From Hasan's former Imam (tighten your seat belt!)
Ike
Nidal Hassan Did the Right Thing
November 9, 2009 - by Anwar alAwlaki
Nidal Hassan is a hero. He is a man of conscience who could not bear
living the contradiction of being a Muslim and serving in an army that
is fighting against his own people. This is a contradiction that many
Muslims brush aside and just pretend that it doesn�t exist. Any decent
Muslim cannot live, understanding properly his duties towards his
Creator and his fellow Muslims, and yet serve as a US soldier. The US is
leading the war against terrorism which in reality is a war against
Islam. Its army is directly invading two Muslim countries and indirectly
occupying the rest through its stooges.
Nidal opened fire on soldiers who were on their way to be deployed to
Iraq and Afghanistan. How can there be any dispute about the virtue of
what he has done? In fact the only way a Muslim could Islamically
justify serving as a soldier in the US army is if his intention is to
follow the footsteps of men like Nidal.
The heroic act of brother Nidal also shows the dilemma of the Muslim
American community. Increasingly they are being cornered into taking
stances that would either make them betray Islam or betray their nation.
Many amongst them are choosing the former. The Muslim organizations in
America came out in a pitiful chorus condemning Nidal�s operation.
The fact that fighting against the US army is an Islamic duty today
cannot be disputed. No scholar with a grain of Islamic knowledge can
defy the clear cut proofs that Muslims today have the right -rather the
duty- to fight against American tyranny. Nidal has killed soldiers who
were about to be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in order to kill
Muslims. The American Muslims who condemned his actions have committed
treason against the Muslim Ummah and have fallen into hypocrisy.
Allah(swt) says: Give tidings to the hypocrites that there is for them a
painful punishment �
Those who take disbelievers as allies instead of the believers. Do they
seek with them honor [through power]? But indeed, honor belongs to Allah
entirely. (al-Nisa 136-137)
The inconsistency of being a Muslim today and living in America and the
West in general reveals the wisdom behind the opinions that call for
migration from the West. It is becoming more and more difficult to hold
on to Islam in an environment that is becoming more hostile towards Muslims.
May Allah grant our brother Nidal patience, perseverance and
steadfastness and we ask Allah to accept from him his great heroic act.
Ameen