Since the borders of the Islamic world were drawn at the tables of colonial powers in the “Sykes-Picot” agreement, attempts to tear it apart and weaken it have never ceased. The tools and titles may have changed, but fragmentation today is no longer maps divided by ink—it has become conflicts managed by fire, proxy wars ignited by hidden hands, fueled by hegemonic projects, and paid for by peoples and nations.

Breaking the Nation: Land, Identity, and Unity

The enemies of the nation realized early on that breaking it required occupying land, dismantling human bonds, tearing apart identity, sowing discord within societies, turning natural diversity into conflict, and transforming legitimate differences into destructive fighting. “Sykes-Picot” was the declared beginning, but not the end—it was the foundation upon which successive stages of systematic weakening were built, politically, economically, culturally, and intellectually.

Proxy Wars as Modern Tools

Today, fragmentation no longer requires invading armies to occupy capitals. It is managed through proxy wars, where internal forces exhaust themselves, conflicts are fueled by glittering slogans—sometimes in the name of freedom, sometimes in the name of rights, sometimes in the name of sect or ethnicity—while the true beneficiary watches from afar.

Proxy wars are nothing more than the modern face of old plans, where international and regional interests intersect, and groups and organizations are used, given flags and roles, then abandoned once they fulfill their function of destruction and division.

Distracting the Nation from Its Compass

Amid this complex scene, the nation is meant to be consumed by internal conflicts, forget its compass, lose sight of its central cause, and lose confidence in itself and its ability to rise again.

This issue seeks to uncover the hidden layers of these plans, to build firm awareness that what is happening is a series of linked episodes. Confronting fragmentation cannot be through emotional reactions, but through a comprehensive vision that combines political awareness, moral commitment, and religious insight.

Islam as a Unifying Force

Islam, which united peoples, tribes, and races under one banner, still holds the capacity to bring words together, repair fractures, and build a civilizational project based on justice, dignity, and humanity. But this requires reviving the jurisprudence of reality, deepening the jurisprudence of priorities, distinguishing between the true enemy and the manufactured adversary, and between legitimate disagreement and imposed conflict.

A Battle of Awareness Before Weapons

Today’s battle is a battle of awareness before it is a battle of arms, a battle of building before it is a battle of defense. The nation urgently needs a mature discourse that fortifies minds, prevents being dragged behind fragmentation projects, restores the value of unity, the dignity of humanity, and the sanctity of homelands.

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