CAIRO,
October 22 (IslamOnline.net) - The Iraqis could deal with the
U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council, but they have on the same time
resist the occupation forces, the leader of the Lebanese Islamic group
said on Wednesday, October 22.
"Resistance
is one part of the story, which does not terminate another one; having
to deal with the occupier," Faysal Mulawy, also a prominent
politician, said in a study a copy of which was sent to IslamOnline.net.
So,
Mulawy said, Iraqis could join the governing body, which many of
ordinary people of the war-ravaged country slammed as a tool at the
hands of U.S. occupation authorities.
However,
he conditioned the participation on that it is meant to serve interests
of the Iraqis or turn them away from harm's way," read the study.
"But
there is still no legitimate authority to be at the helm of Iraq at this
critical juncture," he maintained, citing two reasons.
"First;
any formula imposed by the occupation forces is illegitimate. Second;
Iraqis have no mechanism by which they could select their legitimate
leadership after the overthrow of the former regime," he said.
The
prominent religious scholar added that "Iraqis are also now
exhausted after three consecutive wars, which have paralyzed the
country's partisan, religious and political powers".
Therefore,
the edict deemed it possible to deal with the U.S.-picked body in order
to set up a new regime for the power-vacuumed country and render civil
services to people now plagued by a general state of chaos and anarchy.
Asking
how Iraqis could deal with a council which does not hold much reference
to the Islamic law or Sharia, the Lebanese Islamic leader said it was
much better than nothing.
"Dealing
with the occupiers to affirm their grip on the country is haram,
but it is allowed at the very least if this is aimed at precipitating an
end to this occupation and serving the Iraqis' interests," he said.
The
senior Islamic scholar said the council had turned up as a compromise
triggered by Iraqi resistance attacks.
"Occupation
forces had wanted to directly deal with Iraqi advisors, a plan aborted
by both political opposition and resistance attacks, leaving them with
no other option but to establish the governing body," said Mulawy.
However,
Mulawy said, members of the Iraqi Governing Council should quit if they
failed to "force the occupation forces out in a peaceful way".
Instead,
he suggested a national authority to take over, in which all of
political and religious powers should make presence.
"This
authority would impose itself on the occupation forces, and would have
significant role at the transitional period".
Two
Jihads
As
for resistance to occupation forces, the Lebanese senior politician said
distinction should be drawn between "Jihad of the individual and
that of the nation".
"If
the Muslim's land is occupied, Jihad (armed struggle) is individual
duty, while the nation needs a rather over-all fatwa taking into
consideration all developments," he said.
Attacks
against U.S. and British forces have increased, as ordinary people were
awash in anti-American sentiments, leaving more than 100 soldiers dead
since the invasion of Iraq.
"There
is a need to draw a plan to eject the occupation forces out, in which
all of the potentials should be used, and even those who could not
afford the Jihad could try other ways," Mulawy said.
Mulawy's
fatwa is not the first on the Iraqi Governing council.
