Would any muslims help me understand if this statement below is correct? en.apa.az/news/213369 - ISIS Vows To Destroy Mecca’s Kaaba, “Kill Those Who Worship Stones” The idea of wanting to destroy the Kaaba has a long and interesting precedent. Throughout history, Arabs who have traditionally hated Muhammad have expressed their desire of doing so, probably out of spite of what Muhammad represents. Yazid bin Muawiya of the opposing clan of the Ummayads, who massacred Muhammads family including Muhammads grandson Hussein at Karbala, also attacked the Kaaba with catapults. Previously, Muhammads grandfather Abdul Muttalib organized the defense of the Kaaba against another attacker named Abraha who arrived with a cavalry of elephants. In the current incarnation, ISIS represents Wahabiism, a cult that wishes to erase Muhammads heritage and establish the supremacy of the rival, non-Hashemite clans descended from Ummaya and Abd Shams(translated as slave of the Sun). Wahabis have already destroyed many heritage buildings belonging to Muhammad and his family and friends in Saudi Arabia, under the same guise. (Please see modern day references here, and here, and here). The Wahabis oft-repeated canard is the supposed prevention of idolatry. The likely objective, however, is the obfuscation of Muhammads heritage and the discouragement or prevention of discussion about what he really represented. So why the enmity stretching over centuries? At its core was the ideology of Muhammad. Muhammad supported the poor, the downtrodden, the disenfranchised. The opposing clans represented elitism, money, power and Arab imperialism. It was the selfless vs the selfish. They tried to persuade, bribe, cajole, armtwist him to their side. He refused. They massacred most of his family. The survivors refused to budge, citing egalitarianism and condemning the trappings of concentrated power and wealth, and refused to take part in government or Arab imperialist conquests abroad. And so it continues to this day. Muhammad was one of the few people in history who really put his money where his mouth is. And by paying with their lives in the service of the poor, so did his family. Edit: Thank you for the gold! TLDR: The history of Islam is a protracted class struggle. Muhammad sided with the poor. The classes have persisted to this day, explaining many world events. reddit/r/worldnews/comments/29ju47/isis_vows_to_destroy_meccas_kaaba_kill_those_who/cilm7op
Posted on: Wed, 02 Jul 2014 06:53:37 +0000
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