Sunday 11 January 2015

Islam vs Takfirism

Israel, the US, and the West are turning this into a "war of civilisation" while giving rise to, and succouring the very forces they clim to be fighting

"ISIS is Hamas and Hamas is ISIS," , says Netanyahu.

This is a totally false dichotomy, as repeatedly made clear by the Saker - this is something I totally agree with.

"Appreciate the difference between the Islam of Hezbollah and Iran, on the one hand, and that of the Saudis, Qatar, ISIS, FSA etc on the other - and no, it isn't mainly to do with Sunni and Shia …



Here are the responses to Hamas, Hezbollah and Chechen leader, Kadyrov.

This is often painted as a Shi'ia vs Sunni thing. Both Hamas and Kadyrov are Sunnis, not Shi'a

Hezbollah leader on Charlie Hebdo: ‘Extremists more offensive to Islam than cartoons’



RT,
10 January, 2015

Islamic extremists following a ‘takfiri’ ideology are more offensive to the Prophet Mohammed than Western satirical cartoons, chief of the Lebanese military faction Hezbollah, Hasan Nasrallah, said following the Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack.

"The behavior of the takfiri groups that claim to follow Islam have distorted Islam, the Koran and the Muslim nation more than Islam’s enemies ... who insulted the prophet in films... or drew cartoons of the prophet," the Hezbollah leader said in a televised speech to mark the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed, according to Lebanon’s Daily Star.

Militant Islam practices a ‘takfiri’ doctrine that allows it to brand other Muslims apostates for allegedly going against the faith’s true teachings.
A tragic attack on Wednesday took the lives of 12 people, when armed gunmen stormed the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, prompting a citywide manhunt. The magazine had printed cartoons that mocked the Prophet.

Nasrallah went on to say that Takfiris are the biggest threat to Islam, as a religion [and] as a message.”

The Charlie Hebdo terror attack should be taken as revenge for the honor” of Islam’s prophet, according to a source allegedly belonging to Yemen’s branch of Al-Qaeda, who wrote to several news outlets with the message.

French riot police block the avenue Kleber after an alert in Paris, January 9, 2015.(Reuters / Philippe Wojazer )
French riot police block the avenue Kleber after an alert in Paris, January 9, 2015.(Reuters / Philippe Wojazer )

The reaction to the attack was one of global outrage, both in the Christian and Muslim worlds. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi sent his condolences to President Hollande, saying, terrorism is an international phenomenon that should be faced and terminated through joint international effort.”


Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu also spoke out against radical Islam, calling the incident a murderous attack on free expression” and an indication of the disdain of radical Islam for the values we hold dear.”

The Israeli PM drew parallels between the Paris massacre and rocket attacks on Israeli cities by the Palestinian Islamist group, Hamas.
Hamas released a statement in French on Saturday, in which it also condemned the Charlie Hebdo attack.
Differences of opinion and thought cannot justify murder," the group said in a statement, cited by AFP.

Hamas also slammed Netanyahu for his “desperate attempts… to make a connection between our movement and the resistance of our people on the one hand and global terrorism on the other.”

Similar comments came from the Palestinian authority, who called the attack a heinous crime.”

As for Lebanon’s own government, Prime Minister Tamman Salam has condemned Wednesday’s actions as an unacceptable and unjustifiable terrorist act.”

The manhunt for the Charlie Hebdo terror attack suspects, Cherif and Said Kouachi, ended dramatically on Friday. Both were killed in a shootout with police in Dammartin-en-Goele northeast of Paris, while one policeman was injured. A worker who was taken hostage by the attackers was freed.
However, other hostage situations in France arose promptly, with at least one carried out by accomplices of the Kouachis.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Friday that he is not ruling out the possibility of more terrorist attacks against the country.

Hamas condemns deadly attacks on French weekly



10 January, 2015

Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has condemned the recent terrorist attack on the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo.

The group issued a statement in French on Saturday, condemning last Wednesday's deadly shooting on the weekly, which left 12 people dead.

Difference of opinion and thought is no justification for killing,” the statement said.

The statement also slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for drawing a parallel between attacks in Paris and Hamas’ resistance against Israel.

Netanyahu on Wednesday rushed to issue a statement on Paris attacks, by claiming that Israel has experienced similar attacks by Hamas and Hezbollah.

Hamas criticized Netanyahu for making “such connection” and described the move as “disparate.”

