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The Islamic nation in general and the Islamic movement with its various currents in particular should realize the nature of the ongoing battle, and correctly envision their position in it, and make “Al-Aqsa Flood” a reference for study, a model for practice, and a methodology for resistance.
These are ten lessons that the Islamic movement in particular, and those working to raise the status of Islam in general, should extract from the ongoing battle in Gaza, and make them a methodology for launching and building:
“Al-Aqsa Flood” has proven that the battle is not only over lands, wealth, and holy sites, but rather the origin of the battle is between Islam and its opponents, and this is not new to us, as the Quran has stated it, but unfortunately we have not realized it with the verses, God Almighty said: “And they will continue to fight you until they turn you back from your religion if they are able.” (Al-Baqarah: 217).
The battle has been waged against mosques in order to erase them, against scholars in order to get rid of them, against the people of the Qur’an out of fear of what is in their hearts, against children and generations out of fear of their uprising, and against everything that is religious, lawful, and guiding. So those who work for Islam must beware of being drawn into and exhausted by side battles, political disputes, or ideological orientations.
The Islamic movement, with its broad current in the nation, must prepare for the battle by digging tunnels for new paths after its long experience, and realize that yesterday’s battles are not managed with today’s tools, and tomorrow’s battles are not managed with yesterday’s tools. Every field has its own sword, every day has its own men, and every war has its own terms and weapons. It must realize that the enemy does not accept the idea of coexistence, because it always seeks to eradicate: Allah Almighty said: “They do not honour the bonds of kinship or treaties with the believers. It is they who are the transgressors.” (At-Tawbah: 10), and Allah Almighty also said: “Never will the Jews or Christians be pleased with you, until you follow their faith.” (Al-Baqarah: 120).
The Islamic movement must realize that its first enemy lies in the tyranny that controls the fate of the nation, and harnesses its capabilities to serve the aggressive occupier, and strives hard to dry up the sources of religion, by changing curricula, gagging mouths, and eliminating pioneers and scholars through killing, imprisonment, oppression, and persecution, and does not go overboard in exploiting and encouraging any means that leads to the nation being stripped of its identity!
The Islamic movement must invest in the public awareness of the fragility of the existing regimes, and that they are among the biggest causes of the nation's catastrophe and its civilizational backwardness, in order to purify itself from its filth and get rid of its injustice.
Therefore, the idea of identifying with those regimes, or justifying their corruption, or legitimizing their crimes is a betrayal of the nation, and a failure to protect its borders, and prolonging the duration of falsehood, and providing it with the means of survival.
The Islamic movement must realize well that whoever does not renew will certainly dissipate, and whoever does not develop will certainly regress, so it must prepare a wise leadership from the conscious youth of the nation, a leadership that possesses the revolution of the youth, the experience of the elders, the reins of knowledge, the features of management, the arts of maneuvering, the skills of dialogue, and the means of influence.
A leadership that is professional in construction, encompasses the secrets of its reality, anticipates the future of its nation, creates opportunities, invests in gaps, discovers potential, and activates energies.
A leadership that sees its effective position in the future with the vision of the eye, and does not live in the paths of the past, wandering in the corners of its old alleys!
There is no doubt that the ongoing battle has obliged scholars, preachers and activists in the Islamic movement to take refuge in the constants of belief, and to rally their followers in the trench of verifying and defending them, and to dig tunnels day and night in which they prepare men of belief, who carry the banner without hesitation, and set out with it without fear, and march with it without fleeing, and to strive with all their energy to instill certainty in the hearts of people, and prepare them for a decisive battle whose dust will clear from two different camps; a camp of faith in which there is no hypocrisy, and a camp of hypocrisy in which there is no faith.
The “Al-Aqsa Flood” has proven that the battle of Islam is not confined to the walls of fabricated borders, ornate flags, and fabricated names. Its battle is the battle of a nation whose sides have become distant, whose borders have expanded, whose bonds have become stronger, and whose banner has become unified. The “Al-Aqsa Flood” battle was fought by the oppressive, victorious nations, and its leaders were the major allied countries. Everyone revealed their ugly faces, and it became a war of belief and religion, not a war of wealth and land. It brought to light a very clear concept for us, which is that non-alignment is the same as bias, and that living in gray areas is the same as siding with falsehood.
The “Al-Aqsa Flood” has brought back to us concepts that we thought had disappeared, and terms that had been stolen and distorted. The terms jihad, martyrdom, preparation, nation, liberation, and others have become present terms that have returned to us after a long absence. Talking about them was a path of risk for fear of being accused of belonging to a group made up of extremists, or being accused of extremism and terrorism. But the “Al-Aqsa Flood” has brought them back alive and effective. Let us invest the opportunity and re-present them and plant them once again in our environment and generations, and erase the distortion or erosion that has befallen them, so that they remain a firm Islamic concept of faith, from which the awareness of the nation is formed. 8- The Islamic movement must exploit the vacuum resulting from the fall of international regimes and the decline of the internal ideological conflict:
There is no doubt that the “Al-Aqsa Flood” revealed all the ugly faces, dropped the false propaganda, and exposed the faults of international regimes, so their horror became apparent. The whole world saw the horror of their nature. Hence, the people disbelieved in their philosophies, and turned away from their methodologies and appearances, so the doors were opened for the bearers of the message of Islam, to re-present the methodologies of their religion, the justice of their cause, the advancement of their humanity, and the nobility of their morals. Delaying filling those gaps allows the banners of falsehood to rise again, its methodologies to spread, and its propaganda to influence, until it reaches our homes and generations and corrupts them.
The Islamic movement should also invest in the fading of the conflict of ideologies within the nation, the decline in its intensity, and the convergence of ranks to confront tyranny, liberate the country, and protect the sanctities, so that it promotes brotherhood, closes the doors of conflict, rearranges priorities, and is good at distinguishing between constants and variables.
The "Al-Aqsa Flood" taught us that war is comprehensive, and it is not possible to remain steadfast in comprehensive wars except by investing all energies, and mobilizing all capabilities, at the forefront of which is the societal incubator. Our struggle with falsehood is not just a struggle of armies, but a struggle of concepts, values, and beliefs; Therefore, those working for the renaissance of their nation must mobilize it to carry out its duties, and not act on its behalf in doing so without its support, endorsement, sacrifices, and steadfastness, so that it does not imagine that we are its guardians, and is left to ease, or is affected by false propaganda, so that it turns into a dagger in the back of the workers instead of being an arrow in their quiver!
Everyone has learned that when the enemy entered Gaza in the Battle of “Al-Aqsa Flood,” it did not differentiate between one faction and another, nor between one methodology and another, nor between one party and another, but rather sought to annihilate Gaza and everyone in it. On the other hand, we saw the alliance of the Mujahideen, the cooperation of the resistance, and the complete coordination between the factions, and how that fusion contributed to the strength of the Mujahid ranks, the immunity of the fortresses, the strength of the courage, and the great steadfastness.
Therefore, the general Islamic movement must rise above any sectarian differences, political partisanship, or ideological orientations, to melt all its energy in the crucible of the great Islam and its impregnable fortress, and to harness all its energies to raise the banner and protect the egg of Islam, and to present the spirit of active brotherhood and common destiny, over many names, banners, and titles.