The Idea Of Jihad Misused To Promote Terrorism In Geopolitics

By New Age Islam Staff Writer 1 February 2024 Africa, Middle East And South Asia Are Home To Terrorist Organisations Main Points: 1. Lehi was the first terrorist organisation of the world formed by Zionists. 2. Taliban, a militant organisation of Muslim extremists, followed the ideology and modus operandi of Lehi. 3. Al Qaida is also a terrorist organisation based on the misinterpretation of the idea of jihad. 4. ISIS was formed to misuse the idea of jihad to destroy the economy of the Middle East by the West. 5. Boko Haram and Al Shabab were formed to further the geopolitical interests of the West. ------ Lehi or the Stern Gang was the first terrorist organisation of the world formed in 1940 by the Zionist Jews for political objectives. The group succeeded in achieving its objectives and some of the terrorists of Lehi later became prime ministers and ministers of the newly formed Israel. The West found terrorism and militantism a useful tool in geopolitics. In the 80s, the US helped Ziaul Haque, the dictator of Pakistan, to finance and train the Taliban in order to fight the Russian occupation in Afghanistan. During this time Osama bin Laden, the disciple of Mohammad Qutb, came into prominence. He was groomed by the Pentagon against Russia. This experiment was successful and the Taliban ousted Russia from Afghanistan. Osama bin Laden then formed his own terrorist group Al Qaida which worked to promote the interests of the US and NATO. The idea of jihad was used by Al Qaida to draw Muslims towards the organisation. The group drew the sympathy of the Muslims by urging them to wage jihad against the tyrant US. The terrorist activities of the Al Qaida provided the US and the NATO to interfere in the internal affairs of the Muslim countries and attack them. The US also established its military bases at the pretext of war on terrorism. Interestingly, the US and the NATO attacked Afghanistan at the pretext of eliminating the same Osama bin Laden and Taliban whom they used to oust Russia from Afghanistan and occupied Afghanistan for 20 years. This time they blamed the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers of New York by Al Qaida. But a former CIA spy Riconociuto had claimed that he had warned the US government six months before the attacks that terrorist attacks might be made in the US. He had also said that the Quebec airport was used for the rehearsal of the attacks. But the US government had pooh-poohed his claims. Later Riconociuto was jailed in various charges. This kind of attitude was also demonstrated by the Israel's defence ministry when two female soldiers of the IDF had told their senior officers that Hamas was preparing for a big attack on Israel. The officers termed their claims a figment of their imagination. That is why the Israeli army has refused to conduct an internal inquiry into the 7 October attacks. The misinterpretation of the idea of jihad by some extremist ulema was used by militant and terrorist organisations like the Taliban, Al Qaida, ISIS, Boko Haram and Al Shabab to justify their violence. The idea of jihad in turn proved to be a useful strategic tool for the western nations and they created new militant and terrorist organisations to further their geopolitical objectives. Jihad was declared mandatory for establishing Islamic Shariah or Caliphate. The militant and terrorist organisations acquired the sympathy and support of Muslims by claiming that they wanted to establish caliphate or a government based on Islamic Shariah. The truth was that these organisations were the creations of the western nations particularly the US. The latest terrorist organisation created by the US was the ISIS. Like the Taliban, the ISIS was also created by the US to oust Russia from the Middle East. Russia had developed trade relations with Syria and had formed a military block with Iran in the region. The US considered the growing influence of Russia in the Middle East a threat to its hegemony in the region. Therefore, it took advantage of the chaos and anarchy in the region caused by the 2011 Arab Spring and soon the protests were hijacked by the ISIS and offshoots of Al Qaida. The ISIS established its so-called caliphate in Mosul in June 2014. The US very cunningly provided ISIS caliphate the tanks and other military equipment to further strengthen it. The Iraqi army, controlled by the US went to fight but ran away leaving the tanks, armoured vehicles and huge cache of arms and ammunitions in the area controlled by the ISIS pretending to be defeated by Abu Bakr's mujahideen. This modus operandi was again adopted by the US when the US army left Afghanistan. The US army left all its tanks and arms and ammunition in the Taliban controlled region strengthening their military against the Afghan army in order to ensure their ascent to power. Ironically, the so called ulema and Islamic organisations of India and Middle East supported the ISIS caliphate because of the deep-rooted belief that a caliphate will solve all the problems of the Muslims. It will conquer the world and crush the US. The US knew the religious psychology of Muslims and used this belief to their advantage. After destroying the Muddle East, the US easily eliminated the ISIS. The ISIS is now carrying out terrorist attacks in Islamic countries and the ulema who had supported and glorified the ISIS are now hiding their face. Now, the ulema of the Muslims are predicting that Imam Mehdi will soon appear and solve all the problems of the Muslims. He will unite all the Muslims of the world and under his leadership, the Muslims will conquer country after country and defeat the enemies of Muslims. On YouTube, we find predictions by ulema that Imam Mehdi will arrive soon. Some even claim he has already arrived and has been waiting for an appropriate time to appear. One wonders how the ulema of different sects will accept Imam Mehdi as their imam and be united under his leadership when they do not consider the Muslims of other sects Muslims. Since the West has always exploited the beliefs of Muslims to its advantage, there is a great possibility that the US may create another terrorist organisation called, say, Lashkar-e-Mehdi that will claim to be the army of Imam Mehdi. The ulema will glorify it and will wake up and realise their mistake after the US and the NATO will have destroyed the remaining Muslim countries. As long as the Muslims will believe in violence and bloodshed in the name of jihad, the West will continue to fool them. URL: https://newageislam.com/islam-terrorism-jihad/idea-jihad-terrorism-geopolitics/d/131630 New Age Islam, Islam Online, Islamic Website, African Muslim News, Arab World News, South Asia News, Indian Muslim News, World Muslim News, Women in Islam, Islamic Feminism, Arab Women, Women In Arab, Islamophobia in America, Muslim Women in West, Islam Women and Feminism