The Islamic Revolution and the International System

By Sayyed Rasoul Mousavi Today a complex condition rules over the world and it seems difficult to perceive the nature of international conflicts. Some conflicts are domestic, some regional and some others international in which to or more actors are engaged, but there exists a general crisis beyond all these conflicts which relates to the international system as a whole and which is a challenge to determine the boundaries, structure and the rules of the international system replacing the bipolar system There are three approaches to analyze and understand the behavior of international actors (states, international organizations) and global trends (alliances, revolutions and movements): a) to focus on activities of the leaders and decision-makers, b) to focus on thoughts and ideas, and c) to focus on the interactions of the current ruling international system and the environment in which the actors or trends operate. Many studies on the Islamic Revolution and Islamic Republic of Iran have hitherto been conducted focusing on the two first approaches, namely recognitions of the leaders and decision-makers and its ideals and aspirations, leading to authoring of many books and articles. The volume of such topics is so extensive that it can be referred to as political literature of the Islamic Revolution, but it seems that the third approach- focusing on identification of interactions between the Islamic Revolution and international system- has not received its appropriate consideration. To clarify the topic three questions are proposed: a) What is the purpose of the international system? b) How is the Islamic Revolution's approach towards the international system? c) Which is the favorite international system for the Islamic Revolution? To answer the first question, various theoreticians of the International System (IR) have developed different views and theories but it can be said, in general, that when the international system is discussed, two conceptual frameworks are considered. The first argues that the international system, as a mechanical system, possesses properties which follow the general theory of systems, its performance is understandable applying mathematical rules and logic and its nature and performance is perceptible with analyzing the interactions and relations between its internal components. The second which is more emphasized, in contrast, considers the international system as a non-mechanical system composed of a set of states (actors) and trends which, in regular connection with each other, create specific behavior patterns. The general theory of systems may not be applied to this conceptual framework for understanding the international system, but it's necessary to initially identify the objectives of the actors and then assess the capacity for realization and fulfillment of such objectives in the system. The approach mainly emphasizes that the behavior of the actors may not be explained singly with focus on internal factors inclusive of domestic needs and national characteristics, but external environment and the structure of power in the international system play a key role in orientation of the trends and national goals and aspirations of the actors. In simple words, countries have unlimited goals or needs but they can't achieve them all in the international scene. Their desires collides with those of others and so inevitably be modified. To some extent these needs are met depends on the country's power as well as the power of other countries and structure of the established international system. It must be pointed that boundaries, structure and rules are the three main characteristics of any international system; in other words, any specific geographical, cultural and political boundary restricts the international system beyond which there exists no interactions between the constituent political units of the system. Example is the balance of power system of 19th century whose geographical boundaries was limited to the Europe. Second, any international system has a structure which defines how of distribution and hierarchy of power in the system. For example, it can be said that the distribution of power in a bipolar system differs from that of a unipolar or multipolar system. Finally, there are some rules in any system regulating the behavior of the political units, to which any violator is called challenger. In addition, another significant point considering the international system is classification of the international systems. IR theoreticians and experts bear different views in this regard amongst them theories of Morton Kaplan and K. J. Holsty are outstandingly prominent. Without getting into discussion on different classifications, theories and definitions that exist in this regard and by accepting Kaplan's classification as a base, it can be said that there can be defined 6 different forms of international systems: the balance of power system, the loose bipolar system, the tight bipolar system, the universal international system, the hierarchical international system, and the Unit Veto International System. Holsty has also developed a somehow similar classification of systems by focusing on conflicts while Kaplan mainly deals with power. Skipping the definitions and concepts of such classifications, we turn to our second question, "How is the Islamic Revolution's approach towards the international system?” The Islamic Revolution came into existence in a bipolar system, but, highlighting the theme of "Neither East nor West”, defied the governing rules of the system from the very beginning. As against the European balance of power system of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the bipolar system, with its defined characteristics, could impose itself all over the world, dividing it into two main blocs. Although some movements like Non-Aligned Movement were formed within the system, they failed to establish a third pole of power or change the bipolar system or even challenge it. The bipolar system had also succeeded to prevent a third world war while unjustly transforming the war between the Great Powers into the war between the weaker countries on behalf of the Superpowers. When the Islamic Revolution defied the bipolar system introduced it as a violator of the nations' rights and sought the only way to save of the nations in breaking the colonial chains of the United States and Soviet Union. With its "Neither East nor West” slogan, the Islamic Revolution became the harbinger of a new way on which it paid a heavy price, and in which it simultaneously condemned both Superpowers' rule over the world, triumphed to maintain its strategic slogan and independence, and succeeded, as a genuine human revolution, to promulgate the strategic view that the injustice predominant in the bipolar system and the Superpowers' domination over the humanity's fate is the main problem of the today world. With dissolution of the Soviet Union which marked the end of the bipolar system a new condition appeared in the world in which the United States as the survived Superpower attempted to replace it with a unipolar system. It was not something easily acceptable by other actors although the US enjoys such an extensive military, economic power that can easily remove many challenges before it. Some international actors admitted the new unipolar system or at least met it with silence, but some others, proportionate to their power, introduced other alternatives such as multipolar system or multiunipolar system. From all topics discussed in regard to the international system it can be concluded that not all international actors have admitted a US-centric unipolar system, with universal boundaries, to succeed the bipolar system. In contrast, it is widely believed that the current international status quo is transitional in which any actor can partake in determination of the type of the system proportionate to its power. The Islamic Revolution which had challenged the bipolar system could not admit, based on its ideological principles, establishment of a unipolar system which had taken share in injustice of its antecedent, especially that the essence of injustice would remain in the new system imposing the very same discriminatory order on the world with more emphasis. Besides the US-sponsored unipolar system, the Islamic Revolution may not approve the balance of power system, backed by the Britain, and limited multipolar system and admit that a limited number of states, like veto holders within the UN Security Council, determine the destination of the entire world. Given above, the question is that "Which is the favorite international system for the Islamic Revolution?” To answer it should be said that the Islamic Revolution favors a justice-centric system with equal sovereignty for nations and equal rights for human beings. Believing in establishment of justice in international relations, equality of humans' rights and sovereignty right of nations, the Islamic Revolution is feeling for a system which fulfils such aspirations and, so, defying any system which lacks such characteristics, as is the case in the current era. The Islamic Revolution which specifies independence, freedom and national development as the strategic goals of Iran cannot be indifferent to the nature of the international system. Many knowledgeable analysts and IR experts now admit that no country is able to pursue its national interests heedless of the international system, but the system has a decisive role in the countries' achievement of their national interests. Hence, there remains no doubt that independence, freedom and national development of the country is tied up with establishment of a justice-centric international system which rejects imposition of discriminatory rules on the world society and truly defends equal rights and sovereignty of individuals and nations. It is a scientific and professional topic which deserves more consideration by the experts.

‘Is ISIL really ‘Sunni’? Not at all’

By Kevin Barrett

The Western media describes ISIL – the ultra-extremist terrorists destabilizing Iraq and Syria – as “Sunni militants.” Headlines read: “Sunni Islamist Militants Seize Mosul.” “Sunni militants capture northern Iraqi town.” “Iraq Army Tries to Roll Back Sunni Militants’ Advance.” The corporate media casts the fighting in Iraq as a Sunni vs. Shia conflict. The Sunni side, according to these reports, is led by ISIL – a group that was expelled from al-Qaeda for being too extreme. But is ISIL really Sunni? Many experts say “no.” Some question whether ISIL has a right to call itself an Islamic group at all. In an interview with Truth Jihad Radio, Islamic scholar Dr. John Andrew Morrow (Ilyas Abd al-‘Alim Islam) questioned ISIL’s Islamic credentials: “A lot of so-called jihad (such as ISIL’s) is not rooted in Islam. Especially if you look at who’s funding it, who’s supporting it, who’s behind it. Western powers have a long history of using jihadists and Islamists to further their own imperial ambitions. In terms of the foot-soldiers, they may think they are fighting for Islam. But if you look closer, you find they’re furthering the cause of the enemy.” Dr. Morrow pointed out that much of ISIL’s behavior is patently un-Islamic. He said that the ISIL terrorists love to film themselves committing war crimes that are forbidden by Islam: “They are very proud to commit atrocities. They film it. They upload it to the internet. They have their own websites.” Dr. Morrow commented on the notorious video showing a Takfiri terrorist eating a dead soldier’s liver: “This is what Hind (an enemy of the Muslims) did. You’re not following the sahaba, you’re not following the Prophet. You’re following the polytheists who were fighting the Prophet when you start cannibalizing corpses. And there was another video of a poor Muslim sister who was strangled to death. I mean, who goes around strangling women to cries of Allahu akbar?” Continuing the habit of vaunting their un-Islamic atrocities, ISIL terrorists recently posted internet videos showing themselves murdering 1,700 captured Iraqi army soldiers. They have also reportedly killed dozens of Sunni imams who refuse to swear allegiance to ISIL. And they are killing Shia Muslims indiscriminately. If these terrorists are Sunni Muslims, why are they systematically violating the tenets of Sunni Islam? In fact, ISIL appears to be far outside of Sunni Islam. The kind of “Islam” espoused by the ISIL Takfiris is an extreme version of the Salafi-Wahhabi school of thought. These people reject the five major Islamic madhhabs (schools of thought) including the four Sunni ones. If you reject all four Sunni madhhabs, how can you call yourself Sunni? In fact, the extreme Salafi-Wahhabis, including the ultra-extreme ISIL, have broken with mainstream Islam as it has existed for fourteen centuries. By jettisoning the established Islamic madhhabs, and stepping outside of Islam as it has always been understood, they have entered a very dangerous territory in which they feel they can just make up the rules as they go along. So they make up such rules as: “It is okay to rape Christian and Shia women. It is okay to eat the internal organs of dead enemies. It is okay to marry ‘jihad brides’ for sex and divorce them after 30 minutes. It is okay to crucify Christian holy men. It is okay to strangle women to death. It is okay to mass-murder civilians. It is okay to mass-execute prisoners of war.” No Sunni in history would recognize this as Sunni Islam. Zaid Hamid, a Sunni Muslim defense analyst from Pakistan, says ISIS and related terrorist groups are not Sunnis, but Kharajite heretics serving an imperial anti-Islamic agenda. (The Kharajites were an ultra-radical group that rejected early versions of both Sunni and Shia Islam and stepped outside of the Islamic community - hence their name, which means “those who step outside.”) Hamid argues that the ultra-radical groups destabilizing Pakistan, Syria and Iraq have indeed stepped outside of Islam, and are making war on Islam and Muslims on behalf of Zionism and imperialism.

