkans – had sent armies to eradicate the nascent Islamic
State at Medina, รก la our Donald now,
from the surface of the earth, but without success of course! And when the
Prophet later marched triumphantly into Makkah, he pardoned all his arch
enemies there!! There was no mass massacre, no raping of women on a massive
scale, and no massive destruction of public properties, as routinely done by
modern national armies when they conquer neighboring territories!!!
That was the true
exhibition of Radical Islam! Peace, mercy, goodwill, justice
towards one and all!
But it is too much to
expect Donald Trump to sincerely study what Radical Islam is! Like any Tom,
Dick, and Harry, he goes by common perception. And the common perception among
a large number of non-Muslims is that Islam is an evil religion!
And I blame the Muslim
community all over the world at large, themselves, for this utterly false
perception. The Qur’aan advices them to continue doing good and righteous deeds,
without fear and favour and despite facing trying adversities, and to have
patience and trust in the One Creator of all in giving them ultimate justice.
Muslims of the modern
world, generally, have failed to follow this Qur’aanic advice. Faced with
seemingly unending atrocities and injustices around them, they lose patience and
faith, and resort to retaliatory violence which may affect even innocents. They
have thus lost Help from the Guiding Divine Hand, and are obviously facing
ignominy as envisaged in the Qur’aan.
They are themselves
responsible for the negative image of Islam Donald Trump gets on his retina.
Guide
us back to the Qur’aanic Path, Allah!
Mohammad
Shafi
Friday, the 27th
January, 2017.
