The Causes of Moro and Palestine

By Zakaria Abdullah

ccun.org, December 6, 2008
 
 
In any sportsmanship game, when there is no level playing field, or the referees are found to be partial, either team has the tendency to lose its playing mettle. And when the team loses its mettle, it is prone to apply unsportsmanlike tactics to achieve victory.
 
Such a situation also applies to political and ideological armed conflicts. Who then would most likely to be blamed, only the team or the referees first and foremost?
 
For instance, the case of Palestine and other struggling Muslims all over the world, whose adversaries are identified with anti-Muslims and Islam-basher-superpowers, is an epitome of a non-level playing field. The former are being unjustly divested of their legitimate rights, their refugees are neither allowed to return to their homes nor given compensation for their loss and human suffering. Their attempts for redress of grievances are considered as acts of terrorism, while the terrorist acts that are applied to deny them of their human and legitimate rights have become the norms and standard of the 21st Century World Order.
 
The effect of man'??s inhumanity to man as reflected by the Zionist government'??s attitude against Palestinians, in cahoots with the brainwashed section of the international community, including some Muslims kept hostage by their lust for power, has driven sympathizing Muslims in other parts of the world to undertake Jihad in their own stride to avenge the death and destruction of their hapless brothers and sisters in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Mindanao (Moro), Myanmar (Rohingya), Chechnya and South Thailand, to cite only the most hardly hit by the destructive neo-world order mechanism.
 
Mumbai episode
 
What happened in Mumbai, India, recently is one case in point. It would be inappropriate to tag Pakistan as the brain of the â?�terror?? operation by a still unnamed group. It would also be wrong to fault Islam as the source of inspiration for the â?�militant Muslims?? who undertook the operation. Should there be anyone to blame, all fingers must be pointed at the powers- that-be which have control and influence in the â?�terrorised?? territory. There have been concerted efforts to perpetuate injustices and violations of human rights against the weak, especially Muslims. Now, the anti-Muslim elements are getting the dose of their own medicines.
 
The Mumbai episode may not be just an isolated incident. For as long as the root cause of injustices and the man-made sufferings of Muslims are not addressed, for so long the world will have to bear such a deplorable situation. Lucky would be the like of Australia which had successfully â?�foiled a terrorist?? plot (see Failed Jihad and some lessons to learn??, on http://camlun.multiply.com) against its uncalled-for participation in the superpower-led unjust war against Iraq.
 
We all are aware how the rests of the world are being manipulated through the controlled print and electronic media to accept the Israeli government'??s inhuman treatment of the Palestinians. Likewise, we are witnesses to the American government'??s whip-cracking of Third World nations to support its (Israeli-demanded) war on Iraq to achieve their conjugal ulterior national interests. For Israel, the Iraqi military potential to destroy its national existence was de-capacitated. For the USA, their voracious plan to control the black gold and political developments in the region was finally achieved.
 
The Moro front
 
In Muslim Mindanao, South Philippines, a war of attrition is recurring. The volatile situation was initiated by the USA when in 1935, prior to granting the Philippines its independence in 1946, it decided to force the Moro people to accept the merger with Filipinos amidst fierce Moro protests. Today, the Americans have again struck another pact with the Philippine government (GRP), circumventing the Philippine Constitution which prohibits foreign military forces from operating in the territory. The GRP allowed the US Army to establish military camps in Mindanao, on the pretext of training and helping the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) decimate the Abu Sayyaf (ASG) â?�terroristâ?? group and the Moro liberation fronts. True to the alleged pact, the Green Berets had on various occasions been seen providing special training and expertise to the AFP. The latest episode, based on testimony of Moro civilians who survived the massacre, was in Maimbung, Sulu, where eight civilians, including four children and an integrated Phil. Army corporal (former MNLF combatant) who was shot at point blank while being tied lying face down, in the presence of his wife. All these blatant human rights violations, reported by no less than the UN Human Rights Commission, were reversed by the Philippine justice system.
 
The Supreme Court of the Philippines, which ruled as unconstitutional - the much touted Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MoA-AD) that took Philippine government (GRP) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panels around a decade to complete, is the mother of the unjust system against the Bangsamoro people.
 
Being victimized by a â?�conglomerateâ?? of un-Islamic forces working in tandem against the achievement of Bangsamoro self-determination and freedom is understandable. But when it involves certain members of the so-called Islamic community to play an integral part of the â?�spoilers of Moro self-determination and independenceâ??, it would seem incorrigible even if it serves a temporal, national or communal interest to certain extent.
 
Be that as it may, the Moro Freedom fighters are not wavering and shall remain steadfast in their resolve to finish the task that has been devolved by Divine Providence. They are even proud to have been given the opportunity to undertake the rare feat in the way of â??Jihad Fi-Sabilillah.â?? Since there is no compulsion in religion (Islam), let everyone choose which way to take side. Like a number of Moro strugglers who had served the Cause with their sweat and blood for years, some still traded their heavenly merits for vanity when the enemies of Islam opened their gates to â?�amnestyâ?? and other material dialectics, that pave the way through vain glory and self-destructing â?�paradise on earthâ??.

  Zakaria Abdullah zbaes@yahoo.com