But isn’t it true that many Sunni Muslims in Iraq support ISIL? Yes and no. It is true that some ordinary Iraqis from Sunni backgrounds have joined ISIL’s insurrection in Iraq. But these are mainly pro-Saddam revanchists, not religiously-oriented Sunni Muslims. Saddam Hussein, of course, was a radical secularist whose idols were Stalin and Hitler. Saddam’s Ba’ath party was anti-religious and pro-secularist; Saddam’s hatred of the Islamic Awakening was so extreme that he launched a war on the Ayatollah Khomeini’s new Islamic Republic in hopes of preventing the rebirth of Islam. So to call the Saddam Hussein supporters who are joining with ISIL “Sunnis” is misleading. Saddam’s forces, like ISIL, are opposed to Islam in both its traditional Sunni and Shia forms. The full name of Sunnism is “the people of the Tradition of the Prophet and the consensus of the community” (ahl as-sunnah wa l-jamaʻah). Eating the livers of dead enemies is not part of the Tradition of the Prophet – it is the tradition of the enemies of the Prophet. And such behavior is obviously not approved by the consensus of the Muslim community. The Tradition of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is one of inclusion, tolerance, mutual respect, and the forging of alliances between people of different tribes and religions. The original Muslim community, whose founding document is the Constitution of Medina, consisted of Christians, Jews and Muslims living together and sharing power and obligations on an equitable basis. The real Sunna (Tradition) holds to reason and persuasion, and uses violence only as a last resort. The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and his Family and Companions preached peacefully for 12 years, despite atrocious persecution, before God finally authorized them to fight back in self-defense. The real Tradition of the Prophet respects knowledge so much that “the ink of the scholar is more precious than the blood of the martyr.” And the consensus of the Islamic community is that the work of 14 centuries worth of Islamic scholarship – the five major Islamic madhhabs, both the four Sunni madhhabs and the Shia Ja’fari madhhab – collectively represents mainstream Islam. All Sunni Muslims have tremendous respect for Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq, who founded the main Shia madhhab. The terrorists who reject this tremendous scholarly achievement, and want to kill everyone who disagrees with them, are far outside of normative Sunni Islam. So why does the Western mainstream media insist on calling anti-Sunni, anti-Shia groups like ISIL “Sunni”? Perhaps the problem is laziness. Since ISIL has a special hatred for Shia Muslims, the simplest way to portray them is to paint the situation as an alleged Sunni vs. Shia conflict. By defaulting to this lowest-common-denominator description, the media absolves itself from the duty of explaining, in detail, what is actually going on. But it is also possible that the corporate media is intentionally misreporting the situation. The extreme-Zionist neoconservatives launched the US invasion of Iraq in order to break up that country, and the Middle East as a whole, by inciting ethnic and sectarian strife. The “Sunni vs. Shia” meme was created and spread by the Occupiers through a wave of false-flag terrorism. Perhaps the media is trumpeting that meme in order to propagate it. In any case, the world’s Sunni Muslims are being slandered every time the media calls ISIL “Sunni.” It is time for Sunnis to reject this mischaracterization of their religion. Perhaps Sunni Muslims should file a class action lawsuit against the media outlets that are spreading this calumny.

An Imam is an Imam — and a non-imam is a non-imam

by Abu Dharr Not to be lost on the handlers and coaches of such troublemakers, the US regime and its flunkies have metamorphosed the MEK into its al-Qa’ida clone with “Sunni-Shi‘i” divergences. We are beginning to see evidence of this in the Tunisian Ansar al-Shari‘ah battlering with the ruling al-Nahdah party. The Muslims miss the decisive character of Imam Khomeini in North Africa. One of Imam Khomeini’s first decisions was to close down the Israeli embassy in Tehran and expel the Zionist enemies from Iran. Compare that with the inability of the “Islamic” leadership in Egypt to break off diplomatic ties with the Israeli Zionist regime, which nowadays is maneuvering to physically occupy al-Masjid al-Aqsa and thwart access to the first qiblah and third haram to all Muslims. It gets worse: the Egyptian Islamic decision makers cannot open the borders between Egypt and Ghazzah. Egypt needs an Imam Khomeini. When Imam Khomeini began building an Islamic state in Iran he demanded justice be done to the fleeing Shah of Iran. The Shah had to beg for residency in different countries until he was finally appended to his American cooperator Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat in Egypt. The Islamic leadership in Iran with Imam Khomeini pursued the Shah until he finally went to his Maker where he will encounter ultimate justice. Correlate that with the official Egyptian inability to pass final judicial judgment on Hosni Mubarak the Pharaoh. Or correlate that with the disability of the Tunisian (Islamic) leadership to pursue and prosecute Zine al-Abidine bin ‘Ali who took refuge in the evil kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Why doesn’t the Tunisian government ask for the extradition of Bin ‘Ali to Tunisia to stand in a court of law where he will be answerable for his official presidential conduct and state policies, one of which forced Rachid al-Ghannoushi into exile at the behest of the security apparatus? It turns out that not all exiles are the same. Imam Khomeini was forced into exile by the Shah, but when he came back he sought the Shah and expended all that was necessary to bring him to a court of law. Rachid al-Ghannoushi was forced into exile, but when he came back to his home country he would not or could not pursue Bin ‘Ali, who had forced al-Ghannoushi into fugitive status. Then we have the eight-year war of aggression that was imposed upon the Imam and the Muslims in Islamic Iran. The leadership there did not buckle under those hard times. Imagine if such a war were imposed on any of the leaderships in the countries mentioned above; would they have the stamina to fight to the bitter end? Would they have the popular support to withstand all the trials and tribulations that come from a long and grinding war? The way things look, we seriously doubt it. The Egyptian (Islamic) leadership is not doing what is right and what is obligatory — cutting off diplomatic relations with Zionist Israel — precisely for the reason of avoiding such a war. Here we have it: the Islamic leadership of Imam Khomeini doing what is right and obligatory — come what may; and the “Islamic” leadership of the Ikhwan avoiding doing what is right and obligatory for fear of the consequences. The concept of tawakkul seems to be alien to our brothers in Cairo and Tunisia. Imam Khomeini called a spade a spade, as it were. He did not mince words when he wedged the descriptive marker Shaytani buzurg (the Colossal Satan) on the Washington regime. Compare Imam Khomeini with Mohammad Mursi in their interviews with the Euro-American press. Correspondents from the Euro-American media were scrambling to secure an interview with the Imam. But in Egypt and Tunisia interviews are by the dozen. Imam Khomeini had foreign correspondents stirred up and strained. But in interviews with al-akh Mohammad Mursi he talks to them about his years in the USA and his remarks about the film Planet of the Apes; and we have Shaykh Rachid al-Ghannoushi saying quite frankly that he is not a Khomeini. Thank you — you said it all. And, by the way, how many times have you come to Washington, DC since ascending the seat of power in Tunisia? We have lost count. What a difference between an imam whose base of popularity is the hearts and aspirations of the Muslims — Imam Khomeini — and those who are going along with an American Israeli plan executed through the agencies of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, et al. to try to smother the Islamic awakening that took place between an Imam and an Ummah. And We raised among them leaders who, so long as they bore themselves with perseverance and had faith in Our authority and power messages, guided [their people] in accordance with Our behest… (32:24). Pull quote: One of Imam Khomeini’s first decisions was to close down the Israeli embassy in Tehran and expel the Zionist enemies from Iran. Compare that with the inability of the “Islamic” leadership in Egypt to break off diplomatic ties with the Israeli Zionist regime…

The two opposite poles of the global Islamic movement

Abu Dharr

Deep down inside the recesses of the , there is what one may call a dichotomy — two mutually exclusive subclasses of the worldwide Islamic movement. One of them is centered on Islamic Iran and the other around what is today called “Saudi” Arabia. This animation is so intense and profound but no one wants to express it in public. It is limited to the inner circles of the inner circles of the polite and well-educated members of the worldwide Islamic movement. In a sense, the active and informed Muslims who belong to one or the other branch of this umbrella Islamic movement are alienated from each other because their individual organizational hierarchies have to answer to either one of these two divergent and many times mutually exclusive official umpires. Currently there is a detente between the government in Arabia and the government in Persia; both, of course, affirming in strong terms their Islamic credentials. But are they both legitimate points of reference for the larger Islamic movement in the world? Our humble but strong opinion is an emphatic NO. We say this with the support of facts on the ground and the record that speaks for itself.

In the first demonstration of facts, there is the Islamic political willpower in Iran that has, in word and in deed, taken on the imperialist and Zionist superstructure of kufr and shirk, and their combined might. Because of this, the loudmouths and bullhorns of racist Zionism and socioeconomic class imperialism are frothing at the mouth. Their corporate media fumes with the same, now tiresome, innuendo against the leadership of the Islamic state in Iran because of its self-willed and unwavering opposition to both militarist and political Zionism. This fearless and daring position by the Islamic leadership in Iran should remind every active Muslim who knows his history of the Yahudi forerunners (of today’s Zionists) in Arabia 14 centuries ago — the same ones who were also seething with rancor and conconcting countermoves against the Prophet (pbuh) when Islamic self-rule was on the rise in Arabia at the time.

Contrast Islamic Iran with the official Saudi sponsorship of a grand plan to reconcile the dispossessed Palestinians with their Israeli overlords. The official Saudi creatures and their unofficial Egyptian and Jordanian tools are what they call the “moderates”. And, who said there are no “moderate Muslims”? The real power-brokers in Arabia and its extensions into Egypt and Jordan among other countries along with that strain of the Islamic movement that answers to royal Riyadh are all showing excessive and compulsive concern with a slowly-but-surely consolidating front that will eventually move all the Muslims from Central Asia to the Mediter-ranean in a wave of military determination to pluck the regime of Zionist Israel out of existence. The American hegemon who went into Iraq and Afghanistan, giving both Israel and Saudi Arabia a decade of wiggle time, is beginning to pack his bags and gradually but surely moving out of Iraq and eventually out of Afghanistan. We call forth the wits and wisdom of this long paralyzed branch of the Islamic movement that has been sheltered and weltered by the financially obese and mentally anorexic Saudis to open its eyes and see the light!

This past month the top news item from Arabia concerned the $60 billion dollar military contract that the Saudi halfwits signed with the American military-industrial-banking complex. What an insult to every living and thinking Muslim everywhere! Are the Muslims in Arabia so brainless as to be unable to begin to build a military industry of their own? Let them begin with manufacturing their own guns and bullets and then proceed from there to manufacturing their own tanks and aircraft. This is also an insult to the larger Muslim population of the world; do the Saudi statesmen and representatives not believe that the 1.8 billion Muslims in the world are capable of initiating their own military industry that will free them from being dependent on their enemies for purposes of self defense? And at the end of the day all these weapons purchases will end up injecting much needed cash into the corporate coffers of weapons manufacturers like Raytheon, Lockheed, General Dynamics, Grumman and Northrop among others as well as the predatory policies of imperialist occupation and invasion forces — the ones that occupy Palestine, Iraq, and Afghanistan to be precise. We can almost hear their chief executive officers say behind closed doors “Thank God for Saudi Arabia”. Of course, Saudi Arabia returns the thanks to the US by making sure that its contingent of the worldwide Islamic movement does not forget that the USA [and even Israel] are Ahl al-Kitab!

Contrast this Saudi capitalist cash-cow with an independent Islamic Iran that has crossed the rubicon on its way to becoming the first independent Islamic nuclear powerhouse in the world. The quality and quantity of enriched uranium in Iran this coming year will be enough for the Islamic Republic to kiss all Western offers of “uranium exchanges” good-bye.

Step by step, there is a serious behind-the-scenes Euro-American discussion and at times argument to factor in Iran as the up-and-coming undisputed regional power in the “Middle East” and to factor out Saudi Arabia as the undisputed last-ditch stand by the old-school of political imperialist political thought that seeks to prevent Iran from becoming the acknowledged regional superpower. We have to remind the pre-Imam Khomeini “Shi‘i” faithful that these audacious and resolute strides are not attributable to a “theological” or “historical” superiority that some diehards never tire of expressing to the outside world. No indeed; it is the result of the hard work of the sons of the revolution who never forgot the eight years of imposed war and all the characters involved in those eight years, including the war financiers — the crude oil Arabians.

