Reflections on 9/11 and Ramadan [1]
By Imam Zaid Shakir · September 11, 2007
Repeating and relying on the concept of “war” is also harmful to fighting terrorism. What we face is a very prolonged series of contests with opponents that do not have the powers of a state, or hope to defeat our armies, or destroy our powerful economy, or threaten to occupy our territory—the dangerous characteristics we have traditionally associated with war. More important, designing our plans as if this is a war leads us badly astray. The dangers we face involve several possible forms of attack by several forms of possible organizations, each of which may have any of a rich set of possible motivations and a rich set of possible organizational structures. This wide range of possibilities must be handled in a variety of different ways—with a subtlety that is obscured by the simpler assumptions hiding behind the term “war.” Many of the most important ways we do not require, and are not advanced by the use of, our awesome military capabilities. [3]The abuses outlined above, and using a fictitious “war” as a pretext for those abuses, is part of an effort to consolidate the position of America in the international arena as a militaristic global power. In addition to base motivations such as the mere lust for power, the militarism of this country has become the basis of massive commercial concerns, and those concerns are not just confined to the massive weapons manufacturing sector of the economy. To give just one small example:
Whole sectors of the American economy have come to rely on military sales. On the eve of our second war on Iraq, for example, the Department of Defense ordered 273,000 bottles of Native Tan sunblock (SPF 15), almost triple its 1999 order and undoubtedly a boon to the supplier, Control Supply Company of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and its subcontractor, Sun Fun Products of Daytona Beach, Florida. [4]The growing militarism of America, and the attempts to consolidate and institutionalize the empire it facilitates in the international arena, in part through the abusive tactics mentioned above, has dire consequences for this country domestically and internationally. Domestically, as insinuated above, it threatens the civil liberties and freedoms that are the foundation of our democracy. Internationally, in addition to its destabilizing influence, it represents, among other things, a missed opportunity for this country to place its immense power in the service of justice, something many analysts see as being fundamental to a democratic state. Reinhold Niebuhr mentions in this regard:
Modern democratic nations have sought to bring power into the service of justice in three ways. (a) They have tried to distribute economic and political power and prevent its undue concentration. (b) They have tried to bring it under social and moral review. (c) They have sought to establish inner religious and moral checks upon it. [5]Niebuhr discusses in a very pragmatic fashion the challenges to the accomplishment of these three objectives. He is particularly pessimistic about the feasibility of the achievement of the first in the international arena, although its attainment within a particular state is viewed as highly possible. He states in that regard:
No world government could possibly possess, for generations to come, the moral and political authority to redistribute power between the nations in the degree in which highly cohesive national communities have accomplished this end in recent history. [6]Herein lies one of the greatest failures of the current administration, for in the aftermath of the attacks of 9/11 had our government pursued a policy that focused on redistributive justice, as opposed to blind vengeance, its moral and political authority, in the estimation of a sympathetic world, would have never been higher, and the beginning of a new, unifying political project would have been a real possibility. Rather than working for the creation of a true international community we chose to rationalize conflict. Rather than attempting to understand and work to accommodate the “other” we attempted to impose our strategic imperatives on him, or in the name of decency and democracy to eradicate his perceived barbarism. In pursuing this path, we are proceeding towards the negation of the moral foundations of our greatness. Niebuhr offers us prescient advice concerning the requisites of community. He says:
Genuine community, whether between men or nations, is not established merely through the realization that we need each other, though we certainly do. That realization alone may still allow the strong to use the lives of the weak as instruments of their own self-realization. Genuine community is established only when the knowledge that we need one another is supplemented with the recognition that “the other,” that other form of life, or that other unique community is the limit beyond which our ambitions must not run and the boundary beyond which our life must not expand. [7]9/11 provided this country with an opportunity to seek genuine community. By making the apparently tragic choice to pursue the path of war and blind vengeance, the administration has made the leap from irony to evil, for that choice accentuates the requisites of a militaristic policy to a point that pretensions to such virtuous goals as spreading democracy and stabilizing the Middle East ring hollow to informed observers. As long as the general public of this country supports such a policy, it can only be viewed