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Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh.
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon His Messenger.
Dear sister, we commend your keenness on getting your self well-acquainted with Islam and its teachings, and we implore Allah Almighty to help us serve His cause and render our work for His Sake.
Answering the question you raised, Dr. `Ali Jum`ah, professor of Islamic Jurisprudence, Al-Azhar University, states the following:
“Originally, the word “terrorism” is a Qur’anic word that means warding off the aggressor and bringing people back to the straight path. Allah Almighty says: “Make ready for them all thou canst of (armed) force and of horses tethered, that thereby ye may dismay the enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others beside them whom ye know not. Allah knoweth them…” (Al-Anfal: 60)
Here, it is clear, on the one hand, that terrorism is meant to terrify the enemies of Muslims who are in the dark about the truth.
Mass media, on the other hand, have used this Qur’anic term out of its context and now the equivalents of the word terrorism are aggression, injustice, tyranny, killing innocent civilians, etc. All these forms are categorically rejected in Islam. Allah Almighty says: “…and do not transgress limits, for Allah loves not the transgressors.” (Al-Baqarah: 190)
To say that Ibn Laden and his group are terrorists is something related to personal judgment rather than a fatwa. It is better that such matter be left for an impartial judiciary to decide, by probing into evidence and addressing related issues that will help it reach final decisions, instead of playing tricks with people’s minds and avoid dealing with the issue extensively.
Actually, some people have wrongly tampered with concepts, distorted facts, thus mixing up doubtful matters with charges, placing charges in the same category with condemnation, and put condemnation in the same category with applying punishment. Finally, they put this punishment in effect and started carrying out the punishment they decided without proper evidence and justifiable reason.
O Allah! Have mercy upon all Muslims from the clues of their enemies and guide them so that they might act as a means in guiding others, Amen.”
You can also read:
What Does Islam Say about Terrorism?
Islam versus Terrorism
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