Listen, O sons of the broad Islamic movement in the world! If we were to rip this whole issue to its bare bones we could agree, I hope, to see that there is a real core conflict that puts the Islamic Republic of Iran on one side and the Zionist regime of Israel on the other. The rest are, let us say, “fillers”. The number one supporter of racist Israel is the United States of America. Any run-of-the-mill Muslim knows that. And the number one supporter of Islamic Iran is Syria, in the shaping up of the not-too-distant firestorm between an Israel of Zionism and an Iran of Islam.

In the distorted view of things within the Saudi sponsored wing of the Islamic movement the Americans turn out to be Ahl al-Kitab and nasara while the Syrians turn out to be kafirs and zindiqs. Before this begins to strain the minds of the indoctrinated Saudi types, would it not be fair if we were to look at how the Ahl al-Kitab American officials came down on all the Islamic fringes that are under the Saudi umbrella. Washington even went as far as demanding the Saudi embassy in Washington, DC close down its religious department which employed scores of da‘is and is said to have had a budget of scores of millions of dollars annually. The American Ahl al-Kitab officials are going to the Arabian nation-states — tribal states to be more precise — and to other Islamic countries and rearranging their educational curricula, seeing to it that all Qur’anic ayat and Prophetic hadiths mentioning Yahud in a negative way are deleted from textbooks.

Can we compare that to a country that has accommodated Palestinian fighters and Hizbullah to the detriment of Israel? Don’t rush to conclusions; no one here is trying to paint a rosy picture of the Syrian regime, we know it has its own agenda against Islamic self-determination in Syria and it should be addressed at the appropriate level. But in the larger scheme of things, the Islamic Republic in Iran has managed to deploy specific Syrian tactics to help with a groundswell program that intends to place all their common resources and assets into the up-and-coming fight with the Zionist tormentors of the Holy Land and its original population.

If the leading light and the momentous policies come from Islamic Iran then what is the Saudi Arabian government’s problem with a free trade agreement between Tehran and Damascus? Why are the Saudi national security functionaries so upset with Tehran and Ankara raising their economic ties to higher and unprecedented levels? Why do we sense nervousness in the Saudi financed Arabian media when Islamic Iran declares that it will begin to refine its own petroleum? One would think that the Saudi lords would feel a pinch of ardor and eagerness to do the same; but no, the Saudi officials are downright resentful and begrudging.

The Saudi royalists are hoping against hope that the Euro-American economic measures against certain banks belonging to the Islamic Republic will pay off. But the brave leadership in Iran called upon the people to adopt a “resistance economy”. And when Wall Street and Western economies have been gripped by structural problems such as inflation, unemployment, currency erosions, recessions looming into depressions, the economy in Iran with all its loopholes has weathered these troubled economic times with relative success. According to some sources, when the American economy in the past two years has been in a free-fall the overall economy of the Islamic State has grown by about one-third.

Its economy is strong enough to make Russia think twice before it decides to cancel a $13 billion S-300 missile system deal. If Islamic Iran’s economy were not doing well Russia would not have had second thoughts about canceling that deal, especially when it is prodded to do so by the US on generous terms. Add to this Islamic Iran’s policies that nudged Syria — its strategic ally — to acquire the Yakhnut surface-to-sea advanced missiles. The Israeli leadership tried in vain to persuade the Russians to call the deal off. No success.

Sure, Islamic Iran buys advanced military technology just as the Saudis do; but the difference is that in Islamic Iran there is an advanced military industry that will make buying weapons from foreign sources obsolete in another decade or so; while in American Saudi Arabia the plan for buying foreign military hardware goes on and on and on and may continue for another century if the status quo continues.

Is he who moves along, head beneath, more apt to be guided [the contemporary Saudi establishment] or he who walks composed on a path [head-up] straightforward [the current Islamic government in Iran]?

No, he is not an American agent!

Abu Dharr

Caution! This article is not written for the rationally disabled or for those who are reproach-free.

In the past month, the world was abuzz with the announcement of the American president that US forces had killed Osama bin Laden (OBL). We seriously doubt that Osama bin Laden was killed at the time, in the manner, or at the place they officially said he was. Many alternative news media have done the job of debunking and repudiating the official US version of Osama’s death. At this point, we take a moment to look beyond statements of the ruling class in Washington, at this Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaeda political widget.

Before OBL and al-Qaeda sprang into the public mind (this was in the early to mid-1990s) there was an Islamic leadership and an Islamic heroic sacrifice that had Washington and Tel Aviv politically hypnotized and militarily confounded — and that is the Islamic Revolution and its political administration in Iran. All Euro-American and Ziono-American policies were for more than a decade preoccupied with policies and in fact haunted with strategies of how to diminish or defeat in a conclusive manner the first burst of Islamic self-determination in the contemporary world.

Their proxy in Baghdad failed through a long and drawn out war to bring the Islamic Revolution and the Islamic purpose in Iran to its knees. Parallel to that, the Zionist military in occupied Lebanon was taking a beating at the hands of Hizbullah and the Islamic resistance until they finally had to withdraw their occupation forces in ignominy (May 2000). The ruling elites in Washington and Tel Aviv were sitting on thorns as they watched their incompetence and deterioration unfold from an ascending Iran to an aspiring Hizbullah. The new set of anti-American and anti-Zionist circumstances demanded a “stroke of genius”. Enter the Taliban and al-Qaeda. To refresh one’s memory, Afghanistan for a decade and a half (1979–1995) was swarming with mujahidin from many corners of the earth, particularly those who marched there from Arabia to the cadence of an American-Arabian master plan for jihad to defeat the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

Tens of thousands of mujahidin were all over Afghanistan fighting valiantly against the brutal Soviet occupation not knowing they were being used by the Saudis, who themselves were being used by the Americans, who in turn were being used by the climactic interests of the Yahud. As long as these credulous and trusting warriors in Afghanistan were fighting the evil empire they were heroic mujahidin in the political literature of Arabia and America, until finally the Soviets were defeated. Now that the Soviets were out of Afghanistan, what do you do with a reserve of hardened combatants who were on the warpath in Afghanistan? Combatants who were motivated to take on an Islamic enemy militarily? Behold the kickoff of al-Qaeda and OBL. To set the stage for that we had tens of thousands of Taliban (religious students) acting like professional soldiers, experienced commanders, and competent armed forces moving from Pakistan into Afghanistan at a time when the Afghans were slugging it out against themselves (remember the major polarized “Islamic” forces around Ahmad Shah Mas‘ud and Gulbuddin Hikmatyar?)

Well now there was a new kid in town. The Taliban became the rulers of Afghanistan with the support and recognition of three US satellite nation-states: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In this Taliban enclave we had the bourgeoning of al-Qaeda and its leader OBL. Let us make it very clear that many if not all the Islamic foot-soldiers in al-Qaeda and to a lesser extent in the Taliban are sincere and single-minded Muslims. In their heart they went out on a course of jihad for the sole purpose of raising the banner of Islam high and eminent. The problem with them was not in their heart and motivation; it was in their mind and cognition. Little were they aware of the fact that they were pawns on a global chessboard of duplicity, chicanery, and enmity.

What were the consequences of this “Emirate of Afghanistan”, an emirate whose emotions were running ahead of its mind? In the first instance, we had the implementation of “Shari‘ah” in what may be described as a premature manner. Remember, Afghanistan was a country devastated by war; hunger and poverty were rampant and all around. Families were torn apart and dislocated. State institutions were not present. A civil war was still brewing. And in the middle of all this, without any forethought, the Taliban-al-Qaeda duo began implementing Islamic law on a population that is living at a sub-society level and with social and economic conditions that are akin in some aspects to the society in Madinah and Arabia when ‘Umar (d) suspended “legality” to relieve people who were living at the survival level. But you can’t tell that to these emotionally charged but rationally bereft officials. Then came their oddball and madcap act in which they blasted the stone chiselled image of the Buddha. As if all the previous Muslim generations dating all the way back to the days of the sahabah did not discover this “idol” but these Taliban and al-Qaeda types did. And boom! Even a delegation of Muslim scholars headed by none other than Shaikh Yusuf al-Qardawi could not convince them otherwise. These emotions-first, thoughts-last types were passionately programmed to “enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil” as they saw it, and only as they saw it — as they are al-fi’atu al-najiyah (the saved and redeemed faithful) — in reference to their oft-quoted hadith about the Ummah disintegrating into 73 groups all of them condemned except one.

And to further prove their mettle, they went to Mazar-e-Sharif to kill Shi‘i Muslims there and to make sure they kill Iranian Shi‘i Muslims, some of whom had “political immunity” — if that ever was any consideration in their vocabulary and definition of rawafid! These Zionist and imperialist, well-monitored specimens of “Islamic Fundamentalism” passed their test with flying colors. They proved that they have what it takes to plunge the whole Muslim world into a dark age of obscurantism and Islamic civil wars that will extend imperialism’s looting of Muslim resources and Zionism’s occupation of Islamic lands. Before the grand performance of 9/11 there had to be some feats-of-camouflage. So we had the American embassy bombing in Africa and the USS Cole attack off the coast of Yemen. As this imperialist and Zionist media-sponsored presentation of OBL and al-Qaeda eclipsed to a large extent the Islamic Revolution in Iran and the Islamic liberation in Lebanon the show went on and the denouement took place on 9/11. OBL, after initially denying any involvement, emerged as an iconic hero or sensational villain to all those who also had their emotions trumping their thoughts. And the rest is history as they say.

Having said all of the above — and there is much more that you can fill in with the information that a Muslim mind can glean — we do not for one moment mean to say that OBL and those with him were CIA agents or imperialist toadies. Such is the role of Turki and Bandar among a cabal of Saudi others. Rather OBL in ways that were unknown to him became an executor of necessary movements that would justify imperialist wars and occupations. In his wildest dreams he probably never knew that he was being set up and prompted to do, more or less, exactly what he and his vacuous brethren-in-arms were doing. This is what happens when individuals are brought up in the tedious and deadening religious climate of an American Saudi Arabia. Uncommon and remarkable as it is, we have a person (OBL) who deep down inside of himself thinks that he is taking on the enemies of Islam — and this is attested to by his sermons and statements — while at the same time he becomes the imperial instrument in setting off a chain of events that are needed by imperialists and Zionists to justify their military occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq and their political movements to unseat rulers who are outdated and no longer useful in the broad imperialist schemata of things.

The takfiri soul of the salafi body of Saudi sponsored zealots was used to the hilt by Zionists and imperialists in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Persian Gulf, and elsewhere to bleed the Muslim body into imperialist submission. There are many Muslims around the world who cannot see how manipulative-prone other Muslims become when they have not thought through their God-given responsibilities. The Saudi kingdom by taking the Muslim mind out of the Qur’an and Sunnah has provided imperialism and Zionism with diehards who think they are doing Allah’s (swt) will, not realizing they are undeclared proxies of the enemies they are purportedly fighting against.


Say, “Shall We tell you who are the greatest losers in whatever they do? [It is] they whose efforts have gone astray in this world’s life, and who nonetheless think that they are doing good works: it is they who have chosen to reject their Sustainer’s power illustrations and encounter.” Hence, all their [good] deeds come to nought, and no weight shall We assign to them on Resurrection Day (18:103–105).


The Islamic Revolution and Islamic liberation have weathered this attack from within — by the Saudi regime directly and by the Israeli and American regimes indirectly.

