"伊斯兰教的教义为公正、温和的待人处事和行为举止留下了伟大的传统，激励人们追求高尚与宽容。这些是最高层次的人类教义，同时也切实可行。这些教义造就了一个社会，在这个社会中，冷酷无情、集体压迫和不公正的现象，相较于此前的所有其他社会，都是最少的……伊斯兰教充满了温和、礼貌与兄弟情谊。"——H.G.威尔斯 在西方对伊斯兰教最新一轮的诋毁中，一位名不见经传的作家谢丽·琼斯（Sherry Jones）出版了她的著作《麦地那之珠》，尽管全球各地的穆斯林团体强烈抗议。once again，穆斯林又一次被要求认同西方的言论自由观念，并尊重谢丽对先知穆罕默德ﷺ那令人反感的描绘。

“The Islamic teachings have left great traditions for equitable and gentle dealings and behaviour, and inspire people with nobility and tolerance. These are human teachings of the highest order and at the same time practicable. These teachings brought into existence a society in which hard-heartedness and collective oppression and injustice were the least as compared with all other societies preceding it....Islam is replete with gentleness, courtesy, and fraternity.” --H.G. Wells n the latest bout of West’ s defamation of Islam, an obscure writer Sherry Jones succeeded in the publication of her book Jewel of Medina, despite vehement protests from Muslim groups around the world. Once again Muslims are expected to subscribe to West’ s notion of freedom of expression and respect Sherry’ s offensive portrayal of the Messenger Muhammed (SAW)

与他最年幼的妻子阿伊莎(RA)同在。ii. 今年早些时候,至少十七家丹麦报纸发誓捍卫言论自由,并转载了一幅贬损先知穆罕默德ﷺ(SAW)的漫画。保守派大报《柏林记者报》(Berlingske Tidende)在一篇社论中写道:"言论自由赋予你思考、发言和描绘你所愿之物的权利……无论有多少恐怖主义阴谋……"显而易见,欧洲和美国并未从2005年《日德兰邮报》(Jyllands-Posten)决定发表原始漫画时穆斯林所发出的抗议中吸取任何教训。

with his youngest wife Aisha (RA)ii. Earlier in this year, at least seventeen Danish newspapers vowed to defend freedom of expression and reprinted a degrading caricature of Prophet Mohammed (SAW). The conservative broadsheet Berlingske Tidende wrote in an editorial: "Freedom of expression gives you the right to think, to speak and to draw what you like... no matter how many terrorist plots there are...” It is evident that both Europe and America did not learn anything from the outcry of Muslims that accompanied the newspaper Jyllands-Posten decision to publish the original cartoons in 2005.

在欧洲，伊斯兰教遭受抨击已成为一种蔓延全欧洲的流行病。荷兰政府拒绝对荷兰国会议员赫特·维尔德斯采取行动，此人曾制作一段贬损《古兰经》的视频。荷兰政府以言论自由为由为维尔德斯的行为辩护。法国和德国对佩戴希贾布（头巾）实行了禁令。欧洲的安全部门也经常骚扰、逮捕并虐待穆斯林，仅仅因为他们是穆斯林。

In Europe Islam bashing is an epidemic that infected the whole continent. The Dutch government refused to take action against Dutch Member of Parliament Geert Wilders who made a derogatory video about the Quran. The government defended Wilder‘s actions by citing freedom of expression. France and Germany have imposed a ban on the wearing of hijabs. European security forces routinely harass, arrest and torture Muslims for simply being Muslims.

作家和记者被认为有权侮辱伊斯兰教,而政客们也热烈地捍卫他们这样做的权利。以意大利战地记者奥里亚娜·法拉奇(Oriana Fallaci)为例,她写了一本名为《愤怒与骄傲》(Anger and Pride)的书,书中将穆斯林描述为"在洗礼盆里撒尿的卑劣生物",并称他们"像老鼠一样繁衍"。意大利国防部长安东尼奥·马蒂诺(Antonio Martino)赞扬法拉奇有勇气写出这本书,这令穆斯林深感震惊。在英国,政府部长们打着自由与宽容的旗号,经常贬低伊斯兰教,并为英国穆斯林设立了新的标准,要求他们向国家宣誓效忠。

Writers and journalists are free to insult Islam and their right to do so is passionately defended by politicians. Take Oriana Fallaci, the Italian war correspondent wrote a book entitled 'Anger and Pride' in which she described Muslims as 'vile creatures who urinate in baptisteries' and 'multiply like rats'. To the horror of Muslims, Italy's Defence Minister, Antonio Martino, praised Fallaci for having the courage to write the book. In Britain under the guise of freedom and tolerance, government ministers routinely denigrate Islam and set new benchmarks for British Muslims to pledge their loyalty to the state.

