Allah (swt) says (to paraphrase) in the Quran." If you dispute in any matter than refer to Allah or His Messenger" meaning refer any disputes back to the Quran or the Sunnah (actions, speech and silence) of the Messenger.
Thus what the Quran says about Jihad (121 verses or so in the Quran) or what Muhammed (saw) said about the muslims not being divided, having one leader and carrying Islam to the world (via the State) is clear. In fact Muhammed (saw) lead over 30 battles and most of these were offensive in nature, the fact that the Muslims delayed the burial of the Messenger for 3days and 2nights to select a leader despite it being obligatory to bury the dead asap indicates that the importance of selecting a leader overode the necessity to bury the dead (in this case were talking about a Messenger).
In todays situation, where we have 55 muslim states, each with their own flags, national anthems, national days have no precedent in Islam or evidence. These states were a direct result of Colonialism and the objective to carve up the Muslim world so it may never unite.
I will say this. There are those 'muslims' who have sided with the west to misinterpret Islam and these people are labelled moderates. Then there are those who have decided to enact revenge on the west in the form of physical struggle in the west itself who called extemists or jihadists but the latter have misunderstood verses in the Quran and taken them out of their context.
Then there are people who wish to bring back Islam as an ideology via the intellectual and political struggle using the Messenger (saw) as an example in the manner he turned a corrupt, despotic, idol worshipping society into an Islamic one (i.e his Life in Mecca to whne he established the first Islamic State in Medina- a struggel which lasted 13 years).
Therefore to understand who is abusing Islam or which Muslims are then we ask those individuals or groups to present their Islamic evidence and their understanding of it.
I can assure Islam is Islam, niether moderate or extreme. Either you practice Islam or you don't. Our objectives as Muslims is not to please other people but to please God.
Allah (swt) says (to paraphrase) in the Quran." If you dispute in any matter than refer to Allah or His Messenger" meaning refer any disputes back to the Quran or the Sunnah (actions, speech and silence) of the Messenger.
Thus what the Quran says about Jihad (121 verses or so in the Quran) or what Muhammed (saw) said about the muslims not being divided, having one leader and carrying Islam to the world (via the State) is clear. In fact Muhammed (saw) lead over 30 battles and most of these were offensive in nature, the fact that the Muslims delayed the burial of the Messenger for 3days and 2nights to select a leader despite it being obligatory to bury the dead asap indicates that the importance of selecting a leader overode the necessity to bury the dead (in this case were talking about a Messenger).
In todays situation, where we have 55 muslim states, each with their own flags, national anthems, national days have no precedent in Islam or evidence. These states were a direct result of Colonialism and the objective to carve up the Muslim world so it may never unite.
I will say this. There are those 'muslims' who have sided with the west to misinterpret Islam and these people are labelled moderates. Then there are those who have decided to enact revenge on the west in the form of physical struggle in the west itself who called extemists or jihadists but the latter have misunderstood verses in the Quran and taken them out of their context.
Then there are people who wish to bring back Islam as an ideology via the intellectual and political struggle using the Messenger (saw) as an example in the manner he turned a corrupt, despotic, idol worshipping society into an Islamic one (i.e his Life in Mecca to whne he established the first Islamic State in Medina- a struggel which lasted 13 years).
Therefore to understand who is abusing Islam or which Muslims are then we ask those individuals or groups to present their Islamic evidence and their understanding of it.
I can assure Islam is Islam, niether moderate or extreme. Either you practice Islam or you don't. Our objectives as Muslims is not to please other people but to please God.