Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain

Top Menu

  • About US
  • Join US
  • Videos
  • Infographics
  • Comment
  • Question and Answer
  • Watch us Live

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Viewpoint
  • Islamic Culture
  • Da’wah
  • Media
  • People
    • Sheikh Taqiuddin an-Nabahani (Founder)
    • Sheikh Abdul Qadeem Zallum (Successor)
    • Sheikh Ata Abu Rashta (Ameer)
    • Abdul Wahid
    • Abu Yusuf
    • Jamal Harwood
    • Taji Mustafa
  • Books
  • Youth
  • Covid-19
  • About US
  • Join US
  • Videos
  • Infographics
  • Comment
  • Question and Answer
  • Watch us Live

logo

Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain

  • Home
  • Viewpoint
    • Abortion isn’t about Roe v Wade but Truth v Hypocrisy

      June 27, 2022
      0
    • Bangladesh Floods: farcical mantra of economic success disguising failure to provide basic ...

      June 24, 2022
      0
    • The Sectarian Card – Shia and Sunni divisions under the spotlight

      June 5, 2022
      0
    • Making Sense of Pakistan

      April 16, 2022
      0
    • How Should We View the War in Ukraine?

      March 30, 2022
      0
    • The India Hijab Issue from an Islamic Perspective

      March 24, 2022
      0
    • DEEP DIVE: The Weaponisation and Politicisation of British Citizenship Laws

      March 12, 2022
      0
    • Our Role in the Ukraine war is to Expose the Propaganda

      March 2, 2022
      0
    • Muslims Should Rejoice Over the Islamic Ruling System

      January 21, 2022
      0
  • Islamic Culture
    • Reading Quran

      The story of the man who was told to “Enter Paradise” and ...

      January 24, 2022
      0
    • Significance of Rabi’ul-Awwal

      October 10, 2021
      0
    • Virtues of the Month of Muharram

      August 10, 2021
      0
    • The significance of first 10 days of Dhul Hijjah

      July 10, 2021
      0
    • The Honour of the Prophets

      April 30, 2021
      0
    • A to Z of Ramadan

      April 19, 2021
      0
    • The Dawah to Allah (swt)

      December 29, 2020
      0
    • Miracle of the Quran

      Q & A - Compilation of The Holy Quran During the Reign ...

      December 27, 2020
      0
    • Imam Bukhari: A Role Model for the ‘Ulema and Da’wah Carriers to ...

      November 17, 2020
      0
  • Da’wah
    • National Conferences : From al-Hind to al-Quds: Speak Out | Act | ...

      June 18, 2022
      0
    • Public Demonstration - Independence Not Intervention

      April 22, 2022
      0
    • VIDEO : [LIVESTREAMED] Pakistan in Crisis: The Players, Politics, and People

      April 20, 2022
      0
    • Ramadan Message: The World Needs Islam - We Must Work for the ...

      April 1, 2022
      0
    • The India Hijab Issue from an Islamic Perspective

      March 24, 2022
      0
    • Ramadhan event: Kyiv to Kabul: The World Needs Islam

      March 20, 2022
      0
    • Obituary of a Dawah Carrier Dr. Youssef Haj Youssef

      December 30, 2021
      0
    • Open Letter to Imams and Muslim Leaders

      September 28, 2021
      0
    • Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain Sends Delegation to Chinese Embassy Condemning the Inhumane Treatment ...

      June 30, 2021
      0
  • Media
  • People
    • Sheikh Taqiuddin an-Nabahani (Founder)
    • Sheikh Abdul Qadeem Zallum (Successor)
    • Sheikh Ata Abu Rashta (Ameer)
    • Abdul Wahid
    • Abu Yusuf
    • Jamal Harwood
    • Taji Mustafa
  • Books
  • Youth
  • Covid-19
Viewpoint
Home›Viewpoint›Attacks on Muslims in the West: Causes & Responses

Attacks on Muslims in the West: Causes & Responses

By Abdul Wahid
September 14, 2016
1447
0
Share:

There have been two horrific and highly publicised attacks on Muslims in ‎the past few days. In one, a pregnant woman was punched so that her baby died in the womb – Inna lillahi wa Inna ilayhi rajioon. May Allah grant her a swift recovery, and reunite her with her beloved child in Jannah. In the second, a woman’s clothes were set on fire in New York.

Hostility towards Muslims is growing and the scum who commit such acts are so cowardly that they almost always pick on women or the elderly.

Hostility against communities that are collectively linked by politicians ‎to acts of ‘terror’ is not new. One elderly Irish woman recently told me that she recalls being told to leave a restaurant in the 1970s, an era in which shops would put up signs saying ‘No Blacks. No Dogs. No Irish’.

