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Beruwala mosque tragedy
Assalaamu ‘Alaikum
A disgrace indeed, and one cannot agree more with that remark!
However, all those who protested seem to have missed out one or two very relevant points -
1. When 9/11 took place, we were all shocked by the reaction of the west. We were wondering why
the west did not do a soul searching and ask itself the question "why did 9/11 happen". In beruwela
also, those who write to the newsletters are following the knee-jerk reaction of the west; no attempt
to prevent such occurrences in the future by asking the question "why did this happen?" As long as this
question is not addressed, we will continue to have more such incidents
2. One of those who wrote to these newsletters lamented about the burning of "Allah's Palace". We never saw any such lamentation when "Allah's Palaces" were bombed by saudi-backed extremists in iraq. Are mosques “Allah’s Palaces” only if they are situated in Sri Lanka? Why this peculiarity?
3. Again, soon after the beruwela incident, a moulavi was abducted by the thau in ottumavadi. I have still to see a single letter in these forums condemning it. Are the lives of the thaus of greater import than the lives of the moulavis who differ from them in their views? Upto now NOT A HUM. No crying out by kind ladies to Al-Adel to wreak vengeance – nor any newsletters beginning with heart-rending cries of Oh God – Ya Rab by concerned citizens of our community!! Again, why this difference?
3. Let us face it - the so-called tauhid is backed by funds from saudi. I understand that already in certain
areas of kattankudy or kalmunai (i cannot remember which place), there is a "taliban-style" rule being enforced. Do we want this all over sri lanka? Place your palms over your hearts and reply - do we really want this? Give these guys an inch - they will take a mile.
4. Thuggery has become part and parcel of the various jamaaths in SL; and everybody has been turning a blind eye to it because those who were at the receiving end are those who follow the various thareeqas (sufi orders); now, finally, the worm has turned. Enough is enough, some felt. It has resulted in the most unfortunate and lamentable deaths and we are lamenting as if thuggery in sri lankan islam is something totally new. Pls dont tell me I am wrong. Just walk into the Waqf Board and study the archives there.. Records of violence are there – ingrained!
5. When the body of pailwan (EP) was dug up from the cemetery and dumped on the road (an atrocious act by any standards) and burnt (an act which is the prerogative of Allah) by the wahhabis, those who wrote to the newsletters were chortling and gloating over it! Not a single word of disgust! It is our silence which has resulted in tyranny taking control of sri lankan Islam.
6. As mentioned earlier, the worm has turned! Those who have been at the receiving end for so long have finally decided to hit back! This does not mean that the deaths are justified, but "hakidha dunya" - this is life!
7. We heard a lot about a sheikh (sheikh Prabakaran?) who said “hawla paai” and most of his mureeds jumped into the hawl. To the credit of those mureeds, it must be said they jumped into a hawl of water; yes, they can be classified as fools. The thau guys are those who have jumped into pools of blood and come out of it, because that is the example set by their sheikh – hence, we can safely classify the thaus as dangerous fools.
8. Just as much as a close scrutiny of the bukhary taika Sheikh was in order, it behoves all of us to study the sheikh of these thaus, which was very conveniently omitted by all the brothers who have been contributing to the forum on this subject. According to history, their sheikh was born in najd – and considering what happened subsequently in Islamic history, it is safe to say that he is sheikh qarn al-shaitaan (sheikh of the shaitaan’s two horns). He went by the name of abdul wahhab.
9. Why is abdul wahhab referred to as shaitaan? Because this is what the Prophet (Sal) had to say: Sahib Bukhari: Volume 2, Book 17, Number 147:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
(The Prophet) said, "O Allah! Bless our Sham and our Yemen." People from Najd said, "Our Najd as well." The Prophet again said, "O Allah! Bless our Sham and Yemen." They said again, "Our Najd as well." On that the Prophet said, "There will appear earthquakes and afflictions, and from there will come out the side of the head of Satan."