Closer look at the uprisings in the Islamic East

By Zafar Bangash

Since the first stirrings of revolt erupted in Tunisia on December 17, 2010, the entire Islamic East has been engulfed in civil uprisings. Two tyrants — General Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and General Hosni Mubarak — have been swept from power. Other dictators are feeling the heat to varying degrees. The uprisings have been described variously as “pro-democracy movements”, the “Arab Awakening” or even “revolution”. Absent from all these is mention of any Islamic movement. In the West this is greeted with much relief. While Muslims make up the overwhelming majority of Islamic East’s population, the West does not want Islam to have anything to do with shaping the socio-political order in these societies. Similarly, Islamic parties — al-Ikhwan al-Muslimoon, al-Nahdah and others — are either banned or seldom mentioned as having played any role in the uprisings. This, however, is only one dimension of the problem.

The more important question is whether these uprisings can be characterized as revolutions. At one level, perhaps they could be, insofar as new methods of protest, such as twitter and facebook, are being utilized for mass mobilization. Additionally, in almost all countries, the youth are in the vanguard. This, too, is a new phenomenon but it would be simplistic to get carried away with this. The youth can and have offered great impetus to movements in all countries; they usually do but in the current uprisings, they are not following any particular leader or ideology. At one level this may be considered a blessing since an identifiable leader can be arrested and the movement dealt a blow but one should not fall for romanticism. In the real world, there are certain requirements that must be in place for a movement to succeed. It is not enough to get rid of a tyrant or be content with a change of faces. What follows next is equally, if not more important. Thus we need to have a better understanding of certain basic rules.

First, let us be clear about the phenomenon of revolution. While the word revolution has great romantic appeal, the minimum requirement for any movement to be called revolutionary is that it overthrows the existing order and replaces it with a new, radically different one. This has not happened either in Tunisia or Egypt where old-time dictators have been removed from power but the old order is still in place and does not appear to be in any danger of collapse. The Egyptian military, an important pillar of the old regime, is fully in control. The newly appointed foreign minister, Nabil al-Araby, endorsed the Saudi invasion and occupation of Bahrain in order to crush the people’s uprising there. The state of emergency remains in place; the border with Gaza remains sealed and even the old pharaoh, Hosni Mubarak, who presided over decades of torture, is living comfortably in his opulent villa in Sharm al-Shaikh. So what has changed in Egypt?

The same is true of other countries — Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria — where uprisings are underway. With the exception of Bahrain and Jordan, there are no identifiable leaders or movements leading these protests. In Bahrain, the movement is led by the ‘ulama while in Jordan, the Islamic Action Front (IAF) is in the lead but its demands are modest. The IAF has not demanded abolition of the monarchy; it is only calling for resignation of the prime minister and curtailment of some of the king’s vast powers. These can hardly qualify as revolutionary demands much less leading to any revolutionary change.

Muslims must understand that the systems in their societies are constructs imposed by colonial occupiers. These are not designed to serve the interests of the people. The ruling elites in every Muslim society barring Islamic Iran are all subservient to the West. Unless Muslims strive to dismantle these systems completely as happened in Iran in 1979, their desire for change will not be realized. For change to occur, certain conditions must be met. There must be an Islamic movement led by charismatic muttaqi leadership that will give a directional course to the movement. All energies of the people must be channeled toward the goal of not only overthrowing the old order but also replacing it with an Islamic order. Such a movement can have no parochial, tribal or national interests. Further, the movement and leadership must not be dependent on any outside powers, such as the US, Britain, France etc. In Egypt, for instance, the new regime is still pursuing old policies and the movement that forced the removal of Mubarak is too consumed by internal, purely nationalistic issues to worry about the plight of the Palestinians. This nationalistic trend is worrying. Similarly, the rebels in Libya want the West to help them against Colonel Muammar Qaddafi’s forces. Since when has the West supported people’s yearning for freedom and fundamental rights? If Qaddafi is overthrown, the Libyan people may find themselves entering a period of direct colonialism once again.

While one must applaud the courage and dedication of the youth and other segments of society in the Islamic East for rising up against their tyrannical rulers, there is still a long way to go before they will taste true freedom. This will not come about by espousing nationalistic slogans or accepting servitude to the West, regardless of how much they may hate their present rulers. The ruling oligarchies in the West are not their friends; they are nobody’s friends, not even their own people whom they oppress and exploit. No amount of wishful thinking can change this reality.

Muslims struggling for dignity and freedom must have a much clearer understanding of the reality both in their own societies and of the global setup if they are to achieve success in their undoubtedly genuine struggles. Nothing comes easy. This is what we learn from the Sunnah and Sirah of the noble Messenger of Allah (pbuh). Muslims should not harbor any illusions about the price that freedom demands.

Uprisings for dignity sweep the Islamic East

Zafar Bangash

The unthinkable has happened in Egypt. The masses have consigned Hosni Mubaak, the most brutal Middle Eastern despot, to the dustbin of history. This became possible only because people shook off the fear that had paralysed them for 30 years. They have also crossed another important landmark: they refused to be provoked by the thugs unleashed by the regime. This would have provided the regime the pretext to unleash its massive firepower and crush the uprising as happened in Algeria 20 years earlier.

Protests have now spread to other parts of the Middle East with people rising up against long-time rulers in Yemen, Jordan, Bahrain, Libya, Algeria, Djibouti and Morocco. The response of the regimes has been equally brutal but people have not been cowed down. If earlier, people kept their heads down and their voices low against state brutality, now they are standing firm and defying the regimes’ shock troops.

Sometimes, seemingly insignificant events can assume global proportions. It was the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi, an unemployed university graduate (not the first in Tunisia) that sparked the uprising forcing the Tunisian dictator general Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali to flee on January 14. According to reports, Ben Ali has since suffered a stroke in exile in Jeddah and is in a coma. If true, he deserves the fate but it would have been better if he were put on trial, something he denied tens of thousands of people during his brutal rule, and face the consequences for his crimes.


The uprising in Tunisia encouraged the Egyptians also to rise up, with protests quickly spreading to other countries as well. This in turn has caused immense panic in the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia where the ailing old monarch, King Abdullah seems to have lost nerve completely. He is also upset with US President Barack Obama for “abandoning” Mubarak. Abdullah now feels the heat of the desert spreading.

But it is the change in Egypt that has great significance because the country is a leading player in the Islamic East. While influenced by the example of the intrepid Tunisians that surprised everyone, there was an Egyptian element as well involved. Last June, the Egyptian police beat to death Khalid Sa‘id, a 27-year-old internet buff. His crime? He had obtained a video of the police smoking dope that he wanted to post on the internet. He never lived to do so. There were sporadic protests against the killing but the spark was provided when Wael Ghoneim, a young Google executive opened a Facebook account in the name of Khalid Sa‘id, saying “We are all Khalid Sa‘ids”. This mobilized the Egyptian people who felt they had enough of tyranny and would not put up with any more humiliation.

Western commentators have tried to spin the uprisings in terms of people hankering for bread, lower food prices and jobs. While there is some truth to such assertions, what they have deliberately ignored is that the people’s uprising was and is for dignity and honour. They refuse to put up with the humiliations they have been subjected to for decades by their cowardly rulers that are completely subservient to the Zionists and the Americans. The people have said and continue to proclaim loudly that they are fed up with corruption, cowardice and the craven attitude of their rulers.

The rulers’ cowardice and treachery can be gleaned from the following episode. Even as Mubarak was teetering on the brink, he signed an executive order on February 8 prohibiting entry of Palestinians from Ghazzah even if they had valid visas. Similarly, hundreds of Palestinians were stranded at Cairo airport and other locations in Egypt unable to return to Ghazzah. The border was opened — but only one way into Ghazzah — on February 20 to allow the Palestinians to return home. The military regime has refused to lift the Zionist-imposed illegal siege of Ghazzah despite the Egyptian people wanting such restrictions ended. They must continue the struggle not only to demolish all pillars of the old regime completely but also break the siege of Ghazzah and reject the unjust peace imposed on them by the Americans and the Zionists if they are to achieve true dignity.

It must also be emphasized that simply getting rid of despotic rulers will not solve the problems afflicting the region, or indeed the Muslim world. There are systemic problems plaguing Muslim societies. The exploitative systems from the ground up must be uprooted, Iran-style, if people are to achieve true independence. Change will not come about at the hands of the militaries. They are instruments of oppression working to advance the US-Zionist agenda. The officer class in virtually every Muslim country — trained in the West and beholden to it, especially the Americans — is the bastion of nifaq in the local establisment. Unless the militaries are purged of the westoxicated officer class, no meaningful change can occur in the Muslim world.

Some rulers may have been driven from office, others may be running scared because their fragile state structures stand exposed but the struggle for dignity and honour is far from over. There is also the real danger that their struggles will be hijacked by vested interests — as has happened in Tunisia where the trade unions have joined the regime and betrayed the masses — and people may be left out in the cold. It will depend on the sagacity and wisdom of these leaderless movements to stay in the field until they achieve total victory. That will not come about as long as the old state structures are intact regardless of the soothing words uttered by the ruling elite and the military to respect the wishes of the people.

If the people fail to heed this elementary lesson, they would find themselves in the same sorry state that the people of Pakistan are in today after 60 years of broken promises. The struggle and the sacrifices would then all be in vain.

Blessed are the revolutionaries (for they are the peacemakers)

by Abu Dharr


This solar month — the Persian Bahman and the Gregorian February — marks 32 years since the culmination of the Islamic spirit of change that swept away the decrepit regime of the great grandson of Cyrus the great, his majesty, the now six-foot under, king-of-kings Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. It was one of those rare moments in history when a tyrant felt the volcanic wrath of his own people and realized that its lava was decomposing his autocracy. May he dwell with his fellow tyrants in the bowels of the netherworld.


And into the land of Iran came the Imam of our time, Imam Khomeini. Those were truly epic days that swept the Islamic and oppressed areas of the world with an unforgettable euphoria borne of centuries of hope and generations of sacrifices. And just when Imam Khomeini was putting an Islamic form of government into order all hell broke loose: the Zionist cabal and its imperialist enablers gave marching orders to the Iraqi regime to declare war against the newborn Islamic leadership and populace in Iran. The Iraqi regime would, on behalf of the USA and Israel bear the brunt of the military onus of the war. The Arabian petro-rich sheikhdoms would carry the financial burden of the war against Islamic Iran, while most of the rest of the nation-states in Arabdom would chip in their psychological and informational “talents” to augment this combined war-effort against the Islamic Republic that was still virtually in its cradle.

Skipping the details of those eight years of the combined regional and international policies and strategies against the Islamic Republic in Iran the war ended without a clear winner or loser as far as official records reflect. The Islamic side of that war resulted in nearly one million martyrs and disabled war veterans. Casualties on the anti-Islamic side were comparable. The total cost of the war was tremendous, mind-boggling, and prohibitive. But what began to happen after the war ended was in itself mysterious and miraculous. The regime in Iraq that launched the fatal war — on orders and with incentives from its masters in Washington and by-extension Tel Aviv — was to become the enemy of all its hitherto supporters, financiers, and enablers.



In a move that can only be described by the word “divine entrapment” the blood soaked politicians in Baghdad decided to annex Kuwait. From here on the fury and wrath of Arabian brothers (al-ashiqqa’ al-‘arab), who barely a few months earlier were embracing and kissing the Iraqi dictator, became his mortal enemies. This too was with the blessings of American imperialists and Israeli Zionists.

