Taliban-Misnomer

 'Taliban’-The Misnomer Let's Call Them "Khwarji"

The great modern philosopher Bertrand Russell in his article ‘Psychology and Politics’ quotes the example to prove that the allegorical perceptions at times decide the outcome of important issues. In the Europe of Middle Ages, the political issues were resolved through metaphors from theology. The tussle between Pope and King was at its zenith. The church was telling the people that if King is the moon in the sky, the Pope is like a sun in the heaven. This terminology resulted in to the victory of pope.

False ‘Taliban’ [a decent term used for students of Islamic schools/ madaris] Kill Muslims by calling them Apostate (Murtad) and media honorably calls them ‘Jangjoo’ or ‘Shidat-Pasand’. Let us stop this intellectual hypocrisy they are the Khawariji Fitnah of 21^st Century. So call then ‘Khawariji’.

The Muslim history is full of ‘Fitnah’ (‘trial,’ or ‘test’, which refer to heretical uprisings, especially the first major internal struggle within the Muslim community (656-661 C.E), which resulted in both civil war and religious schism. During the reign of the third caliph, 'Uthman, certain rebellious groups accused the Caliph of nepotism and misrule, and the resulting discontent led to his assassination. The rebels then recognized the Prophet's cousin and son-in-law, 'Ali, as ruler but later deserted him and fought against him, accusing him of having committed a grave sin (God forbid) in submitting his claim to the caliphate to arbitration, they are called Khawarij. The word Kharaju, from which Khariji is derived, means "to withdraw" and Khawarij were, therefore, seceders who believed in active dissent or rebellion against a state of affairs they considered to be gravely impious. The basic doctrine of the Khawarij was that: “A person or a group who committed a grave error or sin and did not sincerely repent ceased to be Muslim”. According to them mere profession of the faith "there is no god but God; Muhammad is the prophet of God” did not make a person a Muslim unless this faith was accompanied by righteous deeds. In other words, good works were an integral part of faith and not extraneous to it. The second principle that flowed from their aggressive idealism was militancy, or Jihad, which the Khawarij considered to be among the cardinal principles, or pillars, of Islam. Contrary to the orthodox view, they interpreted the Qur’anic command about "enjoining good and forbidding evil"(Qur’an;3:104) to mean the vindication of truth through the sword. The placing of these two principles together made the Khawarij highly inflammable fanatics, intolerant of almost any established political authority. They incessantly resorted to rebellion and as a result were virtually wiped out during the first two centuries of Islam. Although till recently Chasidism has been considered essentially a story of the past, which left permanent influence on Islam, because of reaction against it. It forced the religious leadership of the community to formulate a bulwark against religious intolerance and fanaticism.

Who is Violating Qur’an? No Muslim by the name will ever dare to reject the Commandments of Allah, clearly mentioned in Qur’an and Hadith.

The pseudo doctrine of Takfir; is being used by Taliban, in sanctioning violence against leaders and people of Islamic states who are deemed insufficiently religious. Takfir is a pronouncement that, any one calling himself Muslim, but not practicing the is an apostate (unbeliever, kafir-Murtid) and no longer a Muslim hence liable to be killed. It has become a central ideology of militant groups such as those in Egypt (Taliban, now also in Afghanistan and adjoining tribal areas of Pakistan) which is claimed to be derived from the ideas of Sayyid Qutab. Mainstream Muslims and Islamic groups reject the concept of ‘Takfir’ as a doctrinal deviation because any one who declares himself a Muslim, is to be considered a Muslim even if he does not practice Islam but believes in its fundamentals to be true. He is a ‘sinner Muslim’ not apostate or Murtad. Leaders such as Hassan al-Hudaybi (d.1977) and Yousf al–Qaradawi reject ‘Takfir’ as un-Islamic and marked by bigotry and zealotry. Such narrow mindedness has exacerbated the evil of sectarianism and the resulting intolerance among the masses has led to a dangerous trend towards sectarian militancy. Taliban take cover under this false doctrine of Takfir, to kill ordinary simple Muslims even while they are praying in mosques, or working around public places.

False ‘Taliban’ Kill Muslims by calling them Apostate (Murtad) and We call them ‘Jangjoo’ or ‘Shidat-Pasand’. Let us stop this dual approach, an intellectual hypocrisy. Taliban are the Khawarij Fitnah of 21^st Century. Hence the Media should wake up and as a first step we should STOP calling them ‘Taliban’,Pakistan’. The Ayas (verses) of Qur’an being violated by them should be given wide coverage. It is VERY IMPORTANT that the intellectuals, as well as electronic and print media should take the lead to give moral and religious ascendancy to the soldiers that, they are fighting the enemies of Islam and Pakistan”. The religious scholars should also come forward in big way, though they have already declared the acts of Taliban as un-Islamic, which is not sufficient. ‘Jangjoo’ or ‘Shidat-Pasand’ they should be called ‘Khawarij’ or ‘Khawarji of

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