10. This wahhab was kicked out by his father and elder brother, and on his travels, he met with ibn saud – and the shrewd wahhab saw the potential behind this man. Wahhab played to the lust of saud by enticing him with his daughter, and then they signed an agreement euphemistically (?) referred to by the muslim world as the “devil’s alliance”
11. What then followed was a veritable bloodbath in the Arabian peninsula. They joined hands with the British and attacked the khilafat which finally led to its collapse, and the establishment of the Saudi dynasty with a bunch of yellow-bellied weak-kneed ulemas who were falling upon one other to issue fatawa which would not be deemed offensive to the house of sauds.
12. What about the bloodbath? The Wahhabi ikhwaan were the most important part of the saudi army. The ferocity of the wahhabi ikhwaan did tend to demoralise a foe. All enemy males, of whatever age, were slaughtered, while the wahhabi ikhwaan also had the un-Arab reputation of killing all women and children if they overran an enemy encampment.
13. So, it is now obvious that the thau sheik has ordered them to jump into hawls of blood – they have absolutely no compunction about killing women and children, as can be seen in Iraq and Afghanistan – although, killing women, children, old men and destroying the environment are expressly forbidden in Islam.
14. What happened at Beruwala must be the cue the thaus are waiting for… that they are hell-bent on vengeance is very clearly seen from the remarks made by Mohamed Fazly, a devotee of the Thawheed group, who said, "We are trying to ensure Islam is followed in its proper way and in the purest form. We will deal with those who carried out the savage attacks." This is adding fuel to the fire.. Has any on the concerned citizens of our community who have been bending backwards to accommodate the thau ever wrote a single word in any newsletter condemning this barbaric sentence? NONE !! Again, I ask, why this difference? Why are we molly-coddling and pampering the thaus?
15. If we do not take action now to root out the menace of the neo-talibans, sri lanka faces the prospect of becoming another Afghanistan or iraq. May Allah protect this nation and its citizens from such a calamity. Aameen.
16. My final words to the thau brothers and those who are supporting them – either blindly, or due to ignorance or due to some other reasons: let us always bear in mind Newton’s Third Law!
Wa ‘alaikum as-salaam
Abu Aisha
Assalaamu ‘Alaikum
A disgrace indeed, and one cannot agree more with that remark!
However, all those who protested seem to have missed out one or two very relevant points -
1. When 9/11 took place, we were all shocked by the reaction of the west. We were wondering why
the west did not do a soul searching and ask itself the question "why did 9/11 happen". In beruwela
also, those who write to the newsletters are following the knee-jerk reaction of the west; no attempt
to prevent such occurrences in the future by asking the question "why did this happen?" As long as this
question is not addressed, we will continue to have more such incidents
2. One of those who wrote to these newsletters lamented about the burning of "Allah's Palace". We never saw any such lamentation when "Allah's Palaces" were bombed by saudi-backed extremists in iraq. Are mosques “Allah’s Palaces” only if they are situated in Sri Lanka? Why this peculiarity?
3. Again, soon after the beruwela incident, a moulavi was abducted by the thau in ottumavadi. I have still to see a single letter in these forums condemning it. Are the lives of the thaus of greater import than the lives of the moulavis who differ from them in their views? Upto now NOT A HUM. No crying out by kind ladies to Al-Adel to wreak vengeance – nor any newsletters beginning with heart-rending cries of Oh God – Ya Rab by concerned citizens of our community!! Again, why this difference?
3. Let us face it - the so-called tauhid is backed by funds from saudi. I understand that already in certain
areas of kattankudy or kalmunai (i cannot remember which place), there is a "taliban-style" rule being enforced. Do we want this all over sri lanka? Place your palms over your hearts and reply - do we really want this? Give these guys an inch - they will take a mile.
4. Thuggery has become part and parcel of the various jamaaths in SL; and everybody has been turning a blind eye to it because those who were at the receiving end are those who follow the various thareeqas (sufi orders); now, finally, the worm has turned. Enough is enough, some felt. It has resulted in the most unfortunate and lamentable deaths and we are lamenting as if thuggery in sri lankan islam is something totally new. Pls dont tell me I am wrong. Just walk into the Waqf Board and study the archives there.. Records of violence are there – ingrained!
