Hali ya Waislamu leo inatofautiana kabisa na historia yao tukufu ya zamani. Ni muhimu kwetu kuelewa jinsi na kwa nini hali kama hii imetokea. Kwa kweli, hili ndilo ufunguo wa kufufuka kwetu. Kwa hiyo, ni lazima kusoma kwa makini historia ya Uislamu, tangu wakati wa Dola ya Mtume ﷺ na kipindi cha ustaarabu na ushawishi wa Kiislamu uliofuata, mpaka leo, ili tuweze kutambua sababu kuu za udhaifu wetu.

The situation of Muslims today lies in stark contrast with their glorious past. It is important for us to understand how and why such a state of affairs has arisen. Indeed this is a key to our revival. To this end, it becomes necessary to study carefully the history of Islam, from the time of the Prophet’s (saw) State and the period of Islamic civilisation and influence that followed it, until today, in order that we may identify the main factors of our weakness.

Matokeo ya utafiti kama huu yanaonyesha kwamba kigezo kikuu ni kupungua kwa uwezo wa kiakili kwa hatua kwa hatua katika fikra za Waislamu kuhusu uelewa wao wa dini yao.

The result of such a study shows that the main factor is a gradual intellectual decline in the minds of the Muslims with regards to their understanding of their deen.

Katika mazingira haya, maadui wa Uislamu waliweza kutumia fursa iliyojitokeza kwao katika vita vyao dhidi ya Dola ya Kiislamu, na walitumia kila njia walizokuwa nazo ili kuishinda na kuitiisha pamoja na rasilimali zake zote chini ya udhibiti wao. Katika sehemu hii, tutaeleza baadhi ya historia ya shambulio hili la makafiri dhidi ya Uislamu, pamoja na njia za hila na mbinu za udanganyifu walizozitumia.

In this background, the enemies of Islam were able to exploit the oppportunity presented to them in their battle against the Islamic State, and utilised all the means at their disposal to overcome it and subjugate it and all its resources to their control. In this section, we will outline some of the history behind this attack of the kuffar against Islam, and the devious means and machinations they employed.

Nguvu kubwa na ushawishi mkubwa wa Uislamu, kijeshi, kiutamaduni na kidini, tangu mwanzo wake, ni jambo ambalo Magharibi haijawahi kulielewa kikamilifu; swali la jinsi Uislamu ulivyoweza, katika muda mfupi namna hiyo, kuteka maeneo makubwa kiasi hicho ya dunia, limekuwa likiisumbua akili ya Magharibi kwa miongo kadhaa. Kuanzia mwaka 632 Miladia, Uajemi, Syria, Misri, Uturuki na Afrika Kaskazini zilianguka mikononi mwa majeshi ya Kiislamu, katika karne ya 8 na ya 9. Uislamu ulitawala mashariki hadi India, Indonesia na China. Kwa Magharibi ya Kikristo, Khilafah ilikuwa tishio na hatari ya kudumu, na kufikia karne ya 15 ikawa dhahiri kwa wanafikra wa Ulaya kwamba kuna haja ya kuchukua hatua dhidi ya Uislamu.

The enormous power and influence of Islam, militarily, culturally, and religiously since its beginning is something that the West has never fully understood; the question of how, in so short a time, Islam could conquer such vast areas of the world has troubled the Western mind for decades. From 632 CE onwards Persia, Syria, Egypt, Turkey and North Africa fell to the Muslim armies, in the 8th and 9th centuries. Islam ruled as far east as India, Indonesia and China. To the Christian West the Khilafah represented a constant danger and threat and by the 15th century it became apparent to European thinkers that something would have to be done about Islam.