as a partner in the evil that ensues. One of the ironies of our current situation is that the events of 9/11 are the greatest factor urging the general public to support the militarism of the government. Those events have been used to rob that public of the political imagination necessary to begin to think of sharing power and resources in a more equitable fashion or to desire to establish a genuine international community. Herein lays the challenge to the Muslims. Will we allow the events of 9/11 to destroy our political imagination? Will we allow them to rob us of the ability to resolve the ironies that define our situation, thereby pushing us to evil acts that defy our pretensions to higher virtues? It is here that we will speak of Ramadan. Ramadan is the promise of what Islam should be. Above all else, it is the unadulterated reverence and worship of God that seeks to glorify Him, and not our selves. In a beautiful passage in Lata’if al-Ma’arif, Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali mentions the following concerning the Night of Power (Layla al-Qadr) the very climax of Ramadan:
The scholars differ concerning the wisdom of the angels descending during this night [The Night of Power]. Kings and notables do not like guests to enter their homes until they have adorned them with suitable furniture and carpets and decked out their servants with fine clothing and ceremonial weaponry. When the Night of Power arrives, the Lord orders the angels to descend to the earth, because the servants have adorned themselves with acts of worship: with fasting and prayer throughout the month of Ramadan. [They have likewise] adorned their mosques with candles and lamps. The Lord then says to the angels: “You have levied a grave charge against Adam’s descendants when you said concerning them, ‘Will you place therein [on earth] one who will work corruption and wantonly shed blood, while we glorify your praise and extol your sanctity?’ Did I not say to you, ‘Surely, I know that which you know not.’ Go forth and behold them on this night so you can witness them standing in devotion, prostrating themselves, and bowing on their knees in prayer. Then you will know that I chose them over all other creation based on [my] knowledge.” [8]This passage mentions what the angels perceived would be the reality of the human condition, but it also informs us of what God knew of our potentialities. Yes, we sometimes wrongfully shed blood. Sadly, we often do so in the name of God. However, we also pray to God, we seek His Guidance, we humbly confess our weakness before Him, we dedicate great acts to His service, and we seek light through Him. If we can lose ourselves, every individual “I”, and each divergent “me”, in the worship of God, as Muslims do on the Night of Power, then perhaps we can discover that the “I” and the “me” are not so important, that this life is really about the “He”, God; and the “us”, His children. If He can freely bestow His gifts upon us, what prevents us from sharing those gifts with each other? If He can forgive us for the countless transgressions we have engaged in relating to Him, what prevents us from forgiving each other? These are two other great lessons from Ramadan—forgiveness, and charity. It is related that the Prophet Muhammad, peace upon him, was excessively generous. However, he was even more generous during Ramadan. The reason for that enhanced generosity, we are told, is that the Angel Gabriel would visit the Prophet, peace upon him, during Ramadan and review the Qur’an with him [9].The Prophet’s, peace upon him, reflection on the verses of charity as he reviewed the Qur’an would move him to his enhanced benevolence during this month. As for forgiveness, the Prophet, peace upon him, mentioned that the beginning of Ramadan is mercy, its middle days are forgiveness, and its latter part is liberation from Hell. Many paths leading to God's forgiveness are opened up for us during this blessed month. Fasting sincerely during the month is path to forgiveness. Standing in prayer during the nights of the month is a path to forgiveness. Spending the night of power in worship is a path to forgiveness. Remembering God is a path to forgiveness. Lightening the burden on an employee during this month is a path to forgiveness. Providing breakfast to a fasting person is a path to forgiveness. Merely, asking God for forgiveness is a path to forgiveness. All of these and many other avenues to good are open before us during Ramadan. The Qur’an also contains verses urging the faithful to fight, in the defense of the truth, the oppressed, and one’s person. It contains other verses of great strategic import. However, these are not the lessons the Prophet, chose to emphasize in Ramadan. He emphasized charity. He emphasized forgiveness. He emphasized worship. These are the lessons, we as a community will have to collectively emphasize if we are to contribute to making the spirit of Ramadan the basis for the creation of the type of moral and political authority Niebuhr sees as essential for a more equitable sharing of power and resources in the international community. Hence, Ramadan, if understood, could become our basis for a reformed world, for any real and lasting change is rooted in an idea, an idea that is subsequently actualized. That so many Muslims are able to actualize the ideas advanced by Ramadan in their individual lives and then make that actualization the basis for their personal reformation is a function of their moral imagination. Seeing those ideas as the basis for the