在穆斯林眼中,美国作为西方的头号国家,因其在阿布格莱布和关塔那摩对穆斯林的羞辱与酷刑而臭名昭著;它应对伊拉克清真寺的破坏和亵渎负责,是穆斯林女性的践踏者,也是数以万计无辜穆斯林的杀害者。人权组织、记者、律师、美国官员、前囚犯和强奸受害者的证词,都讲述了美国对伊斯兰发动的战争所造成的真实恐怖。在这场战争中,西方所倡导的“宗教自由”和“表达自由”的理想,已让位于宗教不宽容和反穆斯林的煽动。

In Muslims eyes, America -- the leading state of the West -- is notorious for the humiliation and torture of Muslims in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, responsible for the destruction and defilement of Iraq’ s mosques, the debaser of Muslim women and the slayer of tens of thousands of innocent Muslims. Testimonies from human rights organizations, journalists, lawyers, US officials, former prisoners and rape victims all tell the true horror of America’ s war on Islam. In this war, western ideals of 'religious freedom’ and ‘freedom of expression’ have given way to religious intolerance and anti-Muslim demagoguery.

远离华盛顿的地方，美国媒体、受人尊敬的智库以及宗教右翼领袖们（他们是布什总统最亲密的盟友之一）利用言论自由诋毁伊斯兰教。弗兰克林·格雷厄姆牧师称伊斯兰教是"极其邪恶的宗教"。福音派布道者帕特·罗伯逊称先知穆罕默德ﷺ"是一个彻头彻尾的狂热分子……一个强盗和土匪……一个杀人犯"。杰瑞·福尔韦尔称伊斯兰教的先知ﷺ是恐怖分子。

Away from Washington, the US media, esteemed think tanks and leaders of the religious right who are counted among President Bush's closest allies exploited free speech to vilify Islam. Rev. Franklin Graham, described Islam as a "very evil and wicked religion". Evangelist Pat Robertson, called Prophet Muhammad "an absolute wild-eyed fanatic . . . a robber and brigand . . . a killer". Jerry Falwell called the Prophet of Islam a terrorist.

在国际舞台上，西方迅速地为了与穆斯林世界各地的专制政权结盟而牺牲了宗教信仰自由。阿卜杜拉国王、穆沙拉夫和卡里莫夫的政权习惯性地酷刑、监禁并杀害因表达伊斯兰信仰而遭受迫害的穆斯林，却成了西方对伊斯兰发动“十字军东征”的先锋。

On the international scene the West was quick to sacrifice freedom of religion in preference for forging alliances with despotic regimes across the Muslim world. The regimes of King Abdullah, Musharraf and Karimov that habitually torture, imprison and kill Muslims for expressing their Islamic beliefs became the vanguard for the West’ s crusade against Islam.

西方声称个人可以自由崇拜他们所选择的任何神灵。但在实践中，这导致人们之间持续不断的冲突，因为一些人所信奉和践行的宗教信仰与做法，可能被另一些人视为冒犯和侮辱。因此，西方政府不断介入这些纠纷，并诉诸立法，以保护一些人的宗教权利，却以剥夺另一些人的权利为代价。通常，宗教自由的真正受益者是那些信仰与政府利益相吻合的个人或团体，或是那些有能力对政府施加影响的人。这就是为什么美国的宗教右翼可以肆无忌惮地攻击伊斯兰教，因为他们激烈的言辞与布什总统对伊斯兰教的战争完全一致。然而，如果同样是保守派基督徒去侮辱犹太人或犹太复国主义国家以色列，美国政府就会采取严厉措施制止他们的侮辱。主流媒体对吉米·卡特的孤立便是一个值得注意的例子。

The West claims that individuals are free to worship whatever deity they choose. But in practice this leads to perpetual conflicts amongst people, as religious beliefs and practices professed by some can be interpreted as offensive and insulting to others. Hence, western governments are constantly intervening in the disputes and resort to legislation to protect the religious rights of some people by depriving others. Often, the real benefactors of freedom of religion are those individuals or groups whose beliefs coincide with the interests of the government or those who possess the ability to exert influence over the government. That is why the religious right in America is allowed to attack Islam because their fiery rhetoric is in full harmony with President Bush's war on Islam. However, if the same conservative Christians were to insult Jews or the Zionist state of Israel the US government would adopt stern measures to curb their insults. The ostracizing of Jimmy Cater by the main stream media is a noteworthy example.