Ili kukabiliana na tishio la Uislamu na wafuasi wake, wanafikra wa Ulaya walitambua kwamba kwanza kulihitaji kueleweka. Haikuchukua muda kwao kubaini wazi kwamba nguvu ya Waislamu ilikuwa katika mpangilio wao kama dola, ambao uliwaunganisha, uliwalinda na kuratibu juhudi zao za kutawala dunia. Walihitimisha kwamba Dola ya Kiislamu lazima ivamiwe, imilikiwe na hatimaye iundwe upya katika umbo lisilo la kuchukiza sana. Sababu iliyotolewa kwa msimamo huu wa uchokozi, kwa Mzungu na kwa Mwislamu, ilikuwa kwamba Uislamu ulikuwa toleo lililopotoka la Ukristo, ambalo lilisababisha eneo lililokuwa kubwa wakati mmoja kuanguka katika ushenzi na ambalo lilihitaji kufufuliwa kupitia athari za ustaarabu za Magharibi ya kisasa.

To overcome the threat of Islam and its adherents the European thinkers recognised that it first needed to be understood. It soon became clear to them that the strength of the Muslims lay in their organisation as a state, which unified them, protected them and co-ordinated their efforts to dominate the world. They concluded that the Islamic State must be invaded, possessed and finally re-created in a less offensive form. The justification that was provided for this aggressive stance, to both the Westerner and the Muslim, was that Islam was a misguided version of Christianity which had caused a once great region to fall into barbarism and which needed to be revived through the civilising influences of the modern West.

Mwanzoni, Magharibi ilijaribu kuishinda Uislamu kijeshi, kwa kuanzisha kampeni kubwa ya kijeshi dhidi ya jeshi la Waislamu la Khilafah, inayojulikana kama Vita vya Msalaba. Hata hivyo, kwa Mzungu wa zama za kati ilidhihirika upesi kwamba matumaini yoyote ya kuishinda Uislamu kijeshi hayakuwa na matunda. Waislamu walikuwa wakipigana katika njia ya Allah; walikuwa wakipigania Uislamu, na kwa kuelewa kwao Uislamu kama itikadi, hawakuweza kabisa kushindwa kwa nguvu ya upanga. Kila Muislamu alijua kwamba matokeo ya vita dhidi ya makafiri yanaweza kuwa mawili tu: ushindi au kufa shahidi na kuingia peponi. Kwa hiyo hofu ya kifo haikuwa na nguvu juu yao, nao wangefurahi kutoa maisha yao kwa ajili ya Uislamu. Hali hii ilipokuwa dhahiri kwa majeshi ya makafiri, ambao kwa kulinganisha hawakuwa tayari sana kujitoa mhanga kwa ajili ya sababu ambayo kwa kiasi kikubwa haikuwa na maana halisi kwao, walifanya njama ya kuwashinda Waislamu kwa kuendesha kampeni ya kifikra dhidi yao, kwa kushambulia dhana muhimu za Kiislamu na kupandikiza fikra potofu mahali pake.

Initially, the West attempted to defeat Islam militarily, with the launching of a vast military campaign against the Muslim army of the Khilafah known as the Crusades, yet for the medieval Westerner it soon became clear that any hope of defeating Islam militarily was fruitless. The Muslims were fighting in the way of Allah; they were fighting for Islam and with their understanding of Islam as an ideology they simply could not be defeated by the power of the sword. Every Muslim knew that there could only be two results of a battle with the kuffar : victory or martyrdom and paradise. Fear of death therefore had no sway on them, and they would gladly give up their lives for the sake of Islam. As this became obvious to the armies of the kuffar, who in comparison were not so willing to sacrifice themselves for a cause which by and large had no real meaning for them, they conspired to defeat the Muslims through the waging of an intellectual campaign against them by attacking the key Islamic concepts and implanting false ideas in their place.

Mpango huu ulitekelezwa kwa ufanisi wa kuharibu sana, kwa kushambulia moja kwa moja imani na desturi za Waislamu, kwa lengo la kuwatia shaka akilini mwa Waislamu kuhusu mtindo wa maisha wa Kiislamu na uwezo wake wa kutekelezwa milele katika dunia inayobadilika kwa kasi. Zaidi ya hayo, ilisisitizwa mara kwa mara kwamba yeyote aliyeamini Uislamu kama ulivyo lazima awe nyuma, ameharibika na duni ikilinganishwa na wenzao wa Magharibi.

