Onward Christian Soldiers

[Mutawakkil]

Bismillahir-rahmanir-raheem

As-salaamu alaykom wa rahmat-Allaahi wa barakaatuhu to my brothers and sisters in Islaam,

Here is a very inspirational song by a very, very world famous artist by the name of Chris de Burgh.

It is his reflection on his idea of the noble splendour of the Crusaders and a call to arms against the 'heathen' muslim.

And I ask my brothers and sisters in Islaam, "What are we calling for?"

<b>Crusader</b>

by Chris de Burgh

"What do I do next?" said the Bishop to the Priest,

"I have spent my whole life waiting, preparing for the

Feast,

And now you say Jerusalem has fallen and is lost,

The King of Heathen Saracen has seized the holy

cross."

Then the Priest said "Oh my Bishop, we must put them

to the sword,

For God in all his mercy will find a just reward,

For the Noblemen and sinners, and Knights of ready

hand

Who will be the Lord's Crusader, send word throughout

all the land,

Jerusalem is lost,

Jerusalem is lost,

Jerusalem is lost;"

"Tell me what to do", said the King upon his throne,

"but speak to me in whispers for we are not alone,

They tell me that Jerusalem has fallen to the hand

Of some bedevilled Eastern heathen who has seized the

Holy land;"

Then the Chamberlain said "Lord, we must call upon our

foes

In Spain and France and Germany to end our bitter

wars,

All Christian men must be as one and gather for the

fight,

You will be their leader, begin the battle cry,

Jerusalem is lost,

Jerusalem is lost,

Jerusalem is lost"...

Ooh, high on a hill, in the town of Jerusalem,

There stood Saladin, the King of the Saracens,

Whoring and drinking and snoring and sinking, around

him his army lay,

Secure in the knowledge that they had won the day;

A messenger came, blood on his feet and a wound in his

chest,

"The Christians are coming!" he said, "I have seen

their Cross in the West,"

In a rage Saladin struck him down with his knife

And he said "I know that this man lies,

They quarrel too much, the Christians could never

unite!

I am invincible, I am the King,

I am invincible, and I will win..."

Close they came, the army of Richard the Lionheart,

Marching by day and night, with soldiers from every

part,

And when the Crusaders came over the mountain and they

saw Jerusalem,

They fell to their knees and prayed for her release;

They started the battle at dawn, taking the city by

storm,

With horsemen and bowmen and engines of war,

They broke through the city walls,

The Heathens were flying and screaming and dying,

And the Christian swords were strong,

And Saladin ran when he heard their victory song;

"We are invincible, God is the King,

We are invincible, and we will win!"

"What do I do now?" said the Wiseman to the Fool,

"I have spent my whole life waiting, to find the

Golden Rule,

Though centuries have disappeared, the memory still

remains

Of those enemies together, could it be that way

again?"

Then the Fool said "Oh you Wise men, you really make

me laugh,

With your talk of vast persuasion and searching

through the past,

There is only greed and evil in the men that fight

today,

The Song of the Crusader has long since gone away,

Jerusalem is lost,

Jerusalem is lost,

Jerusalem is lost...

Jerusalem."

<i>WasSalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh to my brothers and sisters in Islaam</i>

[Muslimah]

As Salam Alykom akhi Mutawakkil

Are they even changing the history, to the best of my knowledge, Alhamdulelah Salhuedeen and the Muslim army wan the war.

But u r right. what are we doing? braging about unorganized attacks, not really looking into the community diseases which are extremely important. May Allah grant us proper knowledge to be able to differentiate between truth and falsehood

[radiyah]

Alsalam 'alaykom


So sad we are actually calling for nothing useful, Whn will the islamic UMMA stand on its feet again ?


Wasalam

[Peace in Ireland]

What is the "UMMA"?

[Dan]

Bismillah


Umma or ummah means community or nation of people.


I also do not like when our ummah gets into the remembering mode. The wistful talking of the good old days yet we do not do anything about it. May Allah Lift us up to the level of this Deen.


As Salam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu

[Muslimah]

ameen ameen ameen


On another thread PII u asked for explanations about certain hadeeth, well Insh a Allah I will post more explanations so that u would realize why this is happening to our Ummah. I agree with u Dan we should:


1. Stop moaning about outsider hostility against Muslims.


2. Look at the real cause for it.


3. Stop criticizing our leader and check why Allah assinged them over us.


4. It is getting really scary. I know this might be off topic and thus might get edited by Dan but why not try


Last week I was talking to my co workers, I told them during the preparation for US attack against Iraq last year, Egyptians went into large very organized demonstrations. They even spent the night in one of the most and largest squared in Cairo in protest against the military strike.


I asked my co workers, did anyone think of initiating a peaceful march to Al Azhar to pressue Shiek Al Azhar to call for prohibiting alcohl drinks and gambling casino operating in 5 star hotels. They said no never. Jokingly I said let us organize one. They said will they allow us to resing after that or will they fire us?


Just one point. May Allah help us to do the right jihad, one of the highest forms of Jihad as per a hadeeth saying a true word to an unjust ruler.


Sorry Dan didnt really mean to highjack the thread.....

This post was last modified: 10-20-2004, 07:39 AM by Muslimah.

[Dan]

Bismillah


As Salam alaikum


Should you be saying 'highjack' on an Islamic forum?


As Salam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu

[Muslimah]

I did say it Dan

[Dan]

Bismillah


As Salam alaikum


Didn't you learn anything from what happened to my work?


Jazaki Allah, ukti.


As Salam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu

[Deen]

Last week I was talking to my co workers, I told them during the preparation for US attack against Iraq last year, Egyptians went into large very organized demonstrations. They even spent the night in one of the most and largest squared in Cairo in protest against the military strike.
I asked my co workers, did anyone think of initiating a peaceful march to Al Azhar to pressue Shiek Al Azhar to call for prohibiting alcohl drinks and gambling casino operating in 5 star hotels.

Demonstrations are a waist of muslim energy, resources and time if you ask me, as all we do is litter the streets and shout in the streets. At the end of the day, shouting in the streets is shouting in the streets as no objective has been fulfilled apart from being under the illusion that we have done something. But have we really done something? Have we based our actions upon sunnah i.e. the "<b>practical principle</b>"? Which is actions based upon a thought i.e. the aqeedah for a particular objective which produces tangible results. This is the sunnah of Rasool (saw), never did he do an action which was not in accordance with his objective nor did his actions yield intangible results.


What did Salahuddin do to defeat the crusaders? He did not do a one man mission with guns blazing as that would not have achieved the objective. He based his actions upon this practical principle where he united the muslim armies and defeated the crusaders. This is why Salahuddin and Nooruddin Zenki have gone down in history as heroes, unlike those people who history has portrayed them as those who did nothing i.e. actions not based upon the aqeedah and not for the objective.


I can remember when the US invaded Iraq, Libya out of all places allowed demonstrations to take place. Libya is one of those countries where all public gatherings for political issues are banned. So why do demonstrations achieve little for the ummah but achieve more for the enemies of this noble ummah?


Is it because the enemies realise it is safer for them to let the muslims demonstrate/protest as this will release their anger by shouting. Rather than the muslims unleashing their anger out on the enemies???


These are the styles which the enemies will devise to difuse the emotions and energies from the sons of this ummah.


As for the crusaders and their song(s), we can quote many of Allah's ayahs/verses to demolish their songs as that is all they have. We have Allah SWT as a guardian/protector in this life and the next. Whereas the crusaders have no helpers nor protectors!