Terrorist groups in the Middle East, including ISIL and al-Qaeda branches, have claimed responsibility for the attacks in France, threatening to target the United States and Britain next.

Ramzan Kadyrov on Takfiri 


terrorism



Ramzan Kadyrov on fighting terrorism from Oceania Saker on Vimeo.


Netanyahu's recruitment of the Hebdo attack



9 January, 2015

On Wednesday two gunmen attacked the office of Charlie Hebdo, the French satirical magazine, killing eight of the publication's journalists, including its chief editor, along with four other people, including a maintenance worker, a visitor and two police officers. Paris is mourning the tragic incident, and condolences have flooded in from across the globe.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered his condolences to the French president shortly after news of the attack. He stressed that Europe should stand alongside Israel in the fight against "radical Islam". In a meeting with the Norwegian foreign minister on Thursday, Netanyahu stated: "Israel is being attacked by the very same forces that attack Europe. Israel stands with Europe. Europe must stand with Israel."

The goal of Islamic terror "is not agreement or borders or even Israel", Netanyahu said on Wednesday night in response to the attack. "Not mainly Israel and not primarily Israel. The key goal of Islamic terror is to destroy our societies and our countries." In a separate comment he said: "The terrorists want to destroy our freedoms and our civilization therefore all free countries and all the civilized societies have to band together to fight this scourge."
He stressed: "These extremists are part of a global movement and this necessitates a global response." The "terror" of Hamas, Hezbollah, ISIS and Al-Qaeda won't end "unless the West fights it physically, rather than fighting its false arguments."
Netanyahu has repeatedly attempted to widen the threat Hamas and other Palestinian militant factions pose beyond Israel to Western nations in order to garner support. The rise of the Islamic State (ISIS) was capitalised upon by Netanyahu for exactly this; it rallied support as criticism over the summer's relentless bombing of Gaza grew. In an address to the United Nations General Assembly, Netanyahu sought to justify the bombardment, dubbed "Operation Protective Edge", by tying Palestinian militant resistance to ISIS and painting Israel's battle against the resistance groups as a "microcosm of the fight against global jihad".
"ISIS is Hamas and Hamas is ISIS," he said. By uniting Palestinian militant groups such as Hamas with organisations like Al-Qaeda under the umbrella of radical Islamic terrorism, he is hoping to unite Israel with the leaders of the US and Europe.
France voted in favour of a Palestinian resolution at the UN Security Council at the end of December. The resolution demanded an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories within three years. In response, Israel summoned its ambassador to Paris. Aside from the resolution, there was also a vote in the French parliament calling on the government to recognise the Palestinian state, as well as the French initiative to formulate a Security Council resolution setting a timetable for an permanent peace treaty with a framework for the negotiations on the core issues such as borders and Jerusalem.
France's vote, and other moves, will have aroused concern in Netanyahu. Israel is embroiled in a battle for public opinion. After "Operation Protective Edge", people and politicians started to question Israel's argument of self-defence in the face of such high Palestinian civilian causalities. Moves within parliaments in various European countries reflected that, even if they were merely symbolic.
Netanyahu will attempt to capitalise on the incident in Paris as much as possible. By pitting states such as France against one global enemy: radical Islam, he is grasping for unity. The vision of this enemy is one which fails to distinguish between Palestinian militants attempting to resist occupation and two gunman not yet affiliated with any group or faction who shot people who worked for a magazine which published cartoons that they presumably found offensive. It is a vision which hankers for an "us" versus "them" or "Islam" versus the "West" mentality, a vision which divides more than it unites.



PressTV's The Debate: How 


Muslims can counter 


Takfirism?






Muslim scholars and pundits from different parts of the world have participated in a conference in Iran’s holy city of Qom in a bid to find ways of countering the threat of Takfiri ideology and extremism.

Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, the chairman of the conference, emphasized during the opening ceremony that Takfiris harm both Islam and the human society, adding, that there must be serious efforts in order to root out the extremist ideology of the Takfiris.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jafari, a participant of the conference, also called on Muslim scholars to enlighten the world that how much ISIL is un-Islamic, saying that the issue of Takfiris is not sectarian as both Sunnis and Shias have been targeted.

In this edition of The Debate, Press TV has conducted an interview with Kevin Barrett, Islamic scholar form Madison, and Anjem Choudary, Salafi cleric from London, to delve into Takfirism, its causes, and the ways of countering it.

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