reformation of our world is a function of our political imagination. Unlike so many others, we cannot allow 9/11 to destroy that imagination. If we can believe that a better world is possible, we can begin the work to make it a reality. If we believe otherwise, the terrorists, of all stripes, have indeed won. Notes [1] This article will not examine what actually happened on 9/11, although the glaring weaknesses and inconsistencies in the official narrative call for such an examination. For those seeking greater clarity concerning the events of that day see David Ray Griffin, Debunking 9/11 Debunking (Northampton, MA: Interlink Publishing, 2007). [2] For an excellent historical overview of the techniques and purposes of demonizing and dehumanizing the Muslim “other” see S.E.Djazairi, The Myth of the Muslim Barbarism and Its Aims (Manchester, UK: Bayt al-Hikma Press, 2007). [3] Philip B/ Heymann, Terrorism, Freedom, and Security: Winning Without War (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2003), 161. [4] Chalmers Johnson, The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2004), 2. [5] Reinhold Niebuhr, The Irony of American History (New York: Charles Scribner and Sons, 1952), 135. [6] Ibid., 136. [7] Ibid., 139. [8] Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, Lata’if al-Ma’arif (The Subtleties of Knowledge) (Damascus: Dar Ibn Kathir, 1996/1416), 350. It should be noted this is an addition that appeared in the earliest published version of the book but does not appear in the available manuscripts of the work. [9] As related by Bukhari #1906 and Muslim #2308.
Comments (33)
Mubeen
September 12, 2007
imam zaid, assalamu alaikum! jazak'Allah khair for another good read and an early ramadan mubarak from us to you.
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September 12, 2007
Ramadan Kareem Imam Zaid! May Allah preserve you and your family! Ameen
Amina
September 12, 2007
AsSalaam Alikum Imam Zaid Shakir, Mashallah Jazak Allah Khair for this great article. May Allah All mighty shower his blessings on you and your family always.
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September 12, 2007
It is a BREATH OF FRESH AIR (as a Muslim) to know that ALLAH(SWT) is in control and is watching EVERYTHING. We must be patient and most importantly be true to ourselves. I love Islam, I love my Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and I love Imam Zaid. May Allah(Swt) protect and preserve ALL of our Shuyukh. From the al-Maghrib ones to the Zaytuna. Ramadan is here: WAKE UP OH SLEEPING ONES. HASTEN!!!
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September 13, 2007
As-Salaamu-Alaikum, Alhamdulillah! Again you have hit the nail on the head and given me insipration for my next project. May Allah continue to enlighten you and cause you to be a means of enlightenment for the rest of us. JazakumAllah Khairan
Sinewy
September 13, 2007
As salamu `alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, May Allah azza wa jal reward you Imam Zaid, and perserve you, ameen. First of all, that was an excellent article to say the least. There have been rarely a handful who wish to touch on these subjects from the Muslim perspective, especially coming from the `ulema. I wish to give an opinion, and I hope this posts up. I wish you had expounded more on the physical evidence of 9/11, and also specifically on the neo-con paradigm, which both categories are enough to put the official myth to shambles (since you come from a political science background), more importantly I believe the self esteem of American Muslims would have rejuvenated. American Muslims are lawful and abiding citizens of this country, the U.S.A., due to them adhering and giving an oath of allegience to follow the law of the land. According to our Shari`ah, the oath is binding on us and Muslims should never break their oaths. Hence, the same constitutional rights are given to us like that to others. Granted, post 9/11, Muslims still fear if they give voices of dissent like other non-Muslim Americans,they fear the worse of the worst, i.e., Gitmo and the least, and that is being labeled "islamofascists". Muslims all around the world besides the U.S. need to know that they are in a worser "virtual" and "real" interncamp then the Japanese were in this nation in the "context of war." The pseudo "war on terror" and the "phantom" enemy were created to promote a validity for the neo con agenda and continue their (neo-con) "crusade" in this "100" year war they wish to embark upon. They are continuing in subjugating Muslim lands for territorial expansion, usurping of their hydrocarbon resources, usurious loans thwarted upon Muslims so that they may slaves like the rest in this "globazing economy" (of which the Islamic currency of coins, something of a real intrinsic value continues to lay dead because it is seen as a threat by the globalists). Muslims having no central authority, people "appearing" as spokesmen of Islam of which results to vigilantism, and purposeful massive misinterpretation being permeated throughout the world, are used as patsyful tactics to further up this globalist agenda. I can go on and on, but since Ramadan is a time of reflection, self restraint, and a time of patience and character building, I believe these post 9/11 issues should be kept in mind since our Ramadan 2007 came close in proximity of this infamous day. Shaykh Zaid, you did implement the "theme" of your 'Exemplars of Courage" CDs. Jaza kumullahu Khairan. Wa salam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.
