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اليوم كنت في إحدى الدوائر لمعاملة، فبينما أحد الموظفين يوقع معاملة تكلم بألم عن تجربته مع اللغة الإنجليزية. قال أنه، وحتى الصف الثالث الإعدادي، أي عندما كان في حوالي الخامسة عشرة من عمره، كان مستواه في الل…غة الإنجليزية جيدا وينجح فيها كل مرحلة. لكن موقفا حصل معه في هذه المرحلة غير المسار تماما…
كان في مدرسة من مدارس وكالة الغوث، حيث توزَّع على الطلاب كتب جديدة وأخرى مستعملة. وكان نصيبه هذه المرة كتابا مستعملا. دخل أستاذ اللغة الإنجليزية في الحصة الأولى فقال للطلاب: افتحوا على الصفحة الأولى من الكتاب…
صاحبنا اكتشف أن الصفحة الأولى منزوعة من محلها فجعل يقلب صفحات الكتاب بحثا عنها…رآه الأستاذ فلم يدرك أنه يبحث عن الصفحة المنزوعة فقال أمام الطلاب بأسلوب فيه ازدراء: (طالب صف ثالث إعدادي ولا يفهم معنى الصفحة الأولى؟!).
صاحبنا لم يمتلك الجرأة ليبين لأستاذه السبب، فسكت، لكنه كره الأستاذ ولم يعد يتحمل رؤيته أو السماع منه، وكره معه اللغة الإنجليزية! وبدأ يرسب في اختباراتها مع أن الأستاذ كان يشرح باستفاضة، لكن سوء تعامله حرم هذا الطالب من الانتفاع بشرحه.
في أحد اختبارات الإملاء نجح صاحبنا، فاستغرب الأستاذ، فقبل أن يسلم صاحبنا ورقته أعطاء طبشورة وقال له: (اطلع على اللوح-السبورة) وأملى عليه الكلمات ليتأكد أنه لم يغش، فكتبها صاحبنا بالفعل. لم يُثنِ عليه الأستاذ بكلمة واحدة بل أعطاه ورقته وأمره بالجلوس!
مر على هذا الموقف حوالي الثلاثين عاما، لكن صاحبنا لم ينسَه، ويتكلم عن أستاذه بطريقة تنم عن أنه لا يحمل له أي ود أو احترام، بل صرح بأنه لا يستطيع مسامحته.
وصل مرحلة الثانوية العامة (التوجيهي) وقد أُحكم إغلاق أبواب قلبه أمام تعلم الإنجليزية، حتى أنه اعتاد أن ينام في حصتها. فرسب في الإنجليزية ونجح في المواد الأخرى، وكان النظام آنذاك يتطلب إعادة السنة كلها مع رسوب مادة واحدة. أعاد السنة، وهذه المرة رُزق بأستاذ لغة إنجليزية حسن الأخلاق. لاحظ نوم صاحبنا أناء حصته فجاءه وقال له بلطف: (لماذا تعاملني بهذه الطريقة؟ لا تحترمني وتنام في حصتي، هل فيَّ شيء غلط؟ بماذا أسأت إليك؟).
فقال له صاحبنا: (يا أستاذ أنت على رأسي لكني لا أستوعب الإنجليزية ولا أفهمها). قال له الأستاذ: (كيف تقول هذا كتابي بالإنجليزية؟) قال صاحبنا: (This is a book). فقال الأستاذ: (والله إنك شاطر! ممتاز…أنا كنت اعرف أنك تعرف الإنجليزية. هي كما قلت لكن بدقة أكثر: This is my book) وبدأ يشجعه.
أصبح صاحبنا يتيقظ في الحصة وينتبه للأستاذ احتراما له حتى لا يخيب ظنه فيه، ونجح هذه المرة في الإنجليزية.
إخوتي، الحقيقة التي ننساها كثيرا: أننا مهما امتلأنا بالعلم وتسلحنا بالحجة وحفظنا الأدلة عن ظهر قلب، فإن الناس لن ينتفعوا بهذا كله إن كرهونا!
