So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space and no room for democratic consultation.
ABU BAKAR BASHIRToday the Western powers and media want to domesticate us like sheep, to keep us tame and domesticated.
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The Shariah is set and fixed, so why do we need to discuss it anymore? Just implement i!t
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The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
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There is not a single Muslim leader today who has the courage and commitment to defend Islam and Muslims, they are all in awe of the United States and other Western powers, and are indebted to them.
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They are scared that the BBC or CNN may call them radicals, so they remain soft instead. The problem lies there, with the Muslim leaders, not the Muslim masses.
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You are right, but the weakness does not come from the millions of Muslims in the world. They do not mind being radical, they have no fear to speak out and to protest and to jihad.
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But the West is trying to weaken Islam from outside and inside. They attack our people and invade our countries from outside, and they weaken us from within with ideas like secularism, liberalism and democracy.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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If my children do not behave according to Islam, if they do not pray for instance, I will punish them.
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The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.
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Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.
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The only model to follow is pure Islam.
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We have shown that Islam can rule the world perfectly for 14 centuries, and during this time of Muslim power we did not borrow ideas like democracy from others, so why do we need to learn democracy from them now?
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Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the other way when Lebanon is being destroyed right next to them.
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Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world, yet they were sustained by their faith in God, and God alone.
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We should be proud that our Prophet came into the world with the message of Islam to change it for the better, and not for the worse, or to keep things as they are.
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