Tactics & Strategies of the Hardliners
Arab Palestinians allege that the whole of ‘Palestine’ is an integral
part of the Arab world and indivisible. They consider the whole landmass
that lies beyond the Gaza Strip as part of Palestine - an ambiguous
border definition of the ‘Arab’ Palestine. Arabs speak of their past
glory and territorial landmass, presuming Israel as part of the Abode of
Peace of the Islamic Umma Nation. Islam portrays the Palestinians as
victims of foul play, by falsifying their Aegean background to Arab.
Pan-Arabism seems to have recently surged to a want of the whole of the
Middle East and North Africa, as “the Arab World” – with an overly
ambitious notion of extending their domain, disrespecting the land
rights of the indigenous peoples of the region. By their definition, all
residents of Palestine, during and after 1947, were Palestinian Arabs,
subject to the Arab Islamic rule of law. (Ref: articles two, five and
six of the Palestine National Covenant). Islamic countries treat the
indigenous Assyrians in the Arab States in the same manner as they treat
the Jews, progressively altering their nationality to Arab or Kord.
Spain is an anathema in Islamic history. The Arabs, under the Berber
leadership of Tariq Bin Zeyad, invaded Spain in 711 AD. Islam occupied
Spain and ruled it for nearly eight centuries. Ultimately, the Arabs
were forced out of Spain. Spain rooted out Arab rule from its midst. It
restored Catholicism as its official Christian religion. Spain succeeded
in liberating itself from (Dar Al-Silm) the Abode of Peace, by bringing
the Spanish political and military forces under one unified command
against the Arab occupier.
January 2, 1492, marked the end of Islamic reign in Spain. It has since
become an indelible black mark in Islamic history. Islam reiterates that
Israel will not be a repeat of Spain. Islam, as a whole, will never
endorse recognition of Israel. It is against their doctrine to surrender
land that they have already won and falls within the realm of the
Islamic Umma Nation. In their dictum, the biblical land of Israel became
part of Palestine, a so-called state of the Abode of Peace, after it
fell to the Arab invaders and that it should remain so.
For example, the Palestine National Covenant declares in Article 6,
“The Jews who had normally resided in Palestine until the
beginning of the Zionist invasion will be considered Palestinians.”
In Article 15 it states,
“ The liberation of Palestine, from an Arab viewpoint, is a
national duty… and aims at the elimination of Zionism in Palestine.”
No matter how many Islamic states recognise Israel, there will always be
some militant hardliners that will reject it. They will act on behalf of
certain defiant Islamic states and continue to oppose its existence.
With continued financial and manpower support by such hostile states,
the militant mujahideen act as proxy and fight their war.
All the Islamic governments in the Abode of Peace want to do away with
their Western style parliamentary system and replace it with their own
sectarian one, based on their religious law of (Majlis Al-Shuri) the
Consultative Council, or (Majlis Al-Watani) the National Assembly. They
bitterly oppose the existence of Israel and restoration of Assyria to
the end. Their jihad (holy war) slogan is ‘do or die’; either perish or
pressure the Islamic states to revoke their recognition of Israel and
suppress the Assyrian identity to the end. The policy of the (Dar Al-Harb
and Dar Al-Silm) Abode of War and the Abode of Peace dictates never to
surrender gained territory but rather enlarge the community and
ultimately declare their faith supreme globally (Pryce-Jones, 1989: pp
27-28).
Losing Islamised territory outside (Dar Al-Silm) the Abode of Peace
geographical zone is considered a relapse and regrettable, like Spain
and the Balkans. But to lose Islamic territory within the borders of the
Abode of Peace, like Israel and the future prospect of re-establishing
self-rule in Assyria, is unforgivable - To Islam it is a bitter pill,
hard to swallow. It is against their Islamic doctrine. It is
contradictory to the adherence and fulfilment of their Prophet’s
personal message of global Islamisation. Regress does not mean
abandonment of their mission. They force their religion on others,
believing that their sword is just and that no one can repulse it.
Mujahideen are the poker of Islam that faithfully keeps the jihad fire
astir. The demise of the Soviet presence and their troops in Afghanistan
is still fresh in the Russian people’s minds. This was done by the
surging wave of the mujahideen against the Soviet troops, not for the
love of America or the West or mere hatred of Communism, but for the
love of Allah and in fulfillment of their prophet’s message of global
Islamisation. They insist on following the path of spreading their
message (Al-Da’awah) by force rather than preaching it by oratory means
and open dialogue.
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