Page 353 - A Helping Hand for Refugees

"What reason could you have for not fighting in the Way of God–
for those men, women and children who are oppressed and say, 'Our
Lord, take us out of this city whose inhabitants are wrongdoers! Give
us a protector from You! Give us a helper from You!'?" (Surat an-
Nisa', 75)

If we look closely, we see that when a single person is killed in a
European city, the whole world gets in an uproar, yet the slaughter of
millions of Muslims are only met with complete silence. Muslim lives
are regarded as insignificant by the majority of the world. In fact, there
are times when the tenderness and affection that is shown even for ani-
mals is not shown for Muslims. So who should be blamed or held
responsible for this? Why does no one say 'Stop' to the way Muslims

are perceived and treated, and why does this persecution grow with
ever-increasing speed?
Of course, we should find the reasons and the people that are

responsible for the course of events amongst Muslims before all else.
Although God informed Muslims that the only way to end the oppres-
sion is by "uniting", the majority of Muslims ignore this commandment
of God. Some Muslim communities act as if they are the only com-
munity that is on the right path, while others go so far as to see each
other as enemies. For that reason, none of these communities can truly
unite. For example, many mosques in Europe serve under different

Muslim groups. Therefore, a Muslim cannot visit any mosque he wishes;
he has to visit the mosque that is visited by people who share the same
belief as him, by the Muslim community that he himself is a part of.
So, this painful fact alone is a clear testament as to why Muslims have
been divided for centuries, and why they have been left weak and vul-
nerable. But above all else, because the dissent among Muslims, whom
God defines as 'brothers', is morally unacceptable behavior, God does
not bless or support divisions between Muslims, and dissension gives
rise to agony and problems. God explains in the Qur'an the conse-

quences of 'not being united' as follows:

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