“What do you think about future
of Islam?” Was a question put to a suspect (Blamed of helping the Talban during
their rule in Afghanistan) under interrogation by a senior American soldier. “It
is very bright!” said the Muslim captive crying under the torture he was going
through. “How do you your statement,” was another question? The old
helpless captive said, “my answer is based on two facts:
a. “Whenever any non-Muslim force en-mass came in contact with the Muslims, in
the battlefield or otherwise, it learnt many good things from the Muslims. The
interaction removed many misunderstandings, ill founded misconceptions and
illusions. They saw the better side of Islam/Muslims and shed away their
misgivings. They carried with them eternal truth of Divine Guidance covering all
spheres of their lives. Then it so happened that their next generations became
the standard bearers of Islam. This is how Islam, through Tartars and Turks,
reached many countries of Europe. The Crusaders were not exceptions. They bought
many good points from the Muslims; “Saladin” – a beautiful poem by Lean Pole is
a good reflection. Richard “the Lion Heart” and knights under his command were
equally impressed by Saladin’s conduct during the Crusades.
b. “The West being educated is inquisitive – in search of “Ultimate Truth” Islam
is nothing but “Ultimate Truth.” I am sure the next generations of the West will
come to the graves of Talban and pray for them.”
The next day the American officer met the old man and said, “You know, last
night I prayed for you.” He was changed from inside!! However, he admitted that
he was helpless hence could not release him. Yvonne Ridley, a British
journalist, a war correspondent and an outspoken opposition to Zionism and her
criticism of the Western media portrayals the War on Terrorism, putting on burqa
(covering used by a woman to hide her body completely), secretly entered
Afghanistan to report upon Talban. She had some ulterior motives best known to
her. She spent 10 days in Talban’s captivity and on return wrote a book “In the
hands of Talban.” The nice and humane treatment she met as captive, at the hands
of Talban, removed many of the ill founded prejudices. She was changed from
inside and soon she embraced Islam.
The American War in Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom), launched on 7
October 2001) the longest war in the US history, was supported by G. Britain
from the start till end. The war supported initially by close Allies was later
joined by the NATO forces in 2003. The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF
backed by Un Resolution) comprising of 34 countries (NATO countries provided the
core of the force) was placed under command NATO. The aim of the invasion of
Afghanistan was to dismantle al-Qaeda and to deny it a safe base of operations
in Afghanistan by removing Talban from power. It was after 14 years hectic
military actions against Talban that US started trying eagerly to hold
successful negotiations with Talban. A Super Power could neither eliminate
al-Qaeda (Its presence is still felt in Middle East) nor finish Talban - still a
Potent Force in Afghanistan. Who is the Victorious?
Over 4,000 ISAF soldiers and civilian contractors as well as over 15,000 Afghan
national security forces members have been killed, as well as nearly 20 thousand
civilians. In October 2014, British forces handed over the last bases in Helmand
to the Afghan military, officially ending their combat operations in the war.]
On 28 December 2014, NATO formally ended combat operations in Afghanistan and
transferred full security responsibility to the Afghan government, via a
ceremony in Kabul. US is still holding a contingent of 13000 troops in
Afghanistan.
The cost of the war reportedly was a major factor as U.S. officials considered
drawing down troops in 2011. A March 2011Congressional Research Service report
noted, 1) following the Afghanistan surge announcement in 2009, Defense
Department spending on Afghanistan increased by 50%, going from $4.4 billion to
$6.7 billion a month. During that time, troop strength increased from 44,000 to
84,000, and was expected to be at 102,000 for fiscal year 2011; 2) The total
cost from inception to the fiscal year 2011 was expected to be $468 billion. The
estimate for the cost of deploying one U.S. soldier in Afghanistan is over US$1
million a year. Leaving aside the other factors the war turned to be very
expensive and became a major cause of pulling out of Afghanistan.
A blessing in disguise; the Holy Quran, in the year following fall of Twin
Towers became the best seller book in USA. People in general were enthusiastic
to study literature about Al-Queda, Islam, the Holy Quran, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
and Jihad. The incidences of conversion to Islam increased many fold.