This wave of hostility against Muslims sees the convergence of three factors:

1. A 15 year politically motivated campaign to encourage hatred of Islam and suspicion of Muslims. Terrorism is the excuse, not the reason for this. ‎Politicians lit the flame post 9/11, 7/7 and Woolwich – implanting the false idea that Islamic beliefs were the cause, so Islamic expression was the suspect; that muscular liberal assimilation was the solution to this; that the political grievances of Muslims were bogus, and those voicing them were extremist suspects; that Muslims needed to say more to condemn terror attacks, or else they would be assumed to condone them.

Politicians started it. Large sections of the media carried‎ it, and continue to do so till this day and ignorant people have been affected by it.

2.‎ The resurgence of latent nationalism. National identities are inherently divisive.

Love for ‘me, my family, my tribe, my country’ overrides the ability to treat other human beings with respect – even if they are both of the same race!!

Britain tried an experiment with multiculturalism to overcome this but abandoned it post 9/11. Racism is on the rise in Europe and remains strong in the USA. The Brexit vote hasn’t created this problem but it has emboldened the racists. Most Muslims originate from outside the UK, so Islamophobia is worsened by racism and nationalism.

3. The sense in western countries that some of the indigenous people have been left behind politically and economically has led to the worsening of racism, and anti-immigrant and anti-refugee sentiments. This can be targeted at Eastern Europeans as much as anyone else.

So what should Muslims do?

First, do not despair. Never despair. Our deen teaches us that tests are from Allah, and help comes from Him alone.

Allah (swt) says:

وَلَا تَهِنُوا وَلَا تَحْزَنُوا وَأَنتُمُ الْأَعْلَوْنَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

So do not weaken and do not grieve, and you will be superior if you are [true] believers. [TMQ Ali-Imran 3:139]

Second, do not abandon your deen. The Help of Allah comes to those who please Allah with their patient perseverance.

Allah (swt) says:

وَاعْتَصِمُوا بِاللَّهِ هُوَ مَوْلَاكُمْ ۖ فَنِعْمَ الْمَوْلَىٰ وَنِعْمَ النَّصِيرُ

..and hold fast to Allah. He is your protector; and excellent is the protector, and excellent is the helper. [TMQ Al-Hajj 22:78]

Third, engage with others so they know you and Islam, and invite people to this deen.

ادْعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ ۖ وَجَادِلْهُم بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ ۚ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ ۖ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ

Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best. Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has strayed from His way, and He is most knowing of who is [rightly] guided.  [TMQ An-Nahl 16:125]

This is what Allah’s Messenger (salallahu alayhi wasallam) did till Allah established for him the first Islamic state in Madina, where those Muslims who migrated were secure from the oppression of the Mushrikeen of Quraysh – who in turn eventually embraced Islam in large numbers.

Dr Abdul Wahid is currently the Chairman of the UK-Executive Committee of Hizb ut-Tahrir in Britain. He has been published in The Times Higher Educational Supplement and on the websites of Foreign Affairs, Open Democracy, and the Prospect Magazine. @AbdulWahidHT

TagsAbdul Wahid
Previous Article

Eid al-Adha Khutbah by Taji Mustafa

Next Article

Leicester Central Mosque: First in UK to ...

0
Shares
  • 0
  • +

National Conferences

Join US on Telegram

Podcast

Latest Posts

Viewpoint

Abortion isn’t about Roe v Wade but Truth v Hypocrisy

he recent US Supreme Court verdict reversing Roe v Wade dominated the front pages of every Western media outlet. Abortion has become so toxic that even the worst cost of living crisis ...
  • Bangladesh Floods: farcical mantra of economic success disguising failure to provide basic protection

    By Editor
    June 24, 2022
  • National Conferences : From al-Hind to al-Quds: Speak Out | Act | Liberate

    By Editor
    June 18, 2022
  • The Champions of Free Speech Haven’t a Leg to Stand on

    By Yahya Nisbet
    June 13, 2022
  • Two July Conferences on Indian and Zionist Oppression Organised by Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain

    By Yahya Nisbet
    June 10, 2022
  • The Sectarian Card – Shia and Sunni divisions under the spotlight

    By Editor
    June 5, 2022
  • Muslims Must Condemn the Hate Filled Film and the Attempt to Divide Us

    By Yahya Nisbet
    June 5, 2022
  • Protest in London Says No To More Democracy, Yes to the Khilafah

    By Yahya Nisbet
    May 7, 2022
  • Press Centre