إن كان الله تعالى قد قال لرسوله صلى الله عليه وسلم: ((فبما رحمة من الله لنت لهم ولو كنت فظا غليظ القلب لانفضوا من حولك))، وهو…رسول الله، المؤيد المعجزات الباهرات الدالات على صدقه، والذي لا ينطق بــ(رأيه) أو (اجتهاده) بل بالحق المبين ((وما ينطق عن الهوى (3) إن هو إلا وحي يوحى (4) )).
ومع ذلك كله، لو كان رسول الله فظا لانفض الناس من حوله، فكيف بنا نحن البشر الذين ليس لدينا معجزات، ولا نحن معصومون ؟!
في الحديث الذي حسنه الألباني وحسن إسنادَه ابن حجر، قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: ((إنكم لن تَسَعوا الناسَ بأموالِكم ، ولكن يَسَعهم منكم بَسْطُ الوجهِ ، وحُسْنُ الخُلُقِ)).
فلنتواصَ إخوتي بأن نعتني بحسن الخلق والرحمة بالناس ما لا يقل عن اعتنائنا بإقامة الحجة والامتلاء بالعلم، وإلا حرمنا الناس من الخير الذي نريد إيصاله إليهم وأصبح ما لدنا من علم كنوزا مدفونة خلف أسوار الجفاء.
د.إياد قنيبي
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Jabhat al-Nuṣrah — “In the Series of Raids ‘An Eye for An Eye’ #12- Launching Missiles (Fayṣal 1) Upon the Nuṣayrī Village of al-Mushrifah in Rural Ḥomṣ”
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Hazim Fouad, “Salafi-Jihadists and non-jihadist Salafists in Egypt – A case study about politics and methodology (manhaj),” April 30, 2013.
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Tara Vassefi, “Perceptions of the “Arab Spring” Within the Salafi-Jihadi Movement,” November 19, 2012.
Jack Roche, “The Indonesian Jamā’ah Islāmiyyah’s Constitution (PUPJI),” November 14, 2012.
Kévin Jackson, “The Pledge of Allegiance and its Implications,” July 27, 2012.
Behnam Said, “A Brief Look at the History and Power of Anasheed in Jihadist Culture,” May 31, 2012.
Jonah Ondieki and Jake Zenn, “Gaidi Mtaani,” April 24, 2012.
Joshua Foust, “Jihadi Ideology Is Not As Important As We Think,” January 25, 2011.
Charles Cameron, “Hitting the Blind-Spot- A Review of Jean-Pierre Filiu’s “Apocalypse in Islam,” January 24, 2011.
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, “Why Jihadi Ideology Matters,” January 21, 2011.
Joshua Foust, “Some Inchoate Thoughts on Ideology,” January 19, 2011.
Marissa Allison, “Militants Seize Mecca: Juhaymān al ‘Utaybī and the Siege of the Grand Mosque in Mecca,” June 9, 2010.
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Belgian Jihadis in Syria
By Pieter Van Ostaeyen
Belgium always had a bit of a dual relationship with its numerous immigrants from the Maghreb and Turkey. In the 1960’s Belgium heavily encouraged migration from Morocco and Turkey. They were seen as cheaper work forces for the steel and coal industry, which made Belgium a crucial part of the precursor to the European Union and the integration of European economies.
When the heavy industry faded though, these immigrant families remained in Belgium. Currently, some of the third and fourth generation of these immigrants are people who live on the margins of society. The Belgium government over the last several decades never really succeeded integrating the Islamic communities. In the late 1980’s and 1990’s Moroccon youth were renowned for crimes like drug-dealing, theft, and many of them were jobless yet drove around in big cars like Mercedes and BMW.