-The Shah
At the beginning of 1991, the Iraqi regime that had been artificially inflated into a southern European nation-state as a reward for its war of aggression against Islamic Iran was now cut back to its original size — just another failing Arabian nation-state. And for the coming decade the Iraqi regime would become the cause of a nightmarish national hemorrhage that bled the Iraqi population into the final act that commenced in March 2003. During all these nationalist years of Ba‘thi rule, the Zionist-American plan was to defeat the Islamic Republic in Iran, first by an all-out military attack in 1980. When that failed, they tried to bleed the Islamic Republic of Iran by a thousand economic cuts. And we can only say that it is the care of Providence that saw the Islamic Republic through all those years of war-making and hate-mongering.




And as the regional world around the Islamic Republic was falling apart, the sons of the Islamic Revolution, the followers of the Imam, and the revolutionaries of no compromise were working on building up their hard won Islamic State. A new generation of young and dedicated Muslims was hard at work — behind the scenes — on putting together an independent infrastructure that does not rely on a world, which showed its true colors during the infant years of the Islamic Revolution. Thus, the Islamic State was building itself from scratch, while Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the other toadies of imperialist Washington and Zionist Tel Aviv were slugging it out verbally and militarily.

While the Arabian sheikhs were spending much money and time under their bedsheets in the red district areas of London, Bangkok, and Paris, the Islamic ‘ulama’ in Islamic Iran were concentrating on putting their internal house together. The Islamic leadership in Iran can be proud of itself (in an innocent way of course) of their accomplishments. They now have a heavy industry base; they developed their own military industry. They have made major strides in many fields of every kind of technology. They have become exporters of civilian and military products. They don’t have their wealth tied up in capitalist and Zionist financial institutions.

Truly speaking, after three decades, the Islamic leadership in Iran has succeeded in “coming of age.” They have advanced so much that the talk of the town now in America, Europe, and their Zionist enclave is what they call Iran going nuclear. The steady progress of the dedicated and silent workers throughout the past three decades in Islamic Iran has brought the Zionist skeleton out of the Israeli closet, and their political language now is stuck on “what to do with Iran”. From time to time the Zionist cowards threaten a military strike against Iran… And with words of silence they intimate that such a war would have consequences that defy all their social models and war scenarios. Such a war of aggression by Zionist wimps will definitely redo the map of the whole area with the likelihood that the Zionist regime will experience its Samson’s moment.

I speak not to the crybabies — the western pussycats who want the nightlife of the Shah’s days to come back to Iran and who find self-fulfillment in imitating all things Western, but to the guarded revolutionaries and the hard-working and anonymous sons of the revolution who, even though they may not know it, have scared the daylights out of the Zionist-imperialist duo. Their toil and productive work throughout the last three decades is driving a wedge between Washington and Tel Aviv. To be more precise, the cracks are beginning to show in the military and political establishments inside the Zionist beast. Even the foreign minister from Tel Aviv, Avigdor Lieberman, known for his racist ranting, shows caution when it comes to unleashing an Israeli war against Islamic Iran because he knows the aftermath will be devastating to the Yahudi national interest.

Why do you think the Zionists are afraid of Islamic Iran? Because they know that Iran is not Saudi Arabia; Iran is not Egypt; and Iran is not any of their minions. If war breaks out, the Zionist house will go up in fire with tens of thousands of missiles landing everywhere in their enclave. Urban centers will burn and strategic areas will be in flames. The Lod International Airport, knowing the way Israelis conduct war, will become a legitimate target. Their ports will become military targets in Haifa and Yafa. The Zionists may think of turning to their best kept secret: the neighboring rulers in Egypt and Jordan, among others, for air and sea access to the outside world. This will only hasten the simmering revolutions in these adjacent countries. One study by the Saban think tank in Washington, DC puts the number of Israeli casualties if such a war breaks out, at around 800,000.


Add to the gradual erosion of the Israeli racist state the growing polarization between secular and religious Jews. And throw into the mix the prejudice and counter-prejudice represented by Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jews having two separate Rabbinical authorities that represent them. Many young Israelis do not want to serve in the armed forces either because they are secular and liberal and do not understand why their regime is stretching the Israeli nation-state into other people’s territories (i.e., where the Palestinians live in the West Bank and Ghazzah), or because they are religious Jews and cannot in good faith fight for a Zionist state that does not represent the Torahic teachings. Score one for them. The previous president of Israel, Moshe Katzav (an Iranian Jew, of all ethnicities) was recently found guilty of rape. Now how does that fit in anyone’s mind — a biblical Israel whose president is a fornicator?!

Another very important development that is beginning to sink into the commercial and corporate mind of the Euro-Americans is “at what cost Israel”. At the end of the day it is the money and the profits that run the political show at both ends of the Atlantic. And if Israel is becoming a serious economic liability and the loss of business in the Muslim world far outweighs the petty gains coming from a puny Israel, then the simple mercantile and investment conclusion would be “to hell with Israel”. These words are not yet uttered in public. They are said behind closed doors. It is only a matter of time before they become official policy. That is of course if the sneaky Israelis do not come up with a spectacular dangerous undertaking à la 9/11.

Whatever happens in the near future, you the sons of the Islamic Revolution with your Islamic Leader today and with all the martyrs who gave their lives — not for nationalism or sectarianism — have moved regional and world politics into its current position. Keep up the good work and feel secure that the Almighty will remain on your side as long as you remain on His. “And it is due upon us to support the committed Muslims” (30:47).

The Role of Saudi Arabia in the Islamic world. (An Analysis which must be read)

The Hijaz region which is recognized today by the name of Saudi Arabia is exemplary and unique in many regards. The Holy Kaaba is present on this piece of land due to which the greatness of this land is non comparable to any other land. The Holy Kaaba is referred to as "Baitullah" (The house of Allah) in Quran. The esteemed city of Mecca is present in Hijaz and inside it is the House of Allah. A vast area on the land of Mecca is known as "Haram" (sacred land). In Hijaz the desert of Arafah is present, the land of Mashhar, the valley of Mina, Safa, Marwa and Zamzam is also there.

In Hijaz is the birth place of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s) and it has on the Mount of Noor, the Cave of Hira. Hijaz is the land of Revelations and the station of descending of Quran. It is the land of Prophethood and Messengers. It has the sacred shrine of the greatest of all Prophets and it is the Medina of Prophet (s.a.w.s). It has place of birth and burial of the Progeny of Prophet (s.a.w.s). The companions of Prophet (s.a.w.s) have spend their lives on this land and the grave of the Doyen of Martyrs , Hamza is also present on this land.
The completion of the chain of Prophets has happened on this land. It is also the land of miracles. The greatest of all civilizations in history was evident on this land. The elegant face of just governance was seen on this land by the people living in ignorance. It is the land of arousing of Prophets, place of migration, the place of circumbulation of Prophets, the ground of holy crusade, the tombs of martyrs, the place of sacrifice of Ismail, the place of struggle of Hajar, the station of examination for Ibrahim, the footsteps of Fatema (s.a), the place of upbringing of Hasnain (a.s), the place of Ali (a.s), the asset of Islam and the Qiblah of Muslims. In entire history the land of Hijaz has been the centre of attention for humanity and even today it is the centre of attention and will remain till the day of judgement.
The Qiblah of Muslims
Every year millions of Muslims gather in Mecca and Medina for delivering the obligatory rituals of Hajj. For doing Umrah and paying homage to the shrine of Prophet (s.a.w.s) hundreds of thousands of Muslims travel to this land. Every Muslim has this longing desire in his heart to visit the House of Allah in Mecca and pay homage to the shrine of Prophet (s) at least once in his lifetime. The hearts of Muslims irrespective of where they live are always present in Hijaz. Today more than 1 billion Muslims offer their prayers facing this land and consider the remembrance of Mecca and Medina as worship. And they also consider any talks and discussions about Mecca and Medina as sacred.
The centre of Muslim nation (Muslim Ummah)
All this was done as part of divine wisdom. Allah (s) selected Mecca for Kaaba and commanded Ibrahim, the friend of Allah to migrate towards this land, then got his house constructed here by the hands of his Friend (Ibrahim).


Then through this leader of mankind (Ibrahim) invited people for Hajj and later selected the land of Mecca as the birth place for his beloved Prophet (s.a.w.s). He (s.w.t) descended the Quran on this land and established the House of Allah as the Qiblah for Muslims instead of the Aqsa Mosque.
This land was declared as the centre of earth, centre of humanity and centre for the followers of Islam. He also made this as the centre of worship so that the Muslim nation should have one centre around which they gather. They should become one unified nation (Ummah) to follow truth, to stand against the enemies of Allah, to spread the name of Allah, to disgrace infidelity and by abstaining the path of misguidance they should remain firm on the path of righteousness.
The land of miracles
Allah has extracted this land out from sovereignty of tribes and communities making it public for all Muslims so that every Muslim has freedom to come to this land. According to George Jordac that land which due to its air and water was not beneficial for any person, it was neither useful for settlement or for comfort living, it was neither appropriate for business nor for tourism, the vastness of this dreadful desert could only be measured by imaginations, where everything is restless and even the sand particles do not remain stationary in one place, the scorching desert of this land has made its residents nomadic, where a single drop of water does not comes down from the skies for years in a stretch, not a single straw of grass grows out of earth and the residents of this land were barbaric, wild, blunt and uncivilized but Allah (s) selected this land for the greatest and biggest of all miracles. It was selected for such a Prophet and a constitution which in a short span of time subjugated the entire world and from where a ever growing civilization from human history got manifested.
The Land of Revolution
According to Ameerul Momineen (a.s) Allah (s) aroused his last Prophet in these rocky mountains and sand deserts who granted the entire world an immortal constitution of life by his ethics and values. The sand and dry air weather of Hijaz has the ability to dominate the world. It contains the ability to transform barbarism into civilization and discords into unity. This land has the strength to transform bloodshed into peace and develop an environment of spirituality instead of materialism. This Qiblah of Muslim has full power present in it to bend down the necks of entire humanity in front of truth and righteousness. But all these are not the effects of its dust, its sandy desserts or its rocky mountains; these are not the achievements of the Bedouins and camel herders of this land but instead all these are due to Islam, Quran and Holy Prophet else this land has seen the era of ignorance as well. Human being were buried alive here, movement of bloodshed was there and such level of tyranny and oppression was present which was never seen on any other part of earth.

The two sides of the Land of Hijaz
There are several ups and downs in the land of Hijaz, the era of ignorance has passed from here, the most ignorant children of Adam has spend their lives here, purest of human beings have also opened their eyes on this land, Hijaz was a temple of idol worship as well as the centre of monotheism, it has been the place of Satanic visits and also the station for descending of Angels, Abul Jahl and Abul Lahb were born on this land but also Mohammad and Ali, the evil tree was also year whereas the pure tree is also here, the tyrants and assassinators were here but also martyrs and oppressed, the liver chewer Hind and his family has been settled here whereas the family of Doyen of Martyrs Hamza was also here, there were companions as well as polytheists, there were believers as well as hypocrites, there was progeny of Prophet (s.a.w.s) and also enemies of Ahlulbayt (a.s), there were Jews as well as crusaders of Islam present, there was an environment of barbarism and an Islamic government was also established on the same land, there was kingship as well the Caliphate, the shadow of Taghoot (devils) has been here and also the system of Imamate.
History reveals that after the four Caliphs the system of kingship started. After Bani Umayyah the taste of power intoxication was enjoyed by Bani Abbas as well. The Ottoman Turks have also governed this land and after them the accursed shadow of Britain also hovered over this region whose evil traces are still present.


