Indonesian militants just attacked two hotels in their capital Jakarta--the Ritz-Carlton and the JW Marriott hotel. CNN said two improvised explosive devices (IED) just went off, killing at least nine people and injuring 50 others. Some of those killed and injured were Westerners. A third bomb was found and immediately detonated.
This is the ninth time that terrorists, possibly belonging to the regional terror group Jemaah Islamiya, have done suicide bombings. Newly elected Indonesian President Bambang Yudyohono condemned the attacks, and vowed to run after the bombers. Since 2000, when the bombings started in Indonesia, the Indonesian police and its anti-terror squads have been quite successful in neutralizing these terror groups. Bombings subsided four years ago with the arrest of the JI's top leaders. Yet, shortly right after the presidential elections a few days ago, bombings started. Were these bombs part of a covert operation to again stress the need for Washington to support Indonesia's anti-terror campaign?
What is more relevant, actually and I think more effective in neutralizing these so called fundamentalist groups is cut them off from the fertile ground where they actually plant their vitriolic ideology. Unlike the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), the Jemaah Islamiya thrives on the promotion of the false belief that all non-believers are fair game. That is false. Even in the Qu'ran and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), jihadists struggle against armed enemies, not those who are considered civilians or non-combatants.
In fact, what is being held as a pious act in the Holy Qu'ran is fighting or struggling against disbelief through proselytization or "dawah". A Muslim is only allowed to kill or behead the enemies of Islam if there is a practice of extreme disbelief. If there is still a promise of change, then, the true Slave of Allah Subhanahu Ta'Alah is directed to share the promises of salvation by worshipping the One True God. That is the true message of Allah SWT.
Suicide bombings do not have a concrete and exact doctrinal support in the Noble Qu'ran. You cannot find any Sunnah or any passage in the Holy Qu'ran that promotes suicide. In fact, suicide, by itself, is prohibited and considered a grievous sin. So, how do you explain these things? If suicide bombing does not have doctrinal support, then, this can only be considered as haram to be despised and frown upon by all those who truly worship Allah SWT.
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