One-Track Mind
Islamic states are signatory members of the UN, yet most of them
ignore its Charter, and a few like Iraq, Algeria and Indonesia
ignore many of its resolutions. They introduce and enforce their own
harsh laws. They leave no room for dialogue and sensible
negotiations with native leaders of non-Islamic faith. It is a
disgrace to the international community and especially to the UN,
the guardian of human rights, to allow this sort of behaviour to
continue. Christians have already taken the initiative in
propagating their cause in all sorts of ways. They have made
constant appeals, tried to enter direct negotiations with their
Muslim counterparts, publicized their plight via various media
organs, and even launched armed struggles, like in Lebanon and
Northern Iraq? all come to little or no avail.
The indigenous people need full support of the world media and the
attention of the International Community through the UN agencies. It
is the duty of the UN to intervene and assert itself firmly in
support of the aggrieved and dispossessed people that are struggling
to restore their usurped rights. The UN represents the world family.
Any inadequacy, on its part, encourages Islamic regimes to continue
with their policy of discrimination and oppression against
non-Muslim natives.
Lack of concern or using a softly-softly approach by the UN towards
oppressive regimes is a bad reflection on her image and that of the
International Community. Indonesia and Nigeria and even Sudan seem
to have gone wild lately in their persecution of the Christians, in
the name of jihad and Islamic (Shari’ah) law. Islam treats the
Christians as household property. Christian life has no value when
it comes to assertion of their Shari’ah religious law.
Surah XLVII, [47] Muhammad, verse 4, explains in graphic detail how
Muslims should react when facing the disbeliever in battle:
“So when you meet in battle those who disbelieve, then smite the
necks until when you have overcome them, then make (them) prisoners,
and afterwards either set him free as a favor or let them ransom
(themselves) until the war terminates.”
The heavy-handedness of the Mongol Turks and Iraq’s brutal regime
and repression of the indigenous Assyrians in the north is a vivid
example of the impotence of the UN. Sudan’s cruelty and inhumane
treatment of its impoverished people in the south shows how
powerless is the UN. In this regards, it is constitutionally weak,
or lacks the authority to enforce its resolutions forcibly to allow
it to intervene successfully against such flagrant violations of
human rights. Living in the safety of their governments, disciples
of (Al-Da’awah) the call to Islam receive training in guerrilla
warfare, sabotage and armed combat. They take up the aggressive
approach in spreading their religion to expand the landmass of their
domain in the name of Allah’s army of jihad. They resort to extreme
violence, often suicidal, instead of holding dialogues and preaching
the message by peaceful means.
The Western world needs to reconsider and perform a complete
‘overhaul’ of their relationship with sectarian regimes that
suppress freedom of religion. Lack of reciprocity by the Abode of
Peace States and unconcern of the West, is perceived as being in
agreement with Islam’s growing animosity towards indigenous
religions.
States of the Abode of Peace continue to harass the indigenous
Assyrians through threats of jihad campaigns against them. The call
for Al-Da’awah (the Muhammadan message) is spread with militancy, at
home and abroad, suppressing the native inhabitants their right to
practice their religion and culture freely.
It is noteworthy to examine Islam as a unit, as a whole social
structure, with its head Arabism, to try to understand its concept
and the extent to which it wishes to expand and outstretch the
physical borders of its Islamic Umma nation as a political body.
Propagation of its mission seems to have no boundary.\Execution of
human rights activist by Nigeria’s regime, and repression of the
Ogoni tribe and the Christian people in general, are some more open
acts of defiance. United Nation's inaction encourages such regimes
to continue with their persecution and committing of violations
against the embattled aboriginal people. The Nigerian Regime
continues with its suppressive campaigns, unperturbed and without
fear of UN retribution. Persistence of such Islamic states in
affirming their state religion as supreme is a testament to the
failure of the U.N. in stopping the systematic persecution of the
Christians in the Abode of Peace. Unless they become Muslims, the
Nigerian Christians are destined to be literally hacked or starved
to death.
The term ‘Commonwealth’ in Islamic countries is given to mean for
the common good, exclusive to Islam. Why should the land, resources
and wealth of the country be shared among the Muslims themselves,
and not with the native Christians? The UN has a moral
responsibility to act against government misrepresentation of the
people, corrupt leaders and oppressive regimes that do not comply
with certain UN constitutional guidelines.
Without secular constitutional reforms cruelty and injustice will
continue. Corruption, nepotism and bribery become rampant, while the
general population sinks deeper into impoverishment. The hardest hit
are always the dispossessed Christian natives.
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