The Strategy of Public Confrontation
After a program of public education
has been effected, a mobilization of the latent faith in the bosom of the oppressed
masses should be the next goal. The oppressed have to be roused to participate
in a mass struggle for liberation from economic oppression. When that struggle
is led by Muslims it will lead to the restoration of the sovereignty of
Almighty Allah (SWT), which is dar al-Islam, and a rejection of the sovereignty
of the State.
The Islamic movement has to earn such credentials as would result in its being perceived by the oppressed as a force which can liberate them from oppression. We cannot earn those credentials without the following:
The Islamic movement has to earn such credentials as would result in its being perceived by the oppressed as a force which can liberate them from oppression. We cannot earn those credentials without the following:
- making the struggle for the liberation of the oppressed our first priority;
- educating the oppressed;
- confronting, denouncing, and challenging the oppressors;
- waging an active struggle — even an armed one if all peaceful efforts fail — for the liberation of the oppressed.
Nor should we ever hesitate to
remind the world that the United States of America was born out of precisely
that same struggle.
If anyone entertains any doubts
concerning the legitimacy of waging war for liberation from the oppression of
riba, he should recall the very last Revelation of the Qur'an, sent down when
the Prophet (SAW) was about to die, and sent down after Almighty Allah (SWT)
had announced the perfection of Deen and the completion of His favor to the
believers, in which Allah (SAW) and His Messenger (SAW) declare war for that
very purpose!
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