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Originally Posted by Arabesque
I totally agree with you. Like I said, I do not wish for hardships, but then again, I do not believe in being passive. Allah (swt) had said, "Allah does not change a people's lot unless they change what is in their hearts." [13:11] And Allah had also said, "Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know not." [2:216]
If Allah (swt) wants for a war to happen, then it is surely for the best. And if the mad people in the US want to attack us, then I don't think playing the innocent sheep is honourable. It is best to have faith in Allah and trust His wisdom. If the stupid Americans are going berserk, then we'd better be prepared, not wage a "peaceful, McDonald's loving Arab" campaign.
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well yeah, if some other country attacks you then you should fight back, thats a natural right. Peaceful campaigns are powerful too, but not necessarily against aerial bombing and countries that have gone 'berserk' as you put it. There is a difference between fighting against attackers and wishing that somebody would attack so that you could fight them. I dont know why alot of Arabs have militant fantasies about the future, where its all about cataclysmic war to obliterate various enemies. I'm sure the trauma of Israel's creation and the helplessness under various failed regimes in key Arab states (which include Egypt) is part of it. But its also possible to imagine a future that is peaceful and dignified for Arabs, without the necessity of acting out a revenge fantasy where millions of our people die (or where we kill some huge number of other people). I actually think long-term sustained peace across most of the middle east, and gradually all of it, is the future, and not through American intervention or any foreign intervention either. Actually, i think you guys in the gulf will lead the way. But that was a tangent
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