"In declarations is magic,”
(Al-Bukhari) the Prophet (may Allah bestow peace and blessings be upon him)
eloquently put something that we need to understand.
Politicians know the art of
manipulating words to inspire their audience. They have speeches that are well
prepared and set out in manner to excite their audience into displays of
arrogant partisanship. This is the problem with emotional speech it moves were
sometimes the truth does not. The truth is almost always delivered in rational
manner which is not the case for lies because lies are delivered in a manner
that the person finds hard to deny.
This is not something specific to
politics as this happens in all spheres of our lives. Many speakers get
overexcited and we think that they are correct because our ear drums have taken
a severe beating. This is almost never the case. Sit back and examine what the
words that are actually said, then you’ll find ignorance and arrogance hiding
in-between. This is the essence of misleading speech. It sounds wonderful but
once you break it down it is nothing but inflated speech without
substance.
The cause?
Invariably the cause is
partisanship. Rational examination of the ‘other’ side is never done as no
quarter is given to them. No matter if the other side do any good or not,
everything is discounted because we hate them therefore no good could ever come
them.
So when we are all gathered
together one of them speaks using foul and abusive language. We all accept it
because if we do not them we will be accused of following the other side. Now
we have truly entered a sect and now we are no longer part of the mainstream.
Mainstream Sunni Islam is not
about partisanship nor is about following scholars who have twisted the Sunnah
to allow them to swear and apostatize whole groups of Muslims. This has never
been the case is Classical Sunni Islam.
Another cause, is when we
experience difficulty and are unwavering in our response for immediate justice.
The brutality of some regimes in the world has lead to many condemnations of
certain leaders. Yet the Muslims seem to be totally unaware of how the leaders
work. They will do anything in their power to hold onto power.
Killing is just nothing to many
of them but do not let that fool you because who are happily selling these regimes weapons? Do they care? The followers of the Prophets are being
killed and they are counting the profits made in the arms trade as the innocent count their dead relatives. Have we not seen oppressors before in the
Muslim world? It is something new? Look at the story of Pharaoh and Musa (upon
him peace). Many leaders won’t go unless they go in a box. And if you think the
west is going to save you then you have been successfully brainwashed by
western media.
Dehumanisation
Dehumanisation of Muslims is
something that has happened for centuries but ask yourself one question, why?
The answer is simple when you remove the humanity from someone them you
‘engineering consent’ to their murder. The war of terrorism has cost the lives
of more innocent people that the actual terrorists. Innocent civilians such as
those of Iraq and Afghanistan who had nothing to do with anything but because
they lived in a land, they became targets.
Recently sixteen civilians were
killed by one of the occupying forces in Afghanistan. But who cares because
they are subhuman anyway? Who cares about the brutality of the torture that the
Iraqi’s faced in secret bases? Who cares about the Geneva Convention? Human
rights who cares that only for us not them. Who calls for those when we do not what
we like to them because they are not with us they are against us! This is part
of the diatribe that you will hear which lead the cost of the lives of
innocents.
“Dehumanisation and attribution
of blame reduce our ability to empathise with the victims in croding their
human status and holding them responsible for their own fates.” (The New Order
of war by Bob Breacher p.207.)
So ask yourself again is
emotional speech misleading? You must answer yes especially when it’s not
accompanied without any truth.
The media
The media is full of incorrect
reports and false information but when you are constantly reminded of these
things it becomes difficult to reject them. The media is full of reports that
constantly dehumanise Muslims and for this reason the press has come under much
scrutiny and not a moment too soon. Why hasn’t any wealth Muslim thought about
purchasing a large broadsheet and put in balanced information? Why bother when
I have my Ferrari and my football club? That’s all I need. None of it will
benefit you in the afterlife.
Why is it that we let the television
talk to you all night yet you do no let an unrighteous person into your house?
Yet
the television is worse because its filling you with unrighteous thoughts and
ideas. This is how they have conquered the mind of just about every individual
who watches it. Take the television out of the house and throw it away! The box
has colonized millions of minds so forget about sending an army send a ship load
of Televisions.
Beware!
Know there are people who want to
influence you into thinking like them. They want you to tow the party line,
they want to become like them. So its time to think and ponder about the
information that you are being given, ponder the validity of it.
Think and research yourself look
into trusted sources of information then make your own mind up. Do not be a
docile vegetable that accepts whatever you are told, open your eyes and use your
brain.
If I was a non Muslim I would like to know what Islam is and not rely on
the sources of misinformation that are being presented. Similarly, a Muslim
should look at his own sources of misinformation and compare them to the
classical sources.
