Juhudi za nchi za Ulaya, hasa Uingereza, Ufaransa na Urusi, za kuiondoa Dola ya Khilafah zilizidi kuendelea. Hata hivyo, juhudi hizo zililenga hasa kuishambulia Dola kutoka nyuma, kupitia vita vilivyopangwa, majeshi na mapigano, lakini hazikufanikiwa. Kushindwa huku hakukutokana hasa na uwezo wa ulinzi wa Khalifa pekee, bali hasa na hali ya kimataifa na kutokana na tofauti zilizokuwepo kati ya nchi hizi kuhusu mgawanyo wa nyara.

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.

Kuhusu juhudi zilizofanywa barani Ulaya na nchi za Ulaya, hasa huko Serbia, Hungaria, Bulgaria, Ugiriki na nyinginezo, juhudi hizi zilifanikiwa kwa sababu nchi za Ulaya zilisonga mbele kwa kuchochea uzalendo uliopitiliza wa kitaifa na mielekeo ya kujitenga, ambayo waliyaita uhuru.

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’.

Hivyo, nchi za Ulaya zilipitisha mtindo huu (wa kuchochea uzalendo wa kupindukia na mielekeo ya kujitenga) katika ardhi zote zilizokuwa chini ya bendera ya Uislamu na kutawaliwa na Khaliyfa wa Waislamu. Walilenga kazi yao hasa kwa Waarabu na Waturuki. Ubalozi wa Uingereza na wa Ufaransa mjini Istanbul, pamoja na zile za maeneo makuu ya nchi za Kiislamu, ndio walioanzisha uchochezi huu. Kazi yao ilionekana zaidi mjini Baghdad, Damascus, Beirut, Cairo na Jeddah. Vituo viwili vikuu vilianzishwa kutekeleza misheni hii: Istanbul, ili kuupiga dola katika kitovu chake kikuu, na Beirut, ili kuupiga katika majimbo, hasa katika nchi zinazokaliwa na Waislamu wanaozungumza Kiarabu.

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.

Kuhusu kituo cha Beirut, kilianzishwa kama kituo cha Ukafiri kwa lengo la kulishambulia Uislamu na Dola ya Kiislamu, na mpango wake ulibuniwa ufanye kazi kwa msingi wa muda mrefu, ambao ungezaa matokeo yenye athari pana. Kuhusu kituo cha Istanbul, mpango wa muda mfupi ulibuniwa kwa ajili yake, ili kizae matokeo ya haraka, lakini pia yenye madhara makubwa ya baadaye. Kwa hiyo, kituo cha Beirut kilitumiwa kama sumu hatari, iliyowageuza maelfu ya watoto wa Kiislamu kuwa makafiri, na kubadilisha mahusiano ya Kiislamu kwa ujumla kuwa mahusiano yanayoendeshwa kwa kanuni za Ukafiri. Hakika athari ya kituo hicho katika kulishambulia Dola ya Kiislamu wakati wa mapambano yake dhidi ya makafiri katika Vita vya Kwanza vya Dunia ilikuwa ya kuangamiza.

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.

Wakafiri wa Magharibi walianza shughuli zao za kisiasa mjini Beirut mara tu baada ya Ibrahim Pasha kuondoka Al-Sham. Mwaka 1842, kamati iliundwa kwa lengo la kuanzisha chama cha kisayansi chini ya udhamini wa Misheni ya Kimarekani na kulingana na mpango wake. Kamati ilifuata mpango wake kwa miaka mitano, hadi ikafanikiwa mwaka 1847 kuanzisha chama kilichojulikana kama Chama cha Sayansi na Sanaa. Chama hiki kiliendeshwa na washirika wawili Wakristo, ambao walijulikana kuwa miongoni mwa washirika hatari zaidi wa Waingereza. Walikuwa Butros Al-Bustani na Naseef Al-Yaziji, wakiungwa mkono na Kanali Churchill miongoni mwa Waingereza, na Eli Smith na Cornilos Van Dick. Malengo ya chama hayakuwa wazi mwanzoni; hata hivyo, kilitoa taswira kwamba kililenga kueneza sayansi mbalimbali miongoni mwa watu wazima, kama shule zinavyofanya kwa watoto, na kuwahamasisha watu wazima, kama watoto wangehamasishwa, kuwa na utamaduni wa kimagharibi, wakipewa fikra za kimagharibi na kuelekezwa upande maalum. Hata hivyo, licha ya shughuli za wafanyakazi wa chama na juhudi zao kubwa, katika kipindi cha miaka miwili wanachama hai hamsini tu katika Al-Sham nzima ndio walijiunga.

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.