According to UN calculations, due to war in the Middle East countries, education
of more than 1, 37, 00,000 children are affected. A few years ago UN estimated
that out of 1, 25, 00, 000 refugees, 47, 00, 000 were only Iraqis. If some other
facts are collected: Whose resources are looted the most, the answer would be
"The Muslim Countries!" Whose legal governments have been toppled? The answer is
"the Muslim Countries!" Who did suffer the maximum over the past 3-4 decades,
i.e. killed, wounded, crippled? Answer is "The Muslims!!" Some countries have
been cut to size, who are those? The answer is "The Muslim countries!!” Many
countries have been subjected to foreign aggression/extensive air raids: the
answer is “Muslim Countries.”
In today's world a survey of "People below Poverty Line" will show the Muslims
No. 1 on the Victory Stand. If you count the Displaced persons on our globe, the
Muslims are leading and a “Survey of Disabled Persons due to War Action” will
show Muslims occupying First position on the Victory Stand. All this has brought
a vicious circle of horrible problems with no end in the foreseeable future. And
now Paris Terrorism - Muslims will be target, how many and for how long, nobody
knows!!
A Simple question to the intelligential, especially in the West, “Are the
Muslims (1700 m), a substantial part of the world population, only to be KILLED,
WOUNDED, INVADED, SUBJUGATED, SPLIT APART, PLUNDERED, EXPLOITED, COERCED,
DICTATED TO TOE THE POLICIES OF THE MASTERS?
After the Paris Explosions the Muslims, once again, have been put on the Firing
Range!! What for the innocent Syrians are being subjected to the Russian and
French air raids. The situation is very precarious; the present and future
generations of the Muslims are in extreme danger. Can the Muslims afford its
continuity for a long time? Alas! "After California Shooting the fears of Muslim
Harassment rise" The behavior of the masses of the "so called modern, civilized
and enlightened Democratic country like US, clearly shows that the Nation
comprises of highly volatile, irrational and imbalance personalities. And look
at the immature remarks (Entry of Muslims should be banned into US, mosques be
kept under constant watch and separate data base be compiled for the Muslims) of
the candidate for Presidency of USA!! Rosa Hamid, an American Muslim woman,
wearing a white hijab and a blue T-shirt that read: “Salam, I come in peace.”
stood quietly, not saying anything, was verbally abused, shouted upon and
ejected from Mr. Donald Trump’s campaign rally at Winthrop Coliseum northern
South Carolina. Ms. Hamid told CNN in an interview that some of the Trump
supporters sitting near her were kind and apologized as she was led out. But she
said others accused her of having a bomb or shouted “Get out!” This
“Islamophobia” riding on many Americans, will be condemned by the sane
countrymen.
Tony Blair the former Prime Minister of G. B. was referring to the claim that
Saddam's regime possessed weapons of mass destruction, which was used by the
U.S. and British governments to launching the invasion. But the
intelligence reports the claim was based on turned out to be false. Blair told
that besides the flawed Iraq intelligence, he also apologized "for some of the
mistakes in planning and, certainly, our mistake in our understanding of what
would happen once you removed the regime (Saddam Hussain)." What a belated
realization on the part of Tony Blair!! Over two million Iraqi Muslims were
killed. According to UN estimates, out of 1, 23, 00, 000 refugees in the world,
47,00,000 were Iraqis. The War under American command brought untold miseries
for the Iraqis. It ruined the country totally. Tens of thousands of Iraqis, more
than 4,000 U.S. troops and 179 British service members were killed in the
lengthy conflict. The process of destruction started by the blind, deaf and dumb
personalities like Tony Blair, is still going on. The country is bleeding. Those
distributing “Deaths” must be punished as War Criminals” and no “Sorry” or
“Apology” should be accepted from them. Let us make our Planet peaceful and
worth living. The rulers in the West will, one after the other, realize that
their follies in approving military action against the Muslim countries in the
past 2-3 decades were, in fact, extremely dangerous from all angles.
The West has realized the mistakes it made in the past regarding attack on
Afghanistan. Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni says the world is still
paying the price of a misguided ‘war on terror’ launched by the United States in
reaction to the 9/11 2001 attacks on its soil. In a defence of Italy’s decision
not to actively participate in the current bombing campaign against the
so-called Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, Gentiloni argued
Wednesday(7-1-2016) that defeating terrorism would take more than a generation
to achieve and that military action could only play a limited role.“We are still
paying, after 15 years, the consequences of what was supposed to be a lightning
war to eliminate the terrorist threat,” He was of the opinion that Italy had not
erred by rebuffing France’s call on its allies to join an intensified anti-IS
bombing campaign after the Paris attacks. It is not unreasonable to make a fair
assumption that many sane persons from the West will soon join Paolo Gentiloni.