[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: Once Upon a Time in the West

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Posted by Mary Madigan:
Once Upon a Time in the West
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1173838919.shtml


   Adil Zeshan at [1]Winds of Change:

     My name is Adil. I have been born and raised among dutiful and
     obedient Muslims, and I aim to misbehave.

     Already I have fallen from grace. I am no longer one of them, a
     reason sufficient for their delicately-placed wrath to have me
     consigned, in this world and the next, to the most grievous of
     penalties; for what else should the reward be for those who behave
     like me, they would say if they knew, but disgrace in this life? So
     no matter where I go in the realms of Islam, I am a hidden traitor
     to my people, a renegade without honour to be executed. And for
     them to know of my apostasy is to know of their fear....

     "Assalaamu Alaikum, brother", he says.

     "Wa-alaikum salaam", I reply.

     He says nothing, but keeps looking at me expectantly.

     "So", I say, smiling.

     "Brother, have you been given one of these leaflets?" He holds out
     one for me to take. I already have one. His accent is a slurred
     English, although he is clearly more articulate than the imam. I
     have had many run-ins with suburban mujahideen such as these
     elsewhere, and I know their type well.

     "Actually, no", I lie. "So, what's a khilafah? What does it look
     like?".

     He is pleased at the question, but before answering he quickly
     glances around to gauge earshot potential. He already knows his
     seniors are listening.

     "Brother, the Islamic khilafah is the Islamic State. It was
     destroyed in 1924, and ruling by Islam in the state and society
     ceased", he says emphasising the last word. "Ruling by Islam ceased
     when the khilafah was destroyed by corrupt rulers who were agents
     of the kuffar [infidels]".

     Huh.

     "Brother, the implementing of the khilafah is a great obligation
     upon each and every Muslim. It is haram [forbidden] to remain for
     more than three days without a pledge to a khaleefah being on your
     neck. It is haram to rule by anything other than Islam and to stay
     silent about the implementation of kufr laws over us".

     His voice is carrying across the courtyard and he promptly shifts
     to third-person.

     "Due to this, Muslims all over the world are sinful in the sight of
     Allah and they will all receive punishment except those who involve
     themselves in establishing the khilafah and restore the ruling by
     that which Allah has revealed. The sin will not be lifted from
     their necks until the khilafah is established, and whosoever dies
     without a bay'ah [oath of allegiance to a would-be khaleefah] on
     his neck will die the death of jahiliyyah [ignorance]."

     As Americans are fond of saying: like, whoa.

     "So, it is obligatory for every Muslim to help establish the
     khilafah?", I ask.

   ..read it all, [2]you won't regret it...

References

   1. http://www.windsofchange.net/archives/009514.php
   2. http://www.windsofchange.net/archives/009514.php