A call to all Muslim doctors, engineers, scholars, and specialists
Amirul-Mu’minin said: “We make a special call to the scholars, fuqaha’ (experts in Islamic jurisprudence), and callers, especially the judges, as well as people with military, administrative, and service expertise, and medical doctors and engineers of all different specializations and fields.
We call them and remind them to fear Allah, for their emigration is wajib ‘ayni (an individual obligation), so that they can answer the dire need of the Muslims for them. People are ignorant of their religion and they thirst for those who can teach them and help them understand it. So fear Allah, O slaves of Allah.”
IS also provides a roadmap (more like a method to its madness). The foundation seems to be the creation of chaos:
In short, these phases consist of immigrating to a land with a weak central authority to use as a base where a jama’ah can form, recruit members, and train them. (If such a land does not exist or hijrah is not possible, the place can be formed through long campaigns of nikayah attacks carried out by underground mujahid cells. These attacks will compel apostate forces to partially withdraw from rural territory and regroup in major urban regions.)
The jama’ah would then take advantage of the situation by increasing the chaos to a point leading to the complete collapse of the taghut regime in entire areas, a situation some refer to as “tawahhush” (“mayhem”). The next step would be to fill the vacuum by managing the state of affairs to the point of developing into a full-fledged state, and continuing expansion into territory still under control of the taghut.
This has always been the roadmap towards Khilafah for the mujahidin.
Why does ISIS behead people? I have no idea, but perhaps it's related to this quote from the report, about a gathering at which those present received a message from the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam).
‘Abdur-Rahman Ibn ‘Abd Rabbil-Ka’bah narrated, saying, “I entered the masjid and there was ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Amr Ibn Al-’As sitting in the shade of the Ka’bah with people gathered around him, so I came to them and sat before him.... Then he said, ‘We were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam), and we stopped at a place....We gathered around the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) and he said...
....Whoever wishes to be saved from the fire and enter paradise should die believing in Allah and the Last Day, and should treat people the way he wishes to be treated. Whoever pledges allegiance to an imam, giving him his hand in sincerity, should obey him as much as he is able to. And if another man comes forward disputing his legitimacy, then strike that other man’s neck.’” [Recorded by Muslim] (my emphasis.)
This was confusing and upsetting to some of those present.
The reporter of the hadith says, “So I came close to him and said, ‘I beseech you in the name of Allah, did you hear this from the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)?’ So he extended his hand to his ears and his heart, and said, ‘My ears heard it and my heart fully grasped it.’
This doesn't quite square with what Allah said, and the reporter of the hadith questioned him about this.
Allah says, {Oh you who have believed, do not consume one another’s wealth unjustly but only [in lawful] business by mutual consent. And do not kill yourselves [or one another]. Indeed, Allah is to you ever Merciful.}
The response:
So he was quiet for some time. Then he said, ‘Obey him concerning what is obedience to Allah, and disobey him in matters involving disobedience to Allah.’” [Recorded by Muslim]
What does that mean? According to ISIS:
Therefore, we will continue to obey the imam as long as he orders us to obey Ar-Rahman (the Most Merciful). But if he orders us to disobey Allah, then we won’t obey those orders.
Likewise, we will strike the neck of anyone – whoever he may be – that attempts to usurp his leadership, and we will remain patient in the face of such tribulation with the help of Allah Al-Hakim (the Most Wise) and Al-Mannan (the Most Gracious). (my emphasis.)
One last thing: I was wondering the other day about which border crossing with Syria was featured in the End of Sykes Picot video where they blew up the police station and held the prisoners captive in a locked room. Was it al Walid or Qaim? (They are about 120 miles apart.) We now have the answer: It was the border of Qaim and Albu Kamil, and it happened on June 22.
BORDER POLICE STATIONS BLOWN UP
Wilayat Al-Anbar - Sha’ban 22
Six police stations belonging to the Safawi forces in Iraq were blown up on the border near Albu Kamil.
Once again, there is no reference in this report to plans by ISIS or the Caliphate to strike at the West. They may hate the West and Israel, but they have their own fish to fry and that's clearly going to be their focus for quite some time. What they want is "the complete unification of all Muslim peoples and lands under the single authority of the Khilafah." I wish the media would stop writing its Henny Penny scenarios. This isn't about the United States, unless, of course, we go over there and butt in.
Here's an interesting comparison in the Washington Post by Peter Arnett: "In Baghdad, we could see the fall of Saigon all over again".
Where is Country Joe when we need him?