This plan was carried out with devastating efficiency, directly attacking the Muslim beliefs and practices with the aim of casting doubt into the minds of the Muslims about the Islamic way of life and its ability to be implemented for all time in a rapidly changing world. Furthermore it was constantly emphasised that anyone who did believe in Islam as such must be backward, degenerate and inferior to their Western counterparts.

Shambulio hilo lilifanywa katika pande zote za Ummah; katika nchi zinazozungumza Kituruki na Kiarabu, kupitia bara Hindi na Asia ya Kusini-Mashariki; na lilihusu mambo mengi. Khilafah ilionyeshwa kama utawala wa kidhalimu na udikteta; Jihadi ilionyeshwa kama uchokozi dhidi ya watu wote; mitala ilionyeshwa kama jambo la kishenzi au lisilostaarabika, au kama dhuluma dhidi ya wanawake; talaka ilionyeshwa kama usaliti; imani katika qadhaa na qadar ya Mungu ilitupiliwa mbali kama ujinga wa kutoamini sababu; Qur'an ilionyeshwa kama kazi nzuri ya ushairi inayotangaza tu baadhi ya maadili, si msingi wa kanuni na sheria kwa wanadamu; Muhammad ﷺ alionyeshwa kama genius mwenye hila aliyewadanganya watu, si nabii; na Mwislamu mcha Mungu alionyeshwa kama mtu mnyenyekevu sana, maskini asiyejishughulisha na mambo ya dunia, anayeishi msikitini.

The attack was waged on all fronts throughout the Ummah; in the Turkish and Arab speaking lands, through the sub-continent and South East Asia; and it came on many matters. The Khilafah was portrayed as despotic and a dictatorship; Jihad an aggression against all people; polygamy was portrayed as uncivilised or savage, or an affront against women; divorce was a betrayal; belief in divine fate and destiny was dismissed as irrational fatalism; the Qur’an was a brilliant piece of poetic writing merely promoting certain moral values, not a basis of rules and laws for mankind; Muhammad (saw) was portrayed as a devious genius who had fooled the people, not a prophet; the pious Muslim was a man of great humbleness, poor and not involved with worldly matters, and the inhabitant of the mosque.

Ideas kama hizi mara nyingi zilipata nguvu kutokana na kuwashawishi maulamaa na wasomi wa Kiislamu na makafiri; mfano mmoja ni ule wa Napoleon alipovamia Misri mwishoni mwa karne ya kumi na nane. Kupitia matumizi yake ya maulamaa, Napoleon aliweza kuendesha kampeni ya kipekee ya kuisilimu, yenye upole na uteuzi, dhidi ya Uislamu. Ilipodhihirika kwake kwamba jeshi lake lilikuwa dogo mno kuweza kujilazimisha kwa Waarabu wa Misri, alijaribu kuwafanya maimamu wa huko, maqadhi, mufti na maulamaa wafasiri Qur'ani kwa manufaa ya 'Grande Armée,' kwa kuwadanganya kuhusu nia zake katika eneo hilo. Hili pamoja na kuwabembeleza na kuwasifia maulamaa wa al-Azhar lilifanikiwa, na punde wakazi wa Cairo walionekana kupoteza mashaka yao dhidi ya wavamizi. Baadaye Napoleon alimpa naibu wake maagizo makali baada ya kuondoka, ya kwamba Misri isimamiwe daima kupitia Waorientalisti na viongozi wa kidini wa Kiislamu ambao wangeweza kuwashawishi; mikakati mingine ilionekana kuwa ghali mno na ya kijinga. Sera kama hizi zinaendelea hadi leo kupitia kile kinachoitwa 'maulamaa wa serikali' katika nchi za Kiislamu, ambao mara kwa mara hutoa hukumu zinazoitwa 'za Kiislamu' kulingana na matakwa ya Magharibi, hivyo kuwezesha malengo ya Magharibi ya kuweka Uislamu nyuma tu katika maisha ya Waislamu.

