01-06-2005, 06:58 PM
Quote:Brother /sister, we are not to sit and accuse people specially when it comes to backgrounds. They do have their faults yes, but we can not trash their efforts.
It seems you missed my point - as usual.
Muslims are brutalised almost everywhere. Yet not only does the Saudi regime forbid demonstrations to proclaim dissociation from the mushrikeen, but their court-ulama refuse to discuss any of the burning issues of the day in their khutbahs in Masjid al-Haram or in Masjid al-Nimra (Arafat) on the day of Hajj. Is the Muslim Ummah satisfied with its present condition? Are there no killings and rapes going on in Ichkeria (Chechnya), Kashmir Palestine or elsewhere? Why are the cries of Muslim women and children not answered from the plains of Arafat? Why are Muslims not allowed to plead their case before Allah in His House? Who decides what Muslims should or should not discuss during Hajj? By what authority do the Saudis prevent Muslims from seeking Allah's help?
The Qur'an says that Muslims should seek benefits from Hajj (22:28). Have the Muslims of Palestine, Bosnia, Kosova, Kashmir or Ichkeria benefited from Hajj in the last 50 years? The occasion is deliberately wasted because the people who have seized the Haramain and the 'Muslim regimes' insist on reducing every aspect of the deen to ritual. The Saudis did not occupy the Haramain by chance; there is a long and sordid history behind it. The British were behind their usurpation of the Arabian peninsula early in the last century, and the US has maintained them in power since, not because the Americans love them but because they can be used as a cash-cow. The Saudis have also helped keep the price of oil artificially low, the present round of long-overdue price-increases notwithstanding.
This brings us to the question of what the Muslim Ummah should do. The first thing is to develop a better understanding of the present reality. The fact is that it is occupied by the the Americans and the zionists. The Saudi regime is merely a front for their nefarious designs. Unless Muslims come to grips with this harsh reality, they will not be able to take the next step, which is to struggle to get rid of them. And if we fail in this task, the degree of control of the kuffar over the Haramain may reach even more unacceptable levels; the example of al-Quds is before us.