The accursed shadow of English over the world

Amongst the nations of world several communities have done oppression and cruelty over other weak communities but amongst all the cruel nations the English community has proved itself to be the most cruel. Greed, Avarice and looting is the distinguished trait of this community. The crown of looting the entire world is on its forehead. Whenever the English got any clue of wealth and assets present on any land they adopted every crime to loot it; it is as if looting and robbery is in their veins. Hence where there was need to fight they got into battles and where ever treachery was required they acted with deceit. If there existed a need to create dissension and discord they even did not refrain from it. They entered in some places in the name of trading and in some other places with the excuse of settling down. This is the only community whose ancestors have looted all the five big continents, captured their lands and made the local residents of those lands as their slaves.
The English have brutally crushed every obstacle coming in their way of loot and arson. These tyrants did not even leave religion aside specifically the hatred they possessed from the very beginning against the religion of Islam. They have tried every possible way for damaging Islam. In the "Salibi" (Christian Crusade) war entire Europe started a sequential battle in united form against Muslims and in this the British were always in forefront.
From 1189 to 1192 the English king Philip II lead the "Salibi" battle but after being defeated by Salahuddin Ayub came down to treachery.
After this the British never sat comfortably and everyday they devised some conspiracy or some new operation against Muslims. In year 1600 Queen Elizabeth issued an order to start trading inside India. With deception, tricks, oppression and tyranny by 1857 entire India had come under the control of Britain and the flag of these sea pirates was flying over the land of Indian subcontinent. The name sake Muslims , the foolishness of Hindu rulers and the simplicity of Indians has played a significant role in this.

The cradle of the centre of Muslims
After establishing their dominance and control over India the arrogant butchers enhanced their efforts to besiege the centre of Muslims. At that time all the Muslim countries were under Ottoman rulership due to which the Ottoman empire was considered as the super power of that time. The British could not tolerate this super power for a single moment. After being defeated in the "Salibi" battle the conspiracies of treachery and deceit were being worked out to break the Ottoman government. In order to achieve this purpose Britain deployed its spies in different columns of the Ottoman empire whose task was to arouse different tribes and communities against the central government. These spies worked with full dedication and one of its examples is the famous British spy Lieutenant Colonel Edward Lawrence Thomas.
After the first world war when the conspiracy for breaking the Ottoman Empire was decided then as its first step Colonel Lawrence was sent to Arab regions under Ottoman government so that he can arouse the people against the central government and pursue them for a rebellion. Lawrence learnt Arabic language, adopted Arabic culture, understood and took benefits from the strengths and weakness of Arabs. He united various rebellion tribes and with the help of British army he made them fight against the Ottoman government and eventually was successful in this goal. The union of British Pan Arabism and the ideology of Mohammad bin Abdul Wahab together broke into pieces the Ottoman Caliphate thereby establishing a British favouring tribe over its every regional part.
Just like other areas the land of Hijaz was also the centre of attention for Britain because these arrogant thieves were well versed with the significance and importance of this land. They were well aware about the spiritual strength present inside Mecca and Medina. They knew that the two "Haram's" (sacred mosques) of Mecca and Medina are the centre for Muslims across the world. Since it was essential to subjugate this centre for the sake of overcoming Islam Britain supported the ruling tribe of the progeny of Saud in Najd so that the Ottoman dominance over Hijaz can be obliterated. For this heavy blood battles were fought between Arabs and Turks and devastating battles amongst Arabs as well. In these battles two British spies played a significant role. Thomas Lawrence was active in the camp of Shorafa Hashmi and Wiliam Shakepeare in the camp of the Progeny of Saud. The main task of both these spies was to make the rebellion Arab tribes active against the Ottoman government.
William Shakespeare was killed in one of the battles and in his place Britain deployed another spy by the name Harry Saint John Briger Philby. Saint John expressed himself as Muslim and kept his name as Abdullah. He strengthened the Saud family and kept them hopeful on British promises. Hijaz had the governance of Shorafa but due to presence of Lawrence this area was considered as the region under support of Britain. In 1928 a covenant was made between Britain and the Saud family which stated that Britain will not become an obstacle in the way of overpowering Hijaz. In 1932 Britain formally handed over the Hijaz region to the Saud family and the foundations of a new Sultanate was laid which was named as Saudi Arabia.


The History of Aale Saud
The progeny of Saud in reality is from the children of Saud bin Mohammad bin Makran. In 1735 Saud bin Makran first time took over an island and got settled there. This tribe from then kept on spreading and was in the forefront for breaking the Ottoman government.

They have been fighting battles with various other tribes where they were victorious in some and got defeated in some others. The other most supportive element after Britain for the Saud family to come into power were the specific Islamic thoughts of Mohammad bin Abdul Wahab from 1703 to 1792. After Saud bin Makran his son Mohammad bin Saud became his successor. At that time the Saud family was not so strong in comparison with other tribes.
In 1744 Mohammad bin Abdul Wahab was removed out of Ayaina after which he met Mohammad bin Saud in Dariya . They were both happy after meeting each other because they were both in need of each other. Thus a covenant was made between them by which both will unite to capture the region of Najd and its surrounding areas. The religious authority will be with Mohammad ibn Abdul Wahab and the political authority will remain with Mohammad bin Saud. In order to strengthen this covenant Mohamed Saud also married the daughter of Mohammad bin Abdul Wahab.
They both with the help of each started to overcome different cities and tribe of Najd region one by one. Mohammad ibn Abdul Wahab issued a verdict that if all the Muslims at that time do not accept his thoughts and ideology then they are infidels and it is permissible as well as obligatory to assassinate them. As a consequence open killing of Muslims started and at some places people would show resistance and other places they would accept. They were all authentic Muslims but instead of following the specific Hambali visions of Mohammad ibn Abdul Wahab they were following the other Imams of religion.
The specific visions of Mohammad bin Abdul Wahab later became the foundations of Wahabi sect which is the common religion in Saudi Arabia. The family of Saud and the followers of Abdul Wahab accomplished many successes in a short period of time. Almost the entire region of Najd came under their control; the terror of their army spread everywhere; whichever city they visited they invited people towards their ideology and on denials they would loot everything and kill the individuals.
They would behead Muslims and leave the bodies on streets unburied. According to them all other Muslims are polytheists and infidels hence all the assets of other Muslims are permissible and legitimate for them.

The rise of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
After establishing complete control over Najd Aale Saud turned towards Hijaz and captured Mecca in 1806 but in 1819 the Egyptian army attacked and got freedom for Hijaz from the hands of the family of Saud.

After this for once again capturing Hijaz Aale Saud and the followers of Abdul Wahab who were termed as "Ikhawanul Tauheed" (Monotheism Brotherhood) attacked several times and in 1932 Britain handed over the keys of Hijaz completely to Aale Saud. From that time till date Hijaz became part of Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia or "المملکة العربیة السعودیہ" (The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) after becoming a kingdom had its first commander Abdul Aziz ibne Abdur Rahman bin Fasil. Soviet Union was the first to accept this government made under the name of Saudi Arabia.
The British favours and blessings
This is how the government of Saudi came into existence at the centre and Qiblah of Muslims. This authority was given to Aale Saudi in return for their services for breaking the great centre of Muslims, the Ottoman Empire. Such kind of favours, blessings and gifts of Britain are found in abundance. The British have always rewarded and compensated those Muslims with authority and power who have revolted and done betrayal against their own nation, community, religion and ideology. The countries and governments gifted by British have never been the basis of any goodness for Muslims.
In 1957 in the Battle of Plessey as a reward for treachery against Nawab Sirajud Daulah the British made Mir Jafar as the governor of Bengal province. Mohammed Ali was made the governor of Deyal as a return for his betrayal against the Karnataka government. The treacherous beings like Mir Qasim and Najmud Daulah were made Nawabs and governors in India as gifts by East India Company. Mir Sadiq and Puranya who betrayed the Lion of Mysore Tipu Sultan were also promised with high order gifts. The majority of Arab Rulers are the outcome of British friendship and treachery with Islam and Muslims.
The three foundation pillars of Saudi government
The kingdom of Aale Saud has three foundation pillars:
1. The family of Aale Saud
2. The visions (Ideology) of Mohammad ibn Abdul Wahab
3. Britain
These three elements are established even today with one change that Britain has been replaced by America. In 1943 America established political relationship with Saudi Arabia. The new government of Aale Saud which came into power in 1932 took some time to resolve internal issues. It took a long time for them to get support of other tribes, besiege other opponents and organizing other administrative issues. At this time oil was not discovered in Saudi Arabia hence the only source of income were the Hajj Pilgrims and visitors to the House of Allah. In 1945 at the time of second world war Saudi Arabia officially handed over its sea ports to Britain and America. Though prior to this American and British companies had discovered oil in Saudi Arabia which economically strengthened the government. The Aale Saud prior to 1940 along with taking control over internal issues also started establishing relationship with other nations and slowly started to move towards that purpose and objective which formed the basis for existence of the unity of these three elements (Aale Saud, Abdul Wahab and Britain).
One of the targets amongst these objectives was to take leadership of Islamic world in their hands (Saudi). Certain factors after the second world war got them very close to this objective. One was the victory of alliance in the war i.e. victory of America and Britain, second the wealth from oil and third was the Zionist establishment of an usurped state by Israel on the land of Palestine.


The role of Malik Faisal
Faisal bin Abdul Aziz was the most successful ruler in achieving these objectives amongst all the rulers of Aale Saud. In 1964 Faisal bin Abdul Aziz got Saud bin Abdul Aziz out of power and took control of the throne , though during the time of Saud bin Abdul Aziz also the actual power was with Faisal only.


Faisal was a very capable person. He was born in 1905 and in 1960 he was made the governor of Riyadh. Faisal was having the command of all the battles that took place during this period. He was also a courageous warrior along with being a clever politician. During the era of Saud bin Abdul Aziz he was also the crown prince (Wali Ahad), also the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. In this period he sped up the development work for the country. He established factories, schools and more than all this he managed foreign policies in more active manner. Faisal was formally selected as the king of Saudi Arabia in 1964. He already had command over all the affairs. After strengthening the nation from inside he started to pay more attention towards the Islamic world. He played a deep role in the Palestinian matter. He participated in the battles against Israel and fulfilled his long time desire of leading Arab nations. The leadership of Arab nations prior to this was with Egypt but during the era of King Faisal with money power Saudi visited all the Muslim nations and in fact he is the first Saudi ruler who visited Turkey in 1966. Similarly he got Tunisia, Morocco and Egypt on his side.
During the Arab Israel battle in 1973 King Faisal became a hero when he cut off the oil supply to the nations supporting Israel. On one side where the Muslim world ranked him as a hero for this step on the other hand it created panic in the Western world. With the efforts of Faisal organisations for Arab nations were formed, conferences were held and it was due to his efforts that the conference for Leadership of Islamic nation was arranged.
At this time America left Saudi Arabia for its support for Palestine and opposition to Israel turning towards strengthening Iran and giving Iran the role of a regional policeman. The Shah of Iran also taking benefit from the situation in order to please America and West started delivering oil to Israel and all other Western countries. Saudi Arabia was successful in establishing its position at the Political level in the world which means the relations were now well mended with other governments and rulers. The wealth of oil enhanced this work further within the poor Muslim nations.


