Percubaan negara-negara Eropah, terutamanya Britain, Perancis dan Rusia, untuk menghapuskan Negara Khilafah terus berlangsung. Namun, percubaan mereka tertumpu terutamanya pada menyerang Negara dari belakang, melalui peperangan, tentera dan pertempuran yang dirancang secara teratur, tetapi usaha ini gagal. Kegagalan ini bukan semata-mata disebabkan oleh keupayaan pertahanan Khalifah, tetapi terutamanya disebabkan oleh keadaan antarabangsa dan disebabkan oleh perselisihan mengenai pembahagian rampasan perang di antara negara-negara tersebut.

The attempts of the European countries, especially Britain, France and Russia to remove the Khilafah State from existence continued. However, their attempts were mainly focused at striking the State from the back, through organised wars, armies and battles - but these failed. This failure was not exclusively due to the defensive capabilities of the Khaleefah, but primarily due to the international situation and due to differences over the sharing of spoils amongst these states.

Adapun usaha-usaha yang dilakukan di Eropah oleh negara-negara Eropah, terutamanya di Serbia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece dan lain-lain, usaha tersebut berjaya kerana negara-negara Eropah itu meneruskan langkah dengan menghasut sifat cauvinisme nasionalis dan kecenderungan pemisahan yang mereka namakan kemerdekaan.

As for the attempts undertaken in Europe by the European states, mainly in Serbia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Greece and others, these were successful because the European countries proceeded by inciting nationalist chauvinism and separatist tendencies which they called ‘independence’.

Oleh itu, negara-negara Eropah menerapkan gaya ini (menghasut chauvinisme nasionalis dan kecenderungan pemisahan) di seluruh tanah yang dinaungi panji Islam dan diperintah oleh Khalifah kaum Muslimin. Mereka memberi tumpuan khusus kepada bangsa Arab dan Turki. Kedutaan British dan Perancis di Istanbul, serta kedutaan-kedutaan di kawasan utama negeri-negeri Islam, memulakan hasutan ini. Kegiatan mereka paling ketara di Baghdad, Damsyik, Beirut, Kaherah dan Jeddah. Dua pusat utama didirikan untuk menjalankan misi ini, Istanbul, untuk menyerang negara di pusat utamanya, dan Beirut, untuk menyerangnya di wilayah-wilayah, terutama di negara-negara yang didiami oleh umat Islam berbahasa Arab.

Thus, the European countries adopted this style (inciting nationalist chauvinism and separatist tendencies) all over the lands that were shaded by the banner of Islam and ruled by the Khaleefah of the Muslims. They specifically focused their work on the Arabs and the Turks. The British and French embassies in Istanbul, and those in the main areas of the Islamic lands started this incitement. Their work was notable mostly in Baghdad, Damascus, Beirut, Cairo and Jeddah. Two main centres were established to carry out this mission, Istanbul, to strike the state in her main centre, and Beirut, in order to strike her in the provinces, especially in the countries inhabited by Arabic speaking Muslims.

Adapun pusat Beirut, ia didirikan sebagai pusat kekufuran untuk menyerang Islam dan Negara Islam, dan rancangannya disusun untuk berfungsi dalam jangka panjang yang akan membawa hasil yang jauh jangkauannya. Adapun pusat Istanbul, dirancang baginya sebuah rancangan jangka pendek, agar ia membuahkan hasil yang cepat, namun juga dengan akibat yang jauh jangkauannya. Oleh itu, pusat Beirut digunakan sebagai racun yang membunuh, yang mengubah ribuan anak lelaki Muslim menjadi kafir, dan mengubah hubungan Islam secara umum menjadi hubungan yang dijalankan menurut peraturan kekufuran. Sesungguhnya kesan pusat ini dalam menyerang Negara Islam semasa pertempurannya dengan orang-orang kafir dalam Perang Dunia Pertama adalah amat dahsyat.

As for the Beirut centre, it was set up as a centre of Kufr to hit Islam and the Islamic State, and its plan was designed to work on a long term basis which would yield far reaching results. As for the Istanbul centre, a short term plan was designed for it, so that it yielded quick results, but also with far reaching consequences. Hence, the Beirut centre was used as a deadly poison, which converted thousands of Muslim sons into Kuffar, and transformed the Islamic relations in general to relations conducted according to the Kufr rules. Indeed, the centre’s effect in hitting the Islamic State during her clash with the Kuffar in the First world war was devastating.

