It
is so amazing that a lot of ‘ulamas’ or muslim scholars, when asked by the many
news channels about their view of Al Qaeda, they told them that they do not
understand the methodology (manhaj) of struggle by the Al-Qaeda!!!Is the manhaj of Al Qaeda too complicated that make it difficult for the ulamas to comprehend?
Or is the ideology (fikrah) of Al Qaeda that mysterious?
Is it true that the fundamental beliefs of Al Qaeda is very unusual that the ulamas are not capable of understanding it entirely?
If you ask these ulamas, who come from the various islamic harakah (movement), tanzim (organization) or islamic party, be it the older ones or those that had just been set up, great or small ones, the popular or the less known organizations, with regards to the vision or fikrah or mafahim (understanding) of Al Qaeda, it is a “disgrace” and unacceptable if these ulamas say “I don't know”. Words like “I don't know” certainly reduce their scholarly credibility. Not to mention if the ulama is involved and have a post in the political arena (how can an intellectual, an alim, a political figure who surely need popularity, say “I don't know…”)
Well, we can accept that when these ‘ulamas’ said they do not know nor understand the fikrah of Al Qaeda, maybe they feel that they do not need to know or that they do not have the interest to learn the manhaj Al Qaeda. We can also acknowledge that maybe those ulamas have their own personal reasons for not having the interests in making any effort to study the manhaj of Al Qaeda. In the name of individual personal feedom, it is their right to be like that, and it is enough reason for us to stop annoying them by raising these issues further.
But then, when asked by a journalists about the flag/slogan of Al Qaeda, one of the ‘kibarul ulamas’ (great ulamas) said, “I dont really pay attention to the manhaj of Al Qaeda but if all that's occurring in the world today is a part of Al Qaeda's work, then it is an issue and a bad reality”. That's more or less what he said.
These are the words of a 'great ulama’ in Iraq, and there are many other ‘ulamas’ who are imitating his words, whether inside or outside Iraq, until such words have become a standard form of speech for them. (These people are saying “I do not know a thing about Al Qaeda”, but at the same time they are also stating “Al Qaeda is the source of all the evil and misfortune in this world”)
If we see this as the personal right of the ‘ulama’ to act and say like that, then we also do not have the right to blame the western society who through their lacking of information, are accusing Islam as a religion of fascism, ignorance and backwardness because it is alo their personal rights likewise.
The western society is accusing Islam as such because they are seeing a few aspects of backwardness in a small portion of the muslim migrant population living in their countries (western countries). They make up their mind by trying to balance between the scale of ‘the superb and glorious majority’ and ‘the isolated and backward minority’, without making an effort to find out or study the reality of Islam and its true basic teachings. Because of being uninformed, they are blaming Islam with whatever the prejudices they want!!!
See The Similarity?
Can the Muslim scholars and ulamas blame the western society for accusing Islam with all kind of baseless accusations, and made up their mind from just having a glimpse at Islam without even trying to understand its reality? They are using an erroneous analogy but consider themselves as proficient enough to judge Islam, because they feel they are ‘advanced’ enough to understand Islam and all aspects of its teachings since every ‘material’ about Islam are widely available on the internet… they reckon they have adequate capability to evaluate Islam without even collecting valid and comprehensive informations from reliable sources, or do they feel they can make judgement even after admitting that they don't bother to find out the reality of Islam?!!!
(Those ulamas would surely say that the western society are unfair for accusing Islam without even knowing the reality of Islam. Those ulamas would again say that the western society are bias when they admitted that they do not have enough reliable information about Islam but keep on accusing Islam with all those wild accusations. See the hypocrisy? Na'uzubillah)
If you ask a teenager in the mountains of Himalaya, or an old man in the rural village of Africa, or a pedestrian in the street of New York, about Al Qaeda and its goal, they would surely respond to your question immediately with enthusiasm, regardless of whether they are pro or contra to Al Qaeda, and you would not find them saying “I dont know”, because it is something unacceptable! Because the fact is that there is no other movement or organization that is as well-known as Al Qaeda at the moment. But it is strange that if we ask our ‘ulama’ about Al Qaeda, they would say that they do not know. Indeed it is such an irony, and this what had been forewarned by our Prophet (SAW) and it is what's has been termed as ‘the calamity of the ulamas’.