Thursday 7 February 2013

Jihad bil Saif & Pakistan



PHYSICALLY FIGHTING IN THE WAY OF ALLAH
(Jihad bil Saif) – AND NEED FOR PAKISTAN:

      -       by Roman Ahsan [07 FEB, 2013]

These are difficult times for Pakistan when the country has faced repeated threats on the borders with our enemies violating our sovereignty without any excuse. How should we proceed? We cannot form much hope from this puppet government, and our only asset is the patriotic segment in this country. However, we need to proceed in the right direction. The spirit of Jihad bil Saif (physically fighting in the way of ALLAH) should be nourished but NOT for the whole nation, just for our Armed forces. Our common citizens should be nevertheless equipped with self-defence measures and basic arm-handling being allowed to even keep a weapon in their homes. BUT, to start giving calls for Jihad for the whole nation is stupidity as we need engineers, physicians, technicians, IT professionals, clerks etc. too, to build the nation. Only when the nation is built from inside, and strong within through sound economic measures can we tackle our global enemies. Islamic Spirituality has its own place & needs to be nurtured all over though with basic focus on Qur'anic teachings and then Hadith literature. But the focus on sectarian beliefs needs to be minimized as most of such practices have been drawn from Hindu practices & customs over centuries of living together.

It is agreed though that our enemies have been trying to tarnish the concept of Jihad bil Saif (physically fighting in the way of ALLAH) in front of the world and trying to associate it with terrorism, but on the other hand some of our elements are putting too much emphasis on it as if the whole nation should participate. In the war times the civilians have to play their role in a different manner by being a support to Army and safeguarding the country within & ensuring that the normal operations of the country flow without being interrupted – the people still need bread and butter, not to forget our fighters taking on the enemies!

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