Pihak Kafir Barat memulakan aktiviti politik mereka di Beirut sejurus selepas Ibrahim Pasha menarik diri dari Al-Sham. Pada tahun 1842, sebuah jawatankuasa ditubuhkan dengan tujuan untuk mendirikan sebuah persatuan ilmiah di bawah naungan Misi Amerika dan menurut program mereka. Jawatankuasa itu meneruskan program tersebut selama lima tahun, sehingga pada tahun 1847 ia berjaya menubuhkan sebuah persatuan yang dikenali sebagai Persatuan Sains dan Seni. Persatuan ini dijalankan oleh dua orang rakan kerjasama Kristian, yang terkenal sebagai antara kolaborator British yang paling berbahaya. Mereka ialah Butros Al-Bustani dan Naseef Al-Yaziji, disokong oleh Kolonel Churchill dari kalangan British serta Eli Smith dan Cornilos Van Dick. Matlamat persatuan ini pada mulanya tidak jelas, namun ia memberi gambaran bahawa ia bertujuan menyebarkan pelbagai ilmu di kalangan orang dewasa, sebagaimana sekolah lakukan untuk kanak-kanak, dan memotivasikan orang dewasa, sebagaimana kanak-kanak dimotivasikan, supaya berbudaya dengan budaya Barat, diberi pemikiran Barat dan diarahkan ke arah tertentu. Namun, walaupun para pekerja persatuan itu aktif dan berusaha keras, dalam tempoh dua tahun hanya lima puluh ahli aktif di seluruh Al-Sham yang menyertainya.

The Western Kuffar started their political activities in Beirut immediately after Ibrahim Pasha’s withdrawal from Al-Sham. In 1842, a committee was formed with the aim of establishing a scientific association under the auspices of the American Mission and according to its programme. The committee proceeded according to its programme for five years, until it managed in 1847 to establish an association known as “The Science and Arts Association”. This association was run by two Christian collaborators, who were known as the most dangerous of British collaborators. They were Butros Al-Bustani and Naseef Al-Yaziji, backed by Colonel Churchill from among the British and Eli Smith and Cornilos Van Dick. The goals of the association were at first vague, it however gave the impression that it aimed at spreading the various sciences among adults, just as schools would do with children, and at motivating adults, just like children would be motivated, into being cultured with the western culture, given the western thoughts and steered towards a specific direction. However, despite the activity of the association’s workers and their huge efforts, over a period of two years only fifty active members in the whole of Al-Sham joined.

Setakat itu berkenaan pusat di Beirut. Adapun pusat di Istanbul, ia digunakan oleh kafir Barat untuk menyerang Negara Islam di ibu kota dan menyerang pegawai-pegawai negara. Orang-orang kafir itu telah melaksanakan beberapa tindakan, yang paling penting dan paling membinasakan antaranya ialah penubuhan Golongan Turki Muda, yang nama samarannya ialah Union & Progress.

This was as far as the Beirut centre was concerned. As for the Istanbul centre, it was used by the Western Kuffar to strike the Islamic State in the capital and to strike at the state’s officials. The Kuffar had undertaken several actions, the most important and the most devastating of which was the establishment of the “Young Turks”, whose alias was “Union & Progress”.

Jawatankuasa itu pada mulanya ditubuhkan di Paris oleh golongan muda Turki yang telah diresapi dengan pemikiran Perancis dan sangat mendalami Revolusi Perancis. Ia ditubuhkan sebagai sebuah jawatankuasa revolusi rahsia. Ketua kumpulan revolusi ini ialah Ahmed Redha Beik. Beliau merupakan tokoh terkemuka di kalangan rakyat, dan idea beliau ialah untuk membawa masuk budaya Barat ke tanah airnya, Turki. Jawatankuasa itu kemudiannya menubuhkan cawangan lain di Berlin, Slanik dan Istanbul.

The Committee had been established at first in Paris by Turkish youth who had been saturated by French thoughts and deeply cultured about the French revolution. It was established as a secret revolutionary Committee. The leader of this revolutionary group was Ahmed Redha Beik. He was a prominent personality among people and his idea was to import the Western culture to his home country of Turkey. The Committee established other branches in Berlin, Slanik and Istanbul.

Pusat di Paris telah diatur dengan teliti, program-programnya radikal, dan sarana publisiti yang mereka andalkan kukuh. Ia menerbitkan sebuah buletin bernama The News. Buletin itu dahulu diseludupkan ke Istanbul bersama surat-menyurat Eropah, lalu diambil oleh sekumpulan orang Turki yang berjanji akan mengedarkannya secara rahsia. Persatuan itu juga menerbitkan risalah politik yang diseludupkan dengan cara yang sama. Adapun cawangan di Berlin, ia dibentuk oleh golongan sederhana, bekas menteri negara, bekas pegawai tinggi kerajaan dan ahli politik yang cekap. Mereka dahulu menyeru supaya diadakan pembaharuan dan pengurusan urusan negara mengikut sistem pemerintahan Jerman.