The dream of Religious and Political Leadership of the Islamic world
The political leadership of Aale Saud was not sufficient because the political activities and impacts had no role played by the followers of Mohammad ibn Abdul Wahab. They were just supervising the religious affairs in the country whereas their long time desire was leadership of Muslim world. Thus the way they came out of Najd; Aale Saud together with the followers of Mohammad Ibn Abdul Wahab captured Hijaz and other regions similarly for the leadership of Islamic world together they started activities.
Mohammad Ibn Abdul Wahab had some specific thoughts though he was himself not the owner of these thoughts instead in this matter he was the inheritor of the famous 7th Hijri century anthropomorphism personality Ibne Taymiya. The original name of Ibne Taymiya is Taqī ad-Dīn Abu Abbās Ahmad ibn Abd al-alīm ibn Abd as-Salām Ibn Taymiya al-Harrānī but he is recognized by his title Taymiya ibn Harrani. Though on his outward side he was of Hambali school of thought but practically he was not limited to any specific school of thought. He denies many established thoughts and beliefs of Islam. This person is also given the title of reformer in Muslims. According to him he wants to purify Islam from those things which according to him is not Islam. These thoughts were first confined to intellectual and religious circles and several discussions regarding rejections and acceptance of these were done from 7th Hijri century to 12th century. Majority of Islamic scholars rejected these thoughts but in the 12th century Mohammad ibn Abdul Wahab started to promote these thoughts and also brought them out of visionary domain into the political world. It is due to this reason that these thoughts and teachings are known as Wahabism. One big and significant specialty about this school is the followers of this ideological school have understood Islam based on their own specific research principles and they do not accept other methods of research. They consider all other sects other than them as out of Islam and declare them as infidel. They impose their specific thoughts and style on other by force rather than by logic and proofs because Mohammad ibn Abdul Wahab has spread these thoughts using the sword of Aale Saud. Thus spreading this religious school of thought has become the part and essential element of this.

The formula of unification by force
The newly formed government by the name of Saudi Arabia in 1936 took more support of three things for the sake of taking control of leadership of Muslim Ummah. One was the sanctity of Mecca and Medina, second the income from oil and third from Wahabi thoughts. The Saudi ambassadors instead of establishing leadership by accepting the visionary differences amongst Muslims took advantage from their original style of imposing their visions and thoughts over the Muslim world.


The religious counsellors thought that till the time different sects and schools of research are present amongst Muslims unity cannot be established amongst them. This is the same thought under its pretext today America has firmly intended to impose the new world order across the globe. According to America until unless the world has one culture (Western culture), one style of governance (Democracy) and one economical system (Capitalism) the dream of global leadership cannot be fulfilled. Hence for unifying the world it essential to unite them by weapon power the practicalities of which are witnessed by the entire world today. Saudi Arabia has also attempted to spread their thoughts by wealth and weapons and Muslims are suffering as an outcome of this.

The correct way of unifying Ummah (nation)
In history the leadership of Muslims has been always with those who had control of Mecca and Medina. First it was Bani Umayyah ,then Bani Abbas and then the Ottomans. If Aale Saud would have taken benefits from being the care taking authorities of Mecca and Medina and would not have tried to impose their thoughts on Muslims today their fame and acceptance in the Muslim world would have been much higher. Today sectarianism would have been less in Muslims, bloodshed and transgression would not have existed, and Muslims in various nations and specifically in Pakistan would be living a peaceful life like in the old times, Muslim would not be killing other Muslim, Muslims would not be beheading other Muslims, Al Qaeda and Taliban would not have existed, Pakistan would not have been the victim of crisis, Israel would not have usurped Palestine, American occupation of Muslim nations would not have happened, the NATO army would not be assassinating Muslims in Afghanistan, the blood of Muslims would not have been so cheap in Iraq, Islam would not be defamed globally, terrorism in the name of religion would not have existed, human assassination forces would not have been made, the West would not have got an excuse against Islam, America would not have got excuse for interfering in Pakistan.
If the policy of King Faisal was continued in Saudi Arabia and the united power of entire Muslim world would have been used against Israel; and if the wealth of Muslim nations and oil was not robbed by Western dacoits then today Israel would not have been so strong.

The centre of Islam is the place of refuge for America
When Aale Saud was united with Britain their dream was the leadership of Arab world which got fulfilled but from the time they have tied their noose with America instead of being a centre of Arab world it has become a refugee camp of America. From the sacred houses of Allah instead of message of peace and security the message of sectarianism and discord gets broadcasted.

Instead of unity and brotherhood the verdicts of declaring Muslim sects as Infidels is being relayed. The wealth from oil of Saudi Arabia instead of being used for poor Muslims is used to strengthen West. The blood thirsty forces are being formed by using the wealth of Aale Saud. Instead of respecting Muslims they are being humiliated in Mecca and Medina. The land which was spreading light and which has enlightened the world; today the flames of fire of sectarianism and discord is coming out from the same land. The caravan of Hijaz which the entire world and the oppressed people of the world eyed upon has itself become a part of tyrannical aggression.

The Role of Aale Saud in Palestine
Britain has devised the conspiracy of defeating the Ottoman Caliphate towards the end of 19th century itself and in order to achieve this goal the first step which was taken was to start rebellion in Palestine against the Ottoman Caliphate. They aroused the commander of Mecca by making him their fan and convinced him to start revolt against the Ottoman Caliphate as a result of which Palestine went out of the hands of Turkish government.

The Role of Britain in the Zionist usurpation of Palestine
In 1917 Britain by taking advantage of the negligence of Russians took complete control of Palestine and from that time itself the work of establishing a Jewish state started on this land. During the first World War itself the Jewish got into an agreement with Britain and America that a Jewish state will be established in Palestine at the end of war. The British on one side were conspiring to settle Jews in Palestine and on the other hand they had kept Arabs busy by arousing them against the Ottoman empire. Hence on this basis whatever was happening in Palestine the Arabs were completely negligent and ignorant about it. They were fighting their independence battles and during this period several Arab governments were separated from Ottomans and separate independent Arab countries established amongst which the government of Aale Saudi got in place in Najd and Hijaz.
The second war supported a lot the disgraceful dreams of Zionist. The entire world was busy with the incidents of the war and the Arabs enjoying the power of their newly wed kingdoms. On Friday, 14th May 1948 at 5 pm, at the time of Asr, Britain official handed over the first Qiblah of Muslims and Palestine to Zionists declaring the name of this state as Israel. After few minutes of establishment of Israel the then President of America, Henry Truman accepted its existence. You should be aware that Truman is the same person who gave orders to drop Atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan as an outcome of which hundreds of thousands were swallowed by death. By the time the Arabs got the news of formation of Israel it was late and the birds have pecked the farms already but still they fought three battles against Israel in which they got defeated. Though these battles were less for Palestine and more for their own protection and in these battles the fundamental role was played by Egypt and Syria. Lebanon and Jordan also participated in these battles whereas some Arab nations provided aids to them.
Saudi Arabia is the richest country in the Islamic world and also a claimant of Islamic leadership. It is unimaginable that Saudi remains unconcerned with the Palestinian issue in fact it was foreseeing the plan for its leadership of the Muslim world in this issue. Thus the Saudi kings participated in this battles to the extent of financial contributions. They also supported Palestine to raise this issue in international organizations on the political front.

The courageous step by Malik Faisal
In the matter of Palestine the prestigious role played by Saudi Arabia was during the era of Malik Faisal. During the 1973 Arab Israel war under the leadership of Malik Faisal the oil producing Arab nations decided to cut off oil supply to the Western nations supporting Israel and America.

Thus on 17th October 1973 Malik Faisal sent a threatening message to American President Nickson that if America does not refrain from supplying latest technology arms to Israel we will stop supplying oil to America and its united alliance. Some nations suggested to completely block oil supply to which some others opposed after which it was agreed to first cut off 5% and then later 10% oil supply. But when American ignored this warning and kept on continuing to supply arms to Israel then Malik Faisal ordered to cut down the oil supply. The winter of 1973 was painting the picture of hell for American and Israelis. At this time Iran was handed over the task to protect American interests in the Middle East. In order to fulfil the deficit of Arab oil supply the Iranian Emperor Raza Shah Pahalvi on the orders of America increased its oil production. Due to this step of Arabs the prices of oil shot sky high but Iran in that year increased the oil supply to all Western nations including Israel and earned tremendous profit. On these earnings the Iranian emperor raised the slogan of development and reformation which was strongly opposed by Imam Khomeini (r.a) and other scholars. Iran at that time was considered as the defender of American interests in Middle East. It is the same role which after the Islamic Revolution in Iran was taken away from Iran and handed over to Saudi Arabia.
This step of Malik Faisal made him a hero in the entire Islamic world and his status in the Arab world became equivalent to Abdul Nasser. The Muslims developed hopes for the freedom of Palestine. It was the first time in history when oil was used as a weapon. This step was ringing danger bells in the entire world and specifically within Europe and America. America without caring about the dangers from these warnings of Arab nations kept on supplying arms to Israel and along with this also started working on plans to tackle this new danger.

The American eyes on Arab oil
America got a good realization of this weapon of Arabs and they also understood that the weight of Arab oil is heavier than the explosive weapons of America. Thus from that they started conspiracies and planning to grab this weapon from Arabs and determined to punish those who intended to use this weapon. The pressure of Malik Faisal was more as compared to others. America and Europe brought Malik Faisal on a two road junction which was to either support Palestine or to remain in the circle of American friends. The defeat in the war on one side, the discords and separations within Arab nations on the other hand and the American pressure together left its effects on Malik Faisal.


The snake should die and the staff should also not be broken
For the Saudi ruler to leave aside the Palestinian issue was equivalent to washing off hands from Islamic world leadership. And to break relations with America would be near to disseminating his kingdom. Thus to preserve both the status he adopted a new policy with the help of Western advisors. As an outcome of which the revolutionary segment from Palestinian groups were sidelined and against it support was continued to be given to communist groups within Palestine. It is due to this reason that the relationship of Malik Faisal remained very tense with leaders like Yasir Arafat till the end. In fact King Hussain of Jordan was aroused by King Faisal against Yasir Arafat. This way Malik Faisal remained as the Hero of Muslims and also left opposition of America.

The returns from America and Message to Arab Rulers
America despite of all this was very merciless on Malik Faisal. This softness of Malik Faisal did not extinguish the fire of anger burning inside America. It did not change its intention for punishing those who started this innovation of using oil as a weapon. Thus on 25th March 1975 the Royal Family Prince Faisal bin Saad bin Aziz murdered Malik Faisal. It should be remembered that this murderer prince was resident in America for several years. In this way America delivered a message to Arab rulers that they should never dare to use oil as weapon in support of Palestine.
Khalid bin Abdul Aziz sat on the throne in Saudi government after Malik Faisal. He remained on the throne of the kingdom from 1975 to 1986. King Khalid had more religious orientation as compared to previous rulers. During the era of King Khalid the Saudi governance system came completely under the control of America. America promised big aids and support to Saudi on the condition to leave support for Palestine. It was during the era of King Khalid that the distance between the leaders of Palestine and Saudi Arabia kept on increasing.

One significant Historical event
One significant historical event took place in the Middle East and Islamic world during the era of rulership of this King which disturbed the entire political geography of Middle East.

It made the Arabs restless, it shook the pillars of these Arab states which were formed as a result of their rebellion against the Ottoman Empire. This event was the occurrence of Islamic Revolution on the land of Iran which toppled the throne of an American biased emperor in Iran. This revolution created a hurricane amongst all the rulers loyal to America in the region. This was due to the fact that this was a people's revolution which shivered the non public governments.