西方政府有时以宗教自由或言论自由为借口，撬开那些对西方价值观封闭的社会；而当这些自由与其利益不相符时，又对其完全置之不理。就卡里莫夫在安集延*制造的针对穆斯林的大屠杀而言，西方选择了淡化其回应，因为抗议者是虔诚的伊斯兰教信徒，而非民主派。这种虚伪只会加深穆斯林的一种认知：美国和欧洲所真正关心的，只是彻底摧毁伊斯兰的价值观和习俗。 *注：此处"Andijoni"为原文拼写，依原样音译为安集延（Andijon）。

Western governments use religious freedom or freedom of expression to pry open societies closed to western values or totally ignore freedom when it does not concur with their interests. In the case of Karimov’ s massacre of Muslims in Andijoniii, the West has chosen to dilute its response, as the protesters were avid practitioners of Islam and not democracy. Such hypocrisy only serves to underscore the perception amongst Muslims that America and Europe are solely interested in the utter destruction of Islamic values and practices.

伊斯兰教并不认同所谓"言论自由"或"信仰自由"这种虚幻的观念——即由少数人决定哪些信仰和思想在法律上不容置疑，哪些信仰和思想则可以任意批评和立法。伊斯兰教规定，生命、荣誉、鲜血、财产、信仰、种族和理智都应受到伊斯兰国家的保护。哈里发国的所有公民都享有这些权利，无论他们是穆斯林还是非穆斯林。伊斯兰教还保护非穆斯林的礼拜权利，使其无需担心受到报复或对其信仰的诋毁。安拉的使者ﷺ说："伤害齐米（哈里发国的非穆斯林公民）的人，就是伤害我；伤害我的人，就是伤害安拉。"因此，穆斯林侮辱非穆斯林的信仰或损害其礼拜场所是被禁止的。在哈里发国的庇护之下，伊斯兰历史在保障非穆斯林宗教权利方面，堪称无与伦比。

Islam does not believe in the fanciful idea of freedom of religion or freedom of expression, where a handful of men decide which beliefs and thoughts are legally beyond reproach, and which beliefs and thoughts are subject to unfettered criticism and legislation. Islam stipulates that life, honour, blood, property, belief, race and the mind are to be protected by the Islamic State. All the citizens of the Caliphate are guaranteed these rights, irrespective of whether they are Muslim or non-Muslims. Islam also protects the rights of non-Muslims to worship without any fear of retribution or vilification of their beliefs. The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said: "One who hurts a dhimmi (non-Muslim citizen of the Caliphate), he hurts me and the one who hurts me, hurts Allah" Therefore, it is prohibited for a Muslim to insult the beliefs of a non-Muslim or to harm their places of worship. Islamic history is unrivalled in its capacity to guarantee the religious rights of non-Muslims under the shade of the Caliphate.

穆斯林生活在西方所支持的暴虐政权统治之下，必须认识到：举行示威或抵制西方商品，并不能阻止西方对他们发动进一步的侵略。要阻止西方及其代理人攻击伊斯兰、羞辱穆斯林，唯一的途径是重建哈里发制度。哈里发制度直到其最后的日子，仍保障着穆斯林的权利。在苏丹阿卜杜勒-哈米德二世统治期间，英国决定上演一出以贬损方式描绘安拉的使者ﷺ生平的戏剧。苏丹阿卜杜勒-哈米德得知此事后，向英国政府投诉，要求停演该剧。英国政府以言论自由为由为其上演决定辩护。但当苏丹阿卜杜勒-哈米德以军事行动威胁英国时，英国立即让步。

Muslims living under the tyrannical rule of regimes supported by the West need to realize that holding demonstration or boycotting western goods will not prevent the West from undertaking further acts of aggression against them. The only way to prevent the West and her surrogates from attacking Islam and humiliating Muslims is to re-establish the Caliphate. The rights of the Muslims were protected, until the very last days of the Caliphate. During the rule of Sultan Abdul Hamid II, Britain decided to stage a play, which depicted the life of the Messenger of Allah (SAW) in a derogatory manner. On hearing this Sultan Abdul Hamid complained to the British government to stop the play. The British government defended its decision to hold the play citing free speech. But when Sultan Abdul Hamid threatened Britain with military action Britain immediately relented.

2008年10月7日

October 7, 2008