Islamic Solidarity Quotes
Or Moslems are of one body…. Assist your brother Moslem, whether he be an oppressor or an oppressed.
The new his Islamic concept is it the heart of much of the ambivalence that Muslims have for others and that many non-Islamic nations have for Islam. Normally Mohammed was very insistent are not tolerating oppression. However it is this passage which for many Muslims justifies their support of terrorists and other malevolent forces so long as they are brother Muslims. Counter pressure which exists in other religious groups is there by diminished with Islam. Essentially this is the religious equivalent of “my country right or wrong”. The first sentence of the quotation is one of the main reasons that Islam is viewed by most Muslims as super national. It represents the first and most important identity for a Muslim in contrast to country or even family.
Ever since the world dominance by the Judeo-Christian West, any military of physical victory of Muslims over Christians was considered symbolically very important by Islamic leaders.
Most Muslims when asked what they are will say “A Muslim” whereas most members of every other religion will give his/her nationality first and his/her occupation or profession second. Very few answer with their religion.
The Caliph in the past was the religious and secular leader of all Muslims. Many of the fundamentalist terrorists have as their objective, the reestablishment of the Caliphate which will unite all Islamic countries under one leader who is both the secular and religious supreme authority—a religious and a civil dictatorship. Most Muslims, like most people of all religions, are not terrorists and believe that much of terrorist activity violates many basic tenets of Islam. However, in order to function, the terrorist must have the tacit support of sufficient numbers of people so that they can function without being exposed. That is an important objective for Al-Qaeda: to enlist sufficient numbers of ordinary people who although they will not commit the terrorist acts, will support the objectives of the terrorists and provide money, shelter, and other services.