...The Idealogy Behind The Terror

"And if any believe not in Allah and His Messenger, We have prepared, for those who reject Allah, a Blazing Fire!" -Quran 48:13

The little café across the road was oddly calm apart from the occasional outburst from a middle-aged man wearing a white skullcap and long black robes. His bespectacled face was heavily framed with a long beard that covers most of his flabby neck. With hands flailing to the heavens that promptly fashioned into a fist slamming itself unto the café table, he snapped at his attentive audience, “Why does the world not understand? Our religion allows us to wage war against the infidels! Why are our fellow Muslim brothers and sisters condemning it as act of terrorism?

His words found its way into the audience, their impending silence indicating passive support. I folded my arms across my chest and smirked indifferently. The air wavered as light emitting from an afternoon sun tapered. Almost immediately, I could sense Death’s presence as She glided her ethereal body unto the vacant seat next to me.

“You must have been really busy lately”, I asked.

“Not at all my dear, I am not accountable for those who died by the exploits of others”, Death replied.

“Even I cannot override the conscious choice of a human. When a person kills another before his time, I played no part in it”, Death continued.



I was momentarily silenced by Death’s sudden revelation. God gave Man the weapon of Choice. I have no inkling that a Man’s Choice can override even Death Herself.

“Anyway, they did it for their God and they have done so in accordance to their Scriptures”

"Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah...Whatever ye spend in the cause of Allah shall be repaid unto you, and ye shall not be treated unjustly." (Surah 8:60)
"For the unbelievers are to you open enemies" (Surah 4:101)
"Then fight and slay the pagans wherever ye find them and seize them, beleaguer them and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war." (Surah 9:5)

I shifted agitatedly in my chair for I know that these Martyrs of Islam believed that Paradise would be their reward for their consecrated measures against the infidels. Haven’t all Martyrs given a dignified Islamic burial for all their sanctified actions? Truly they looked forward to Paradise or Janah for their effort.

Allah's Apostle said, "Allah guarantees (the person who carries out Jihad in His Cause and nothing compelled him to go out but Jihad in His Cause and the belief in His Word) that He will either admit him into Paradise (Martyrdom) or return him with reward or booty he has earned to his residence from where he went out." Volume 9, Book 93, Number 555: Narrated Abu Huraira.

In Islam, Janah is a place where the pleasures of Mutahsibir (sensual pleasure in sex with virgins, eating, and happiness) are found.

Sura 55:56 "On couches with linings of brocade shall they recline, and therein shall be the damsels with retiring glances, whom nor man nor djinn hath touched before them: Like jacinth and pearls: Shall the reward of good be aught but good? And beside these shall be two other gardens: With gushing fountains in each: In each fruits and the palm and the pomegranate: In each the fai, the beauteous ones: With large dark eyeballs, kept close in their pavilions: Whom man hath never touched nor any djinn: Their spouses on soft green cushions and on beautiful carpets shall recline: Blessed by the name of they Lord, full of Majesty and Glory."

Suddenly, I could comprehend the reason behind the verbal flare-up of the bespectacled middle-aged man; the ideology behind the terror.

“Don’t look so worried my dear…”, said Death while standing up.

“Where are you going?” I replied.

“Getting ready for the welcoming party, of course!” “More are expected to arrive soon”, Death said mockingly.