Such ideas were all too often given weight by the winning over of scholars and learned men of Islam by the kuffar; one such example being that of Napoleon when he invaded Egypt in the late eighteenth century. Through his use of the scholars Napoleon was able to wage a uniquely benign and selective campaign against Islam. When it became obvious to Napoleon that his force was too small to impose itself on the Egyptians he tried to make the local imams, qadis, muftis and ulema interpret the Qur’an in favour of the ‘Grande Armée,’ by deceiveing them about his intentions in the area. This along with the flattering and cajoling of the scholars of al-Azhar worked, and soon the population of Cairo seemed to have lost its distrust of the occupiers. Napoleon later gave his deputy strict instructions after he left always to administer Egypt through the Orientalists and religious Islamic leaders whom they could win over; any other strategies were seen as too expensive and foolish. Such policies continue to this very day with the likes of ‘government scholars’ in the Muslim countries, who consistently produce so-called ‘Islamic’ judgements in accordance with the wishes of the West, thereby facilitating the West’s objectives of keeping Islam only in the backgrounds of Muslim’s lives.

Ili kudhoofisha imani na uelewa wa Waislamu juu ya Uislamu, mataifa ya Ulaya, huku Uingereza ikicheza nafasi kuu, yalifanya kazi kuanzisha harakati ndani ya ulimwengu wa Kiislamu ambazo zingeweza kufanya kazi ya kuuangusha Uislamu na kuwagawanya Waislamu. Mfumo tata wa kutekeleza lengo hilo ulianzishwa mwanzoni kwa namna ya wamishonari kama vile Jumuiya ya Kukuza Maarifa ya Kikristo (1698), Jumuiya ya Kueneza Injili katika Nchi za Ng'ambo (1701), Jumuiya ya Kimishonari ya Kanisa (1799), Jumuiya ya Biblia ya Uingereza na ya Nje ya Nchi (1804) na kadhalika.

To encourage this weakening of the Muslims’ belief and understanding of Islam, the European states, with Britain playing a leading role, worked to establish movements within the Muslim world which could work to bring down Islam and divide Muslims. A complex apparatus for tending this purpose was established initially in the form of missionaries such as the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (1698), the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (1701), the Church Missionary Society (1799), the British and Foreign Bible Society (1804) and so on.

Zaidi ya hayo, kulikuwa na kuongezeka kwa jamii za biashara, jamii za kielimu, mifuko ya uchunguzi wa kijiografia, mifuko ya tafsiri, pamoja na kuanzishwa kwa shule za kigeni, ofisi za balozi, viwanda, na wakati mwingine hata jumuiya kubwa za Wazungu. Mambo haya yote yaliipa Magharibi maslahi yanayozidi kuongezeka katika eneo hilo, ambayo hatimaye yangepata uhalali wa uwepo wao wa kimwili zaidi katika nchi hizi, kutokana na haja ya kulinda maslahi hayo. Wakati huo huo, taasisi kama hizo zilikuwa kimbilio la watu kama Muhammad ‘Ali huko Cairo na Ibrahim Pasha huko Syria, ambao waliandikishwa kuunga mkono sababu ya Magharibi.

In addition there was to be an influx of trading societies, learned societies, geographical exploration funds, translation funds, as well as the implantation of foreign schools, consular offices, factories and sometimes even large European communities. All gave the West increasing interests in the area which would eventually gain legitimacy for their more physical presence in these lands, due to the need to protect such interests. In the meantime such institutions were havens for men like Muhammad ‘Ali in Cairo and Ibrahim Pasha in Syria who were recruited to the Western cause.