The Paris centre was meticulously organised, its programme was radical and the means of publicity it relied upon were solid. It published a newsletter entitled “The News”. It used to be smuggled into Istanbul along with the European mail and was taken by a group of Turks who promised to distribute it secretly. The association also published political leaflets which were smuggled in the same manner. As for the Berlin branch, this was formed by moderates, former ministers of state, former high ranking officials and skilful politicians. They used to call for reform and the organising of the state’s affairs according to the German ruling system.

Menyusuli peristiwa-peristiwa ini, kedutaan-kedutaan Eropah menjadi lebih aktif dalam hubungan mereka dengan orang Arab. Oleh itu, mereka menubuhkan Parti Desentralisasi, dengan Kaherah sebagai pusatnya dan Rafiq Al-Athim sebagai presidennya. Mereka juga menubuhkan Jawatankuasa Pembaharuan di Beirut dan Forum Literal, antara lain. British dan Perancis menyusup ke dalam barisan orang Arab yang membawa kecenderungan nasionalis, dan membuka peti perbendaharaan negara-negara mereka kepada mereka. Maka pada 18 Jun 1913, di bawah naungan Perancis, pemuda Arab mengadakan persidangan di Paris, dan inilah pengisytiharan pertama golongan nasionalis Arab yang menyebelahi Britain dan Perancis menentang Negara Uthmaniyyah mereka.

In the wake of these events, the European embassies became active in their contacts with the Arabs. Hence, they established the “Decentralisation Party”, with Cairo as its centre and Rafiq Al-Athim as its president. They also established the “Reform Committee” in Beirut and the “Literal Forum” among others. The British and the French infiltrated the ranks of the Arabs who had carried the nationalist tendency and opened for them the coffers of their countries. So on 18th June 1913 and under the auspices of the French, the Arab youth held a conference in Paris, and this represented the Arab nationalists’ first declaration of alignment towards Britain and France against their Ottoman State.

Ketika kaum Union & Progress menyedari perkara ini, mereka menubuhkan "Jawatankuasa Turk Ojaghi", yang bermaksud keluarga Turki. Objektifnya ialah untuk memusnahkan Islam dan menjadikan unsur-unsur Uthmaniyyah sebagai unsur-unsur Turki. Kemudian mereka mula menggalakkan penerbitan buku dan jurnal yang bersifat atheis, seperti buku yang ditulis oleh pengarang Turki yang terkenal, Jalal Nouri Beik, bertajuk The History of the Future, di mana beliau menulis: Adalah menjadi kepentingan kerajaan Astana untuk memaksa rakyat Syria meninggalkan tanah air mereka. Tanah Arab, terutamanya Iraq dan Yaman, mesti dijadikan tanah jajahan Turki, bagi menyebarkan bahasa Turki yang mesti menjadi bahasa agama. Untuk melindungi entiti kita, adalah wajib bagi kita menjadikan semua negara Arab sebagai negara Turki, kerana generasi Arab yang baharu telah mula merasai sifat keperkauman yang melampau dan ia mengancam kita dengan bencana besar yang mana kita harus mengambil langkah berjaga-jaga mulai sekarang. Maka, kecenderungan nasionalis dan sifat keperkauman patriotik memberi kesan ke atas jiwa, dan kesetiaan kepada Islam beralih digantikan dengan kesetiaan kepada nasionalisme dan patriotisme. Ini membawa kepada penentangan terhadap segala yang dibawa oleh Islam dalam apa jua yang boleh dianggap sebagai ancaman terhadap patriotisme dan nasionalisme. Kriteria golongan yang memegang kuasa dalam negara ialah nasionalisme dan patriotisme, bukan Islam, walaupun ketika menyeru kepada perpaduan antara orang Arab dan Turki.

When the Union & Progress men sensed this, they established the "Turk Ojaghi Committee" meaning the Turkish family. Its objective was to wipe out Islam and turn the Ottoman elements into Turkish ones. Then they started encouraging the publication of atheistic books and journals, such as the book written by the famous Turkish author Jalal Nouri Beik under the title of “The history of the future”, in which he wrote: “It is in the interest of the Astana government to coerce the Syrians to leave their homelands. Arab lands, especially Iraq and Yemen, must be turned into Turkish colonies, in order to spread the Turkish language which must be the language of the Deen. In order to protect our entity, it is imperative for us to turn all the Arab countries into Turkish countries, because the new Arab generation has started to sense a racial chauvinism and it is threatening us with a major calamity against which we should take precautions as of now.” Thus, the nationalist tendency and the patriotic chauvinism made an impact on the souls, and loyalty to Islam shifted to be replaced by loyalty to nationalism and patriotism. This led to resisting all that Islam carries in terms of what could be regarded as a threat to patriotism and nationalism. The criterion of those who assumed power within the state was that of nationalism and patriotism rather than Islam, even when it came to calling for the unity of the ranks between Arabs and Turks.