Kwa upande wa kituo cha Beirut, hayo ndiyo yaliyokuwa. Kuhusu kituo cha Istanbul, kilitumiwa na makafiri wa Magharibi kulenga Dola ya Kiislamu katika mji mkuu na kulenga maafisa wa dola. Makafiri walikuwa wametekeleza vitendo kadhaa, muhimu zaidi na lenye uharibifu mkubwa zaidi kikiwa ni kuanzishwa kwa Vijana wa Kituruki, ambao jina lao la utani lilikuwa Umoja na Maendeleo.

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”.

Kamati hii ilianzishwa awali huko Paris na vijana wa Kituruki ambao walikuwa wamejaa fikra za Kifaransa na walikuwa wamejifunza kwa kina kuhusu mapinduzi ya Ufaransa. Ilianzishwa kama kamati ya siri ya kimapinduzi. Kiongozi wa kundi hili la kimapinduzi alikuwa Ahmed Redha Beik. Alikuwa mtu mashuhuri miongoni mwa watu, na lengo lake lilikuwa kuleta utamaduni wa Magharibi katika nchi yake ya Uturuki. Kamati ilianzisha matawi mengine huko Berlin, Slanik na 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.

Kituo cha Paris kilikuwa kimepangwa kwa umakini mkubwa, mpango wake ulikuwa wa kimapinduzi, na njia za kutangaza ambazo kilizitegemea zilikuwa imara. Kilichapisha jarida lenye jina "The News". Lilikuwa likiingizwa kwa magendo Istanbul pamoja na barua za Ulaya, na lilichukuliwa na kundi la Waturuki walioahidi kulisambaza kwa siri. Chama hicho pia kilichapisha vijikaratasi vya kisiasa ambavyo vilikuwa vikiingizwa kwa magendo kwa njia hiyo hiyo. Kuhusu tawi la Berlin, lilianzishwa na wastani wa kisiasa, mawaziri wa zamani wa serikali, maafisa wa zamani wa ngazi za juu na wanasiasa wenye ustadi. Walikuwa wakitoa wito wa mageuzi na kupanga mambo ya nchi kwa mujibu wa mfumo wa utawala wa Kijerumani.

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.

Kufuatia matukio haya, balozi za Ulaya zilianza kufanya kazi kwa bidii katika mawasiliano yao na Waarabu. Kwa hiyo, walianzisha Chama cha Ugatuzi, chenye makao makuu yake Cairo na Rafiq Al-Athim kuwa rais wake. Pia walianzisha Kamati ya Marekebisho huko Beirut, na Jukwaa la Kiuhalisia, miongoni mwa mengine. Waingereza na Wafaransa walipenyeza katika safu za Waarabu waliokuwa na mwelekeo wa kizalendo, na wakawafungulia hazina za nchi zao. Hivyo, tarehe 18 Juni 1913, chini ya udhamini wa Wafaransa, vijana wa Kiarabu walifanya mkutano mjini Paris, na mkutano huo ulikuwa tamko la kwanza la wazalendo wa Kiarabu la kujiunga na Uingereza na Ufaransa dhidi ya Dola yao ya Kiothmani.

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.

Wakati wanachama wa Union & Progress walipogundua hili, walianzisha "Kamati ya Turk Ojaghi" yenye maana ya familia ya Kituruki. Lengo lake lilikuwa kuifuta Uislamu na kuyageuza vipengele vya Kiottoman kuwa vya Kituruki. Kisha wakaanza kuhimiza uchapishaji wa vitabu na majarida ya kupinga dini, kama kitabu kilichoandikwa na mwandishi maarufu wa Kituruki Jalal Nouri Beik chini ya jina The history of the future, ambamo aliandika: Ni kwa maslahi ya serikali ya Astana kuwalazimisha Wasyria waondoke katika nchi zao. Ardhi za Kiarabu, hasa Iraq na Yemen, lazima zigeuzwe kuwa koloni za Kituruki, ili kueneza lugha ya Kituruki ambayo ndiyo lazima iwe lugha ya Dini. Ili kulinda utambulisho wetu, ni lazima kwetu kuzigeuza nchi zote za Kiarabu kuwa nchi za Kituruki, kwa sababu kizazi kipya cha Waarabu kimeanza kuhisi ubaguzi wa kikabila na kinatutishia kwa msiba mkubwa ambao tunapaswa kujihadhari nao sasa hivi. Hivyo, mwelekeo wa kizalendo wa kitaifa na ushabiki wa kizalendo uliathiri nyoyo, na uaminifu kwa Uislamu ukahamishwa na kubadilishwa na uaminifu kwa utaifa na uzalendo. Hili lilisababisha kupinga kila kitu ambacho Uislamu unabeba kwa kile kinachoweza kuonekana kama tishio kwa uzalendo na utaifa. Kigezo cha wale waliochukua madaraka ndani ya dola kilikuwa utaifa na uzalendo badala ya Uislamu, hata wakati wa kutoa wito wa umoja wa safu kati ya Waarabu na Waturuki.

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.