The whispering of Satan and negligence from Israel
The Americans faced humiliation in this revolution due to which the flames of revenge were blazing in the hearts of Americans. Americans got the attention of Arabs that your enemy is not Israel but this Islamic Revolution. They should do some planning to save their power and authority rather than securing Palestine. They should forget the Al Aqsa Mosque and be concerned about the protection of their thrones.


These scared Arabs after being inspired by America abandoned Palestine and joined hands amongst each other to fight Iran. The world desirous Saddam was made ready to attack Iran and the Arabs were determined to provide any form of support to Saddam. All the aids which were being given to Palestinian groups and emigrants were now diverted towards Saddam for blocking the Islamic Revolution. This way Palestine, Qods and Masjid Al Aqsa vanished from the priority list of Aale Saud. During this period Israel got the opportunity to establish its control, to enhance its relation with the world, to develop a position in international organizations and to strengthen its warfare machinery. After this Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia started a new series of conspiracies in the Middle East under the pretext of attempts for peace in the region. In 1987 , Anwar Sadat from Egypt formally accepted Israel and also did an agreement with it.

With the involvement of American President Jimmy Carter the most disgraceful and evil agreement in history took place between Anwar Sadat and Zionists at Camp David. All Arab nations apart from Lebanon and Syria abstained from all support to Palestine and instead started to support and give aids to Saddam. The leadership of this phase was with Saudi Arabia. Israel took advantage of this period and attacked Lebanon capturing Beirut. The non concernedness about Palestine went to its peak at this time. In 1982 after King Khalid when Iran Iraq war was in its teenage and the oil business of Saudi was shining King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz was crowned on the throne of Saudi Arabia. Tankers of unrefined oil were despatched from Saudi towards Europe and America and in return bundles of dollars were coming from them towards the land of Hijaz. These bundles of dollars from which one portion at one time was being spent on Palestine now in the era of the Custodian of "Harmain" (two sacred mosques) was increased several times to be spent in supporting Saddam Hussain. The relationship between America and Saudi Arabia during the era of King Fahd went to its ideal point. In this era the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was declared as the most favourite government in the world for America.

The conspiracy for acceptance of Israel
In 80's the Pharoahic nation formally presented this suggestion to all Arab leaders for accepting the existence of Israel. In the Moroccan city of Fas all the Arab rulers present in the Arab leaders conference passed this suggestion. The 80's and 90's can be termed as the era of boycott of Palestine by the Arabs. During this period all Arab nations made attempts in their own individual way to improve their relationship with Israel. Some openly whereas some secretly accepted the existence of Israel.

It was during the era of Malik Fahd that on his invitation American forces entered and were stationed in an island like place.
After the end of Iran Iraq war the American supported Saddam attacked and captured Kuwait. King Fahd for liberation of Kuwait and for his security formally invited America for an attack on Iraq due to which America along with its united alliance started an operation by the name Desert Storm and this way the land of Hijaz became a camp for American forces. The ignorance of Palestinians by Arabs and specifically Aale Saud resulted into Yasir Arafat who was communist leader of Palestine joining hands with Saddam Hussain. As an outcome of these discussed services Europe and West accepted the leadership of Saudi Arabia for Arabs instead of Egypt and efforts were started to make Aale Saud as the policeman of Middle East. After Israel the role of Arab nations has been next significant after in the differences and bloody encounters between different Palestinian groups. The stand of Arabs towards Palestine gradually became the same as that of America and Europe. During this period formal meetings were held between Saudi authorities and Israeli Zionists in which agreements were made to adopt a common Arab Zionist strategy for Palestine. Those who were making maps for liberation of Palestine at one time are now occupied in making plans for accepting Israel. All the Arab nations under the leadership of Saudi Arabia are every day occupied with Israel in dialogues, compromises and in pursuit of ways for accepting the existence of Israel.
Aale Saud after looking at the results and taking lessons from Egypt and Anwar Sadat's acceptance of Israel is acting with precaution. Every other day in Middle East a new conspiracy is announced under the name of compromise and peace. Along with the suggestion of King Fahd for compromising with Israel other similar plans and conspiracy have come forward from Malik Abdullah as well. As an example in 2002 the Middle East Peace roadmap plan which was presented by America had full support of Arab alliance of America along with its Western alliance. This map was made only after taking Saudi Arabia into confidence. The actual purpose behind this plan was to accept the existence of Israel without giving any sort of distinction to Arabs and Palestinians. In 2007 the Annapolis conference that took place in Annapolis in the American state of Maryland for compromise between Israel and Palestine was attended by the Arab American supporters also along with the Western supporters of America. In order to make this conference successful Saudi Arabia did everything possible.


The attempts for giving protection to Israel
In this disgraceful conference attempts were made for unconditional acceptance of Israel. In this Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan played full role. When he was crown prince King Abdullah specifically presented a suggestion to resolve the Arab-Israel conflict which was named as Arab Israel Peace Agreement.

It should be remembered that whenever the scale of Palestine went up in the usurped Palestine and Israel faced severe difficulties and crisis right at that instance the Arab leaders and specifically Saudi Commanders made efforts for compromise and negotiations. The entire world knows that the current Arab leaders do not possess the ability to resolve the Arab Israel conflict and neither do they have any respect in front of Europe, America and Israel. The question that comes up is when this is the status of Arab governments then why do they repeatedly give suggestions in the name of peace, compromise when they are themselves also aware about their status in front of Israel and America. The answer to this is that these Arab nations are not invited for compromises or for the protection of Palestine but instead they used to get Israel out of crisis, to weaken the resistance of Palestinian groups and to eradicate the pressure on Israel. In last 30 years approximately 50 suggestions for compromises have come forward in majority of which Arab states and specifically Saudi is involved.

Cooperation with Israel to curb Intifadha
As an example in 1987 the movement which started in occupied Palestine under the name of Intifadha shook the roots of Israel. At that time also the Western and Arab supporters of Israel in order to end this movement manipulated in the name of dialogues.


At that time the existence of Israel was in danger but under the pretext of compromise Israel was protected. In 2000 another big movement started in the occupied Palestine against Israel which could be given the name of second Intifadha. This movement strengthened to the extent that global analytics rang the danger bells of eradication of Israel. And again here as well to save Israel and to crush the Intifadha the Arab suggestions of compromise demonstrated its effects.
The new chapter of treachery of Aale Saud against Palestine, Qods and Masjid Al Aqsa got unveiled in 2008 when Saudi commander King Abdullah arranged a "Peace of Culture" Conference at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. In this conference rather than inviting scholars and intellectuals of different faith and cultures political personalities from seventy nations participated in it amongst which George Bush, Tony Blair, Shimon Perez, Livni, King Abdullah and other leaders like him participated who are not concerned with any religion or culture. The objective of this conference was not to establish dialogues between scholars of different faiths and cultures instead it was a conspiracy from Arab and some Muslim states for the acceptance of Israel. During this conference the Zionist Foreign Minister Livni Tzipi during her speech condemned Quran recitation in Muslim countries and gave this evidence that by studying Quran hatred towards Jews gets developed in the hearts of Muslims. No one present there replied to these disgraceful remarks by her. King Abdullah along with Saudi delegation was the chairman of this conference. In this conference George W Bush declared attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq as a religious obligation. In this gathering King Abdullah , George Bush and Shimon Perez drank alcohol on the dining table and cheered drinks for peace.
The current Saudi government in its exterior supports Palestinians verbally in the matter of Palestine but practically they act on the agenda set by Israel. In the last Arab leaders summit first time formally Israel and Zionists were not included amongst the enemies of Arab community. On this step Israeli government officially expressed their gratification for King Abdullah.
On the basis of American dictation Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and U.A.E are busy in declaring Iran as the real enemy of Arabs. The fresh task delegated by America is that apart from Iran and Syria all other Arab nations should also accept the existence of Israel. Saudi Arab has been handed over the responsibility for creating an environment for this task.
In the Straits of Tiran the two Islands of Tiran and Sanafir are since long under the control of Israel. Saudi Arab never demanded the return of these Islands and never brought up this issue at an international level. The ex Zionist Prime Minister Isaac Rabin declared these islands as highly significant for the survival of Israel. The issue of occupation of these islands was not discussed in any agreement and not even in the Camp David agreement. The reason behind this is that a secret agreement has been made between Saudi and Zionist governments that Israel will not carry out any operation against Saudi and in return these two strategic islands will remain with Israel forever.

The role of Aale Saud in the GAZA war
The pinnacle of treachery with Palestine by Arab leaders is the 22 days battle of Gaza.

In this battle the Zionist butchers got Gaza under complete siege and then dropped bombs from air and land on the thirsty and starving Palestinians; the number of bombs dropped on the Palestinians were much more than those dropped in the World War. In this dreadful historic tyranny and public assassination both Israel and Arab leaders had equal share. Even before the battle Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arab and Mahmoud Abbas together started to arouse the Zionist leaders to attack Gaza. In a meeting held between Israel and this Arab gang in Sharm Al Sheikh in Egypt the details of this battle were agreed. In the siege of Gaza Egypt played the most crucial role which was discussed in the previous issue of this magazine. Egypt sealed its border with Gaza completely due to which during the barbaric bombing of Israel the only route for supply of food and medical aid got blocked. Jordan played the role of American Apache during this war in order to keep the Arab nations silent.

Saudi and U.A.E provided fuel to Israel war aircrafts and also opened doors of their weapons depot for the Zionists. Shimon Perez explicitly said in a conference that Arab leaders demanded from us attacks on Hizbullah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza. The Zionist Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni expressed in a similar way that the Arab leaders do not at all like the effects and involvement of Iran in Lebanon and Palestine.
In accordance to them Hizbullah and Hamas are the Iran supportive groups. In order to prevent the increasing effects and involvement of Iran in Middle East the Arabs made a pact with us that if we can obliterate Hizbullah and Hamas then all Arab nations will sign on the peace treaty accepting the existence of Israel. Similar expressions have been seen from other sources as well.
On the other hand the Arab community (mass public) and Muslims extended their full support to Palestine and big protests and rallies were organized in support of Hizbullah and Hamas but the government of Saudi imposed all sorts of restrictions on the Saudi people for organizing any form of protests and rallies in support of Palestinians. In entire Saudi only in the Qatif region the Shia Muslims carried out demonstrations in support of Palestine and opposition to Israel and these demonstrations were also brutally crushed by the Saudi government. They arrested the demonstrators in big numbers and they even sentenced death statements to some for this crime. It should be remembered that in the battle of Gaza 1135 Palestinians were martyred and approximately 5500 were wounded amongst which majority were women and children.

As a recent step for encountering Hamas the Saudi government with the support of Israel has formed a group of extremist individuals with Wahabi ideology by the name of "Ansar-e-Jundullah" (The supporters of Allah's Army). This group following the style of Taliban declared Gaza as an Islamic emirate and appointed Abdul Latif Moosa Al Amr Al Maroof Abul Noor Al Muqaddasi as Ameerul Momineen (Commander of Faithful). This group started an armed uprising against Hamas in Gaza but in encounters with Gaza police many of their extremists got assassinated and their leader Abdul Latif Moosa also was killed. This is not the last step of Aale Saudi against Palestine and Palestinians but in fact this series of shameful betrayals and treachery is on going. We will see in the coming days what all the Arab governments under the leadership of Saudi commanders will do and how forward they go. The upcoming days for the Arab Muslims will be days of tough examination.
In the forthcoming issues we will throw light on the role of Saudi Arabia in other Muslim countries.