Kwa upande mwingine, msukumo wa mara kwa mara wa wazo la ubora wa Magharibi na udhaifu wa Waislamu uliwahimiza Waislamu wengi kusafiri kwenda Ulaya ili kuketi kwenye miguu ya makafiri na kupata elimu kutoka kwao, kisha kurudi katika nchi zao ili kuwafundisha wenzao jinsi ya kuwa 'wastaarabu' na 'wa kisasa', hata ingawa jambo hilo lilimaanisha kukubali itikadi ya Magharibi, ikiwemo kukubali mawazo kama demokrasia, usekula, mchanganyiko wa wanaume na wanawake, uhuru n.k., ambayo yote yanapingana na mtazamo wa Kiislamu.

On another level the constant pushing of the idea of Western superiority and Muslim inferiority encouraged many Muslims to make a pilgrimage to Europe to sit at the feet of and be educated by the kuffar, then return to their homelands in order to teach their fellows how to become ‘civilised’ and ‘modern’, even though it meant adopting the ideology of the West, including its acceptance of ideas like democracy, secularism, free mixing, freedom etc., which all contradict the Islamic viewpoint.

Mawazo haya yaliathiri sana fikra za Waislamu, na kusababisha wengi katika Ummah kuvutiwa na mitindo ya maisha isiyo ya Kiislamu. Hata leo mwelekeo huu unaonekana wazi katika baadhi ya makundi ya Ummah.

These ideas had a dramatic affect on the Muslim mindset, causing many in the Ummah to be enchanted by non-Islamic ways of life. Even today this attitude is manifest in some sections of the Ummah.

Hata hivyo, hakuna kitu kilichofanikiwa zaidi katika kazi ya kuwagawanya Waislamu dhidi ya Waislamu wenzao na kuwatenganisha na Uislamu kama kupandikizwa kwa 'assabiyah (utaifa). Ni hisia hizi za utaifa na uzalendo ndizo zilizowatenganisha Waislamu vibaya sana na kila mmoja, hatimaye zikasababisha kuangamizwa kwa Khilafah. Fikra na hisia kama hizo zilichochewa kupitia uvamizi wa taratibu na ugawanyaji wa Dola ya Kiislamu kuwa nchi tofauti, kila moja ikiwa na maslahi na malengo yake ya kitaifa, hivyo kuongeza mgawanyiko miongoni mwa Waislamu, hadi leo tunapokuwa na angalau nchi 55 tofauti, na tunajiona kuwa Wapakistani, Wajordan na Wamisri badala ya Waislamu. Dhana kama hizi bado zimo miongoni mwa wengi katika Ummah leo, zikiendelea kama ugonjwa unaostahili kuwekwa mbali tu. Muhammad ﷺ amesema: "Si miongoni mwetu aliye wito wa 'assabiyah, wala si miongoni mwetu aliye pigana kwa ajili ya 'assabiyah, wala si miongoni mwetu aliye kufa kwa ajili ya 'assabiyah." (Abu Daud) Baada ya kuwadhoofisha Waislamu kwa kushambulia uelewa wao wa Uislamu na kuanzisha dhana potofu na zilizopotoshwa, mamlaka kongwe za kikoloni za Uingereza, Ufaransa na Urusi zilipanga njama ya kutoa pigo la mwisho dhidi ya Waislamu kwa kuiangamiza Dola ya Kiislamu; kuvunja maeneo yake, kuondoa Khaleefah na mfumo aliouwakilisha, kuunda nchi bandia, na kuweka rasilimali kubwa za Ummah mikononi mwa familia ndogo zinazounga mkono Magharibi.

However nothing has been more successful in the work to bring Muslim against Muslim and distancing them from Islam than the implantation of assabiyah (nationalism). It was such feelings of nationalism and patriotism that so devastatingly severed the Muslims from each other and eventually led to the destruction of the Khilafah. Such ideas and feelings were encouraged through the gradual occupation and division of the Islamic State into separate states, each with their own individual national interests and objectives thereby increasing the disunity amongst the Muslims, until today when we have at least 55 different states, and we see ourselves as Pakistani, Jordanian and Egyptian rather than Muslims. Such concepts remain amongst many in the Ummah today, lingering like a disease fit only to be kept at a distance; Muhammad (saw) said, “He is not one of us who calls for assabiyah, and he is not one of us who fights for assabiyah, and he is not one of us who dies for assabiyah.” Abu Daud Having successfully crippled the Muslims by waging such an attack upon their understanding of Islam and the introduction of corrupted and false concepts, the old imperialist powers of Britain, France and Russia went on to conspire to strike the final blow against the Muslims by destroying the Islamic State; to break up its territories, to abolish the Khaleefah and the system he represented, to create artificial states and to place the enormous resources of the Ummah into the hands of tiny pro-Western families.

