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Industrial economies depend on markets, and markets are necessarily global, now more than ever. Supply oriented industrial economies like USSR are not sustainable; Marx himself recognized communism was only viable if it dominated the whole world.
But the world will never...
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But the world will never...
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...accept to live under communism anyway. At this point in time, there is no possibility to build an industrial economy independent of the world industrial economy. That means if you want to have productive capacity anywhere CLOSE to that superpowers, you MUST be...
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...integrated into the world economy. That means dependence. And it is this trap that led every last Islamic power into subservience to Judeo-Christian forces.
This same logic is now applied by the Ikhwan al Muslimin (of Hasan Banna). It is characterized by the belief...
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This same logic is now applied by the Ikhwan al Muslimin (of Hasan Banna). It is characterized by the belief...
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...that existing academic, economic, political, and legal structures can be used to advance the cause of the ummah. It also incidentally allows you to live a much more comfortable lifestyle than outright jihad, but hey, we can't see into their hearts, right?
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What all of these systems have in common is that they are social constructs which are reinforced and strengthened by participation. That's very different than say, a laptop or an anti-aircraft gun. When we talk about using technology, we need to distinguish between...
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...soft and hard technologies. Democracy is a soft tech, mass media is hard tech. The university where chemistry is taught is soft tech, chemical engineering itself is hard tech.
The power of soft tech is derived from participation. You cannot get something for nothing...
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The power of soft tech is derived from participation. You cannot get something for nothing...
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...with soft tech. You can seize a bus from dar al kufr and transport it to dar al Islam, but you can't seize a bureaucracy.
What this means, is any time you try to use soft tech, you are strengthening it. If you attend Harvard or Oxford, you will gain some connections...
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What this means, is any time you try to use soft tech, you are strengthening it. If you attend Harvard or Oxford, you will gain some connections...
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...knowledge, and prestige. But every time you "cash in" on your prestige by making it known that you attended that "elite" university, you will reinforce the idea of its eliteness. If you are genuinely smart, every intelligent thing you say will reinforce the status...
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...of that institution in the academic hierarchy. Every time we use paper money, we reinforce the idea that buying and selling with paper is acceptable. Everytime we refer to nationalities or use a passport, we reinforce those mental constructs as well.
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These are hierarchical constructs, and the people at the top of them are clearly awliya of shaitan. If you meet a good person inside of these constructs, you find them doing evil things, and apologizing, because they are "just following orders," or they could lose their job.
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So we participate to some extent in these structures because we consider it necessary. And indeed, the more you try to opt out, the more hunger and hardship comes your way. It's intentionally designed like that.
And the more you submit to these structures, the more...
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And the more you submit to these structures, the more...
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...honor, privilege, status, and wealth you are afforded.
This is a fitna so great it's hard to even conceive. We engage daily in these sins- signing documents of governments we know to be illegitimate, spreading symbols of shirk by using paper money, acting as if...
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This is a fitna so great it's hard to even conceive. We engage daily in these sins- signing documents of governments we know to be illegitimate, spreading symbols of shirk by using paper money, acting as if...
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...the symbols on our passports grant us the right to seek permission to travel from authorities. And we tell ourselves we are "obligated."
Okay, so is this compulsion? Is it a life and death matter? Or just a matter of being mildly hungry? Or having 42 articles of...
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Okay, so is this compulsion? Is it a life and death matter? Or just a matter of being mildly hungry? Or having 42 articles of...
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...clothing in the closet instead of 28? Or avoiding imprisonment? Or avoiding ridicule by our peers? Why are we really participating in and strengthening these things?
So participating in democracy, or human made legal systems, or nationalism is used as a means to...
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So participating in democracy, or human made legal systems, or nationalism is used as a means to...
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...advance certain goals. But let's be honest. How much of this is really going towards helping the ummah, and how much is for our own laziness, cowardice, and love of dunya? How many of these sins can be excused by genuine compulsion?
And it's so clear, the destructive...
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And it's so clear, the destructive...
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...effect this has on our iman. How can anyone genuinely say buying off the UN or putting someone in the US congress is genuinely getting them closer to Allah? After all, ultimately, coming to the aid of the ummah is only a means of saving ourselves.
Maybe it does.
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Maybe it does.
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Maybe Tariq Ramadan was set up and imprisoned by the French because he has done some service to Islam. Maybe his imprisonment was a mercy from Allah and a purification for him. But consider how much service he has done for the kuffar in the process.
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Legitimating their way of life by dressing like them, eating like them, talking like them. Becoming weak by living under their protection, depending on their police and military. Being in a position where they could easily unjustly imprison him and humiliate him...
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... severely disrupting his life, career, and mental health. Increasing their sensation of power over him and Muslims in general.
All of this damage in exchange for? A platform to speak and spread Islamic ideology? Proving that Muslims can be just as "civilized" as...
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All of this damage in exchange for? A platform to speak and spread Islamic ideology? Proving that Muslims can be just as "civilized" as...
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...Europeans, and seeking honor in this way? Influencing Western society politically to gain some concessions, a bit of popular sentiment supportive of the Palestinian cause?
I am not really able to weigh the pros and cons, but I try to cultivate love of the sunnah...
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I am not really able to weigh the pros and cons, but I try to cultivate love of the sunnah...
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...in my heart, and whatever of my heart loves the sunnah hates this method, and that is the only litmus test I really trust. The sunnah is simplicity, and kindness, and living close to the earth in humility. It's the antithesis of arrogant Frenchmen in extravagant...
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...buildings, attending academic conferences, eating hors d'oeuvres and making snide remarks at each other, lifting themselves up by putting others down. How can surrounding yourself with these people result in anything other than the destruction of your soul?
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And it seems that often enough, the amount of criticism a Muslim has for the mujahidin is proportional to how much they benefit from these satanic systems. On some level, it is clear that this is a zero sum game. The prestige and power of the modern world system decreases..
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