5. When the body of pailwan (EP) was dug up from the cemetery and dumped on the road (an atrocious act by any standards) and burnt (an act which is the prerogative of Allah) by the wahhabis, those who wrote to the newsletters were chortling and gloating over it! Not a single word of disgust! It is our silence which has resulted in tyranny taking control of sri lankan Islam.
6. As mentioned earlier, the worm has turned! Those who have been at the receiving end for so long have finally decided to hit back! This does not mean that the deaths are justified, but "hakidha dunya" - this is life!
7. We heard a lot about a sheikh (sheikh Prabakaran?) who said “hawla paai” and most of his mureeds jumped into the hawl. To the credit of those mureeds, it must be said they jumped into a hawl of water; yes, they can be classified as fools. The thau guys are those who have jumped into pools of blood and come out of it, because that is the example set by their sheikh – hence, we can safely classify the thaus as dangerous fools.
8. Just as much as a close scrutiny of the bukhary taika Sheikh was in order, it behoves all of us to study the sheikh of these thaus, which was very conveniently omitted by all the brothers who have been contributing to the forum on this subject. According to history, their sheikh was born in najd – and considering what happened subsequently in Islamic history, it is safe to say that he is sheikh qarn al-shaitaan (sheikh of the shaitaan’s two horns). He went by the name of abdul wahhab.
9. Why is abdul wahhab referred to as shaitaan? Because this is what the Prophet (Sal) had to say: Sahib Bukhari: Volume 2, Book 17, Number 147:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
(The Prophet) said, "O Allah! Bless our Sham and our Yemen." People from Najd said, "Our Najd as well." The Prophet again said, "O Allah! Bless our Sham and Yemen." They said again, "Our Najd as well." On that the Prophet said, "There will appear earthquakes and afflictions, and from there will come out the side of the head of Satan."
10. This wahhab was kicked out by his father and elder brother, and on his travels, he met with ibn saud – and the shrewd wahhab saw the potential behind this man. Wahhab played to the lust of saud by enticing him with his daughter, and then they signed an agreement euphemistically (?) referred to by the muslim world as the “devil’s alliance”
11. What then followed was a veritable bloodbath in the Arabian peninsula. They joined hands with the British and attacked the khilafat which finally led to its collapse, and the establishment of the Saudi dynasty with a bunch of yellow-bellied weak-kneed ulemas who were falling upon one other to issue fatawa which would not be deemed offensive to the house of sauds.
12. What about the bloodbath? The Wahhabi ikhwaan were the most important part of the saudi army. The ferocity of the wahhabi ikhwaan did tend to demoralise a foe. All enemy males, of whatever age, were slaughtered, while the wahhabi ikhwaan also had the un-Arab reputation of killing all women and children if they overran an enemy encampment.
13. So, it is now obvious that the thau sheik has ordered them to jump into hawls of blood – they have absolutely no compunction about killing women and children, as can be seen in Iraq and Afghanistan – although, killing women, children, old men and destroying the environment are expressly forbidden in Islam.
14. What happened at Beruwala must be the cue the thaus are waiting for… that they are hell-bent on vengeance is very clearly seen from the remarks made by Mohamed Fazly, a devotee of the Thawheed group, who said, "We are trying to ensure Islam is followed in its proper way and in the purest form. We will deal with those who carried out the savage attacks." This is adding fuel to the fire.. Has any on the concerned citizens of our community who have been bending backwards to accommodate the thau ever wrote a single word in any newsletter condemning this barbaric sentence? NONE !! Again, I ask, why this difference? Why are we molly-coddling and pampering the thaus?
15. If we do not take action now to root out the menace of the neo-talibans, sri lanka faces the prospect of becoming another Afghanistan or iraq. May Allah protect this nation and its citizens from such a calamity. Aameen.
16. My final words to the thau brothers and those who are supporting them – either blindly, or due to ignorance or due to some other reasons: let us always bear in mind Newton’s Third Law!
Wa ‘alaikum as-salaam
Abu Aisha
hubud dunya wala ahira hraban
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