Abu Bakar Bashir
Abu Bakar Bashir
Abu Bakar BashirAH-boo BAH-kahr BAH-SHEER;Arabic pronunciation: ) also Abubakar Ba'asyir, Abdus Somad, and Ustad Abu; born 17 August 1938) is an Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid...
NationalityIndonesian
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth17 August 1938
CountryIndonesia
french-philosopher honour
What honour have we got left, when nobody is listening to us?
curse french-philosopher
Oil wealth has been a curse on us, made us weak and docile.
As long as Muslims were confident they could not be defeated, but now we are just puppets.
form french-philosopher original
Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
against challenged fought french-philosopher injustices order prophet radical
Our Prophet was a radical too- he fought against the injustices of his community and challenged the feudal order of his society, so they called him a radical. So what? We should be proud of that!
speaks-out mind doe
You are right, but the weakness does not come from the millions of Muslims in the world. They do not mind being radical, they have no fear to speak out and to protest and to jihad.
islamic want west
If the West wants to have peace, then they have to accept Islamic rule.
country leader advice
The Muslim leaders swallow the advice of the Western powers and bodies like the IMF and World Bank, even when it is bad for their countries and they know this.
numbers enemy islam
The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
leader proposal accepting
But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour.
use revelations ifs
What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?
afterlife leader failing
Likewise the leader of any state has to do the same, he has to enforce Shariah firmly, for he will be held in account later in the afterlife if he fails.