Imam Zaid Shakir
September 15, 2007
As-Salaam 'Alaikum Sinewy, I intend to writean indepth article on 9/11. However, I am in the process of doing the research. This is not a light matter, and we have to be very meticulous in approaching it. Griffin's latest book, which I mentioned in the notes, is sufficient for those seeking clarity concerning most of the glaring inconsistencies of the official narrative. I feel that the Muslim leadership made a mistake by not aggressively challenging the official story from the outset. If as a community we had added our collective weight to the 9/11 truth movement, that movement would be a lot stronger today, and it would have been a lot more difficult to advance the caricature of the "Green Scare" to replace the "Red Scare" that dissappeared with the demise of the Soviet Union. May Allah bless you during this month and accept all of your worship.
Sinewy
September 17, 2007
Wa `alaikum as salamu wa rahmatullah, Jazakumullahu khairan for the reply, and first off, Ramadan karim, and secondly, May Allah Ta`ala likewise accept all your ibadat during this blessed month, ameen. If you need any additional help with the article or work, ustadh, please don't hesitate insha`Allah. I would love to contribute. I have researched this very indepth from the beginning, and this very nick of "Sinewy" is found in several forums. I have gone to these forums as a means of acquiring `ilm and also da`wah, and trying to represent the traditional Islamic perspective. Furthermore, you mentioned David Ray Griffin's books, of which I own a copy of a "New Pearl Harbor", and I have read other follow ups such as the one you mentioned, "Debunking 911 Debunking", and "911 Commission: Omission and Distortions." They are sufficient material on the subject of 9/11. Also, you hinted at the "9/11 truth movement." I agree with the opinion of a collective effort of Muslims joining this movement. We do have some Muslim notables such as Dr. Kevin Barrett, hafidhuhullah, but we need more Muslims to join, especially those who excel in "`ilm al-kalam". One of the reasons why I replied to your article is that like you, I incline and adhere towards the traditional Islamic thought of Islam. This viewpoint is neglected by a nescient main stream media and their likings purposely for the sole intent of only representing a fanatical, unorthodox, extreme viewpoint of Islam to validate the administration's "war on terror" theme as well as smear Islam collectively as a real antagonist and menace. Lastly, I take you as my Shaykh, even from a distance, and I benefit greatly. Wa salam.
Aameen
September 18, 2007
Assalaamu Alaykum wa'Rahmatu-Llah! Aameen to all the dua'as. It is truly refreshing and heart warming for me as a Muslim to repeatedly benefit from the deep knowledge and wisdom carried in the person of Imam Zaid Shakir. You truly are a blessing to this Ummah and May Allah Subhaanahu Wata'aalaa (SWT) increase you in tawfiq. May HE SWT bestow HIS Mercy upon you and all your loved ones, friends, teachers & studnts. May Allah SWT reward you abundantly in all the time you take and sacrifices you make in order to share your knowledge with us. Echoing what the above poster wrote - you are my Shaykh, even from a distance. Ramadhaam Mubarak to you and all the beautiful brothers and sisters who work with you. May we all increase in TAQWA during this blessed month. May Allah SWT increase us all in sincere love for our Beloved - the best of creation, the seal of all Prophets (Peace Be Upon them All); Rasool Salallhu Alayhi wa'Salam. Allahuma Aamin!
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