Kwa kweli, katika karne yote ya 1800 makafiri walidhoofisha umoja wa Dola kwa kuchukua maeneo na kuchochea mifarakano miongoni mwa watu waliokuwa wakiishi ndani yake. Wakati huo huo, walipambana kwa bidii kuondoa kila dalili ya Sheria ya Kiislamu katika utawala wa Uturuki. Mnamo mwaka 1855, shinikizo kutoka Uingereza lilitekelezwa kupitia mawakala kama Rasheed Pasha, kwa ajili ya kuanzishwa kwa katiba mpya ambayo Uislamu usingekuwa tena kanuni ya Dola, bali ungekuwa tu 'dini rasmi' ya Dola.

In fact, throughout the 1800’s the kuffar chipped away at the unity of the State by taking territories, and inciting division amongst the people that lived within it. At the same time they fought hard to remove all traces of Islamic Law from ruling in Turkey. In 1855 pressure was applied from Britain and carried by agents like Rasheed Pasha for the establishment of a new constitution in which Islam would no longer be the code of the State but simply the ‘official religion’ of the State.

Kufikia mwanzoni mwa karne hii, Khilafah ilikuwa imejulikana kama ‘mgonjwa wa Ulaya’, na mataifa ya Ulaya yalipanga mipango ya kuiua Dola hiyo kabisa bila kurudi nyuma. Nchi nyingi zilifanya njama za kuleta anguko lake, kama inavyoelezwa katika telegramu hii kutoka kwa balozi wa Urusi jijini London kwenda kwa Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje wa Urusi mwaka 1915:

By the turn of the century, the Khilafah had become known as the ‘sick man of Europe’, and the European powers laid plans to kill the State off irrevocably. Many countries conspired to bring its downfall, for example as this telegram from the Russian ambassador in London to the Russian Foreign Minister in 1915 details :

"Serikali ya Italia inaunga mkono maoni ya serikali ya Urusi ya umuhimu wa kutenganisha serikali ya Kiislamu, itakayoanzishwa Hijaz, na Khilafah, na kuiweka chini ya udhibiti kamili wa Uingereza. Serikali ya Italia inaunga mkono kwa moyo wote kuiondoa Khilafah mikononi mwa Waturuki na kuivunja ikiwa itahitajika." "Kwa msaada wa vibaraka wa Magharibi, kama Mustafa Kamal - baba wa udhalilishaji - nchini Uturuki, Uislamu uliondolewa kwa utaratibu kutoka katika mambo yote ya maisha ndani ya ardhi za Waislamu. Khilafah iliharibiwa; lugha ya Kiarabu ilibadilishwa na lugha na lahaja za kienyeji, misikiti ilifungwa, na hijab (vazi la Kiislamu kwa wanawake) lilipigwa marufuku. Dola kuu ya dunia ya Khilafah, iliyokuwa ikitekeleza dini ya Allah (SWT), ilipunguzwa kuwa nchi dhaifu tu pembezoni mwa Ulaya. Wakati wote huo wengi wa Waislamu walikaa kimya wakitazama usaliti huu, jambo linaloonyesha mafanikio ambayo makundi ya kizalendo na ya kisekula yalipata katika kupotosha uelewa wa Waislamu kuhusu imani yao na wajibu ambao imani kwa Allah (SWT) inautaka."

