09-23-2012, 09:33 AM
In his laudatory foreword to the book, General Zia wrote:
'JIHAD FIââ¬âSABILILLAH (Jihad in the path of Allah) is not the exclusive domain of the professional soldier, nor is it restricted to the application of military force alone. The book brings out with simplicity, clarity and precision the Quranic philosophy on the application of the military force, within the context of the totality that is JIHAD.'
Indeed it does. Brigadier Malik writes,
'the Holy Prophet's operations ...are an integral and inseparable part of the divine message revealed to us in the Holy Quran. ... The war he planned and carried out was total to the infinite degree. It was waged on all fronts: internal and external, political and diplomatic, spiritual and psychological, economic and military.'
Another point made by the author is that the war should be carried out in the opponent's territory. 'The aggressor was always met and destroyed in his own territory.' The 'aggressor' is anyone who stands in the way of Jihad.
Where does terrorism come in the picture?
'The Quranic military strategy thus enjoins us to prepare ourselves for war to the utmost in order to strike terror into the heart of the enemy, known or hidden...'
It doesn't stop here, for Brigadier Malik assures us:
'Terror struck into the hearts of the enemy is not only a means, it is the end in itself. Once a condition of terror into the opponent's heart is obtained, hardly anything is left to be achieved... Terror is not a means of imposing decision upon the enemy; it is the decision we wish to impose upon him.' (Original emphasis.)
That is to say, the enemy should be made to live in a state of perpetual terror.
'JIHAD FIââ¬âSABILILLAH (Jihad in the path of Allah) is not the exclusive domain of the professional soldier, nor is it restricted to the application of military force alone. The book brings out with simplicity, clarity and precision the Quranic philosophy on the application of the military force, within the context of the totality that is JIHAD.'
Indeed it does. Brigadier Malik writes,
'the Holy Prophet's operations ...are an integral and inseparable part of the divine message revealed to us in the Holy Quran. ... The war he planned and carried out was total to the infinite degree. It was waged on all fronts: internal and external, political and diplomatic, spiritual and psychological, economic and military.'
Another point made by the author is that the war should be carried out in the opponent's territory. 'The aggressor was always met and destroyed in his own territory.' The 'aggressor' is anyone who stands in the way of Jihad.
Where does terrorism come in the picture?
'The Quranic military strategy thus enjoins us to prepare ourselves for war to the utmost in order to strike terror into the heart of the enemy, known or hidden...'
It doesn't stop here, for Brigadier Malik assures us:
'Terror struck into the hearts of the enemy is not only a means, it is the end in itself. Once a condition of terror into the opponent's heart is obtained, hardly anything is left to be achieved... Terror is not a means of imposing decision upon the enemy; it is the decision we wish to impose upon him.' (Original emphasis.)
That is to say, the enemy should be made to live in a state of perpetual terror.