“The Italian government supports the Russian government’s opinion of the necessity of separating the Islamic government, which is to be established in Hijaz, from the Khilafah, and to put it under the absolute control of Britain. The Italian government wholeheartedly supports wresting the Khilafah from the Turks and abolishing it if necessary.” With the help of the Western puppets, like Mustafa Kamal - the father of humiliation - in Turkey, Islam was systematically removed from all of lifes affairs within the Muslim lands - the Khilafah was destroyed; Arabic was replaced with regional languages and dialects, mosques were closed and the hijab (Islamic dress for women) was forbidden; the once global superpower of the Khilafah, implementing the deen of Allah (swt) was reduced to simply a weak country on the periphery of Europe. All the while the majority of the Muslims sat by in silence as they watched this treachery, indicating the success that the nationalist and secular groups enjoyed in warping the understanding of the Muslims of their creed and the duties that belief in Allah (swt) demand.

Mafanikio ya shambulio hili la kifikra dhidi ya Waislamu yamekuwa ya kushangaza, na yenye nguvu zaidi kuliko shambulio lolote la kijeshi lingeweza kuwa. Leo Waislamu wengi wamegawanyika kwa ugonjwa wa utaifa; wanageukia Magharibi kupata elimu yao, na wameiacha Uislamu kwenye ulingo wa msikiti. Siri ya mafanikio hayo imekuwa uwezo wa makafiri wa kuunda upya uelewa wa Waislamu kuhusu Uislamu kama dini rahisi tu, na si njia ya maisha, yaani usekula. Ufunguo wa jambo hili umekuwa kupungua kwa ujuzi wa lugha ya Kiarabu ya kitamaduni, jambo lililosababisha pia kukosekana kwa uelewa wa Qur'ani na Sunnah, na hivyo kanuni na sheria za Uislamu kuhusu mambo yote ya Muislamu. Matokeo yake yamekuwa kushushwa kwa Uislamu hadi kwenye mkeka wa kuswalia.

The success of this intellectual attack upon the Muslims has been staggering, much more potent than any military attack could have been. Today so many Muslims are divided by the disease of nationalism; they turn to the West for their knowledge and they have left Islam to the realm of the mosque. The secret behind such success has been the ability of the kuffar to re-create the Muslims understanding of Islam as a simple religion and not a way of life, i.e. secularism. The key to this has been the decline in the knowledge of the classical Arabic language which ensured also the lack of understanding of both the Qur’an and the Sunnah, and hence the rules and laws of Islam regarding all affairs of the Muslim. The result has been the relegation of Islam to the prayer mat.

Pamoja na kuporomoka huku kwa kutisha kwa Waislamu, kulikuja pia mashambulizi endelevu kutoka kwa makafiri ya picha hasi za Uislamu na Waislamu; Waislamu walionekana kuwa magaidi wanaopanda ngamia, walafi wasio na adabu wa kikatili ambao hawakuwa wamestaarabika kikamilifu wala hata binadamu kamili, hivyo wakaonyeshwa kuwa ni tusi kwa ulimwengu wa Magharibi uliostaarabika. Matokeo ya mwisho ni kwamba ulimwengu wa Kiislamu leo ni satelaiti ya kiakili, kisiasa, kiuchumi na kitamaduni ya mamlaka za Magharibi. Rasi ya Arabia inachukuliwa na mamlaka za Magharibi kuwa "chanzo kikubwa mno cha nguvu za kimkakati na zawadi kubwa zaidi ya kimali katika historia ya dunia." Marekani inatambua hasa kwamba kudhibiti vyanzo vya mafuta vya eneo hili ni njia ya kudhibiti dunia, na leo, isipokuwa nchi chache tu, tawala nyingi za eneo hili ziko chini ya udhibiti wa moja kwa moja wa Marekani au Uingereza.

Alongside this devastating decline of the Muslims came the constant bombardment by the kuffar of negative images of both Islam and Muslims; Muslims were camel riding terrorists, barbaric lechers who were not completely civilised nor indeed human, and they were thus shown to be an affront to the civilised west. The ultimate result is that the Islamic world is today an intellectual, political, economic and cultural satellite of the Western powers. The Arabian peninsula is considered by the Western powers to constitute “A stupendous source of strategic power and the greatest material prize in the world’s history.” The United States is especially aware that the control of the region’s oil supplies is a lever to control the world, and today with the exception of all but a few states most of the regions regimes are under direct US or British control.

Kwa bahati mbaya, athari za njama hizi na mashambulizi hizi hazijaisha kuwa historia tu. Leo Ummah umeugua na umedhoofika. Dhana potofu zilizopenya katika imani na matendo yetu kutokana na kupuuza kwetu kuelewa Uislamu ni kama saratani inayoteketeza kila kitu, inayotuweka dhaifu na inayowajaza makafiri furaha kwa mateso yetu. Tumesahau kwamba sisi ndio Ummah bora, tumesahau nguvu na uwezo wa Uislamu kama dini. Tumesahau kwamba makafiri hawataturidhia mpaka wakiwa wameiharibu dini yetu. Tunapaswa kukumbuka kwamba Uislamu ni zawadi kutoka kwa Muumba wa ulimwengu wote, ambayo inapaswa kuleta heshima na haki kwa wanadamu, si udhalilifu.

Unfortunately the effects of these conspiracies and attacks are not a thing of the past, today the Ummah is disease ridden and weak, the corrupt concepts which have filtered into our belief and action through our neglect of understanding Islam are like an all-consuming cancer which keeps us weak and fills the kuffar with delight at our suffering. We have forgotten that we are the best Ummah, we have forgotten the strength and power of Islam as a deen. We have forgotten that the non-believers will never be satisfied with us until they have destroyed our deen. We should remember that Islam is a gift from the Creator of all the universe which should bring dignity and justice to mankind, not humiliation..

Leo, kwa kweli, chanzo pekee cha matatizo mengi yanayokumba Umma, iwe ni vita, njaa, rushwa na dhulma, ni kukosekana kwa mfumo wa maisha wa Kiislamu, unaodhihirishwa na Khilafah. Bila Khilafah, maisha yetu na heshima zetu hazina ulinzi, na makafiri wanaweza kutesa, kubaka na kuua bila hofu yoyote ya kulipizwa kisasi. Rasilimali zetu na ardhi zetu ni mawindo rahisi kwa wote wanaotaka kuziiba na kuzinyonya. Akili zetu zimewekwa chini ya uongo, upotoshaji na kashfa dhidi ya dini, bila sauti ya ukweli inayoweza kusimama mbele ya haya kwa mamlaka na nguvu. Kwa matatizo haya yote tunaona wazi kwamba kurejeshwa kwa Khilafah ni jambo muhimu sana kwa Umma wa Kiislamu.

Today, the sole factor behind the many problems faced by the Ummah, whether it is wars, famine, corruption and oppression, is the absence of the Islamic way of life, manifested by the Khilafah. Without the Khilafah, our lives and honour have no protection, and the kuffar can torture, rape and kill, without any fear of retribution. Our resources and lands are easy prey for all who want to steal and exploit them. Our minds are subjected to lies, distortion and slander of the deen, with no voice of truth that can stand up in the face of this with authority and force. With all of these problems we can see clearly that the re-establishment of the Khilafah the vital issue for the Muslim Ummah.

Tunapaswa kujikomboa na ushawishi wa ufisadi na ukafiri ambao ujinga wetu umetufikisha kuuangukia, na kurejea tena kwenye Uislamu, tukiupanda imara mioyoni mwetu na akilini mwetu wote, kwa kujielimisha kuhusu sheria zake na mifumo yake ambayo ni kamilifu kwa ujumla wake, ni neema kutoka kwa Allah (SWT).

We must shake off the influence of corruption and disbelief which our ignorance has caused us to fall into and turn once again to Islam, planting it firmly in all our hearts and minds, by educating ourselves as to its laws and systems which are perfect in their entirety, a blessing from Allah (swt).