In one manifestations of the inability to integrate (or the lack of will to do so by some) during the last few decades, led to the creation of the Salafist movement Sharia4Belgium on March 3 2010. Their spokesman Fouad Belkacem (aka Abu Imran) was soon branded persona non grata on public fora. Under heavy public pressure and after several judicial actions against the group, Sharia4Belgium dissolved itself on October 7 2012.
Photo 1: Fouad Belkacem, spokesman of Sharia4Belgium
Meanwhile the war in Syria had been raging for about a year and a half. Reports started appearing claiming European Muslims were fighting in Syria. It would only take a couple of months before the first Belgian and Dutch jihadis were identified. On February 16, 2013 another horrible video from Syria (first published by @hlk01) was posted. There was Dutch heard in the video. Later that week, the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, published an article claiming that Dutch security forces (AIVD) were already investigating the matter.
On March 7, Eurojust first confirmed that there were Belgians amongst the European jihadis in Syria. On March 15 and 16, 2013 Harald Doornbos and myself found three YouTube videos (originally posted by Halab News Network and since deleted by Google) in which I clearly heard some Flemish guys. Belgian media later picked up on this story. Later, the parents of Brian De Mulder and Jejoen Bontinck recognized their sons in the videos. The Belgian far right extremist party Vlaams Belang succeeded in luring in one of the families for their own propaganda and the father of Bontinck even went to Syria in search for his son. They all blamed Sharia4Belgium.
Since then reports about the Belgian jihadis appeared weekly. On April 10, 2013 the Belgian weekly magazine Knack published an article on the Belgian jihadis in Syria, claiming that already 12 of them were killed (these reports as of today remain unconfirmed). Here is an overview of those who died fighting in Syria or those who got arrested trying to get there.
On the 22nd of June, Belgian newspapers De Standaard and De Morgen gave an extensive overview of the developments concerning Belgian jihadis in Syria. This is all because of the announcement of the death of ‘Abd ar-Rahmān Ayāshī, a French-Syrian who had left Belgium back in 2012 after he was sentenced to 8 years in jail. ‘Abd ar-Rahmān Ayāshī became a battalion-leader of Suqūr as-Shām, leading about 600 in battle.
Photo 2: ‘Abd ar-Rahmān Ayāshī
Ayāshī was the son of the Sheikh Bassām Ayāshī, a Syrian living in Molenbeek, Brussels. In the past the Ayāshī family was suspect to several investigations by the Belgian authorities (since September 2009).
A few months ago, the friend of Ayāshī, the French Raphael Gendron (at the right on this pic) was killed in Syria. Perhaps he was one of the first “Belgian” jihadis that got killed in Syria.
Photo 3: ‘Abd ar-Rahmān Ayāshī and Raphael Gendron in Syria
In this video Sheikh Ayāshī reacts to the death of his “two” sons in Syria.
Here is a very recent interview with the killed battalion leader published on YouTube on June 23:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lu9WFBEsrg&sns;feature=youtu.be]
There is no doubt that the deaths of Gendron and Ayāshī are the biggest losses among Belgian fighters in Syria.
Others proven killed are:
Photo 4: Nur ad-Din Abouallal aka Abu Mujahid, Sharia4Belgium’s second man
Others still fighting in Syria:
As most research during the last half year pointed out it is believed that some Belgians joined Jabhat an-Nusra although most of them first aligned with Majlis as-Shura al-Mujahidin (currently a sub-group of ISIS) or Katībat al-Muhājirīn (led by the Chechen Jihadi Abū ‘Umar as-Shīshāni and recently merged with two other groups into Jaysh al-Muhājirīn wa-l-Ansār). Most Belgian jihadis appear to be fighting in or near Aleppo and Idlib. According to recent Belgian reports most of them were based in the village of Daret Izza in the Northern Aleppo province.
It is highly likely that as the Syrian conflict continues to go on there will be more fighters that will join up with the rebels. The Belgian government is worried for their return due to the possibility these newly trained fighters could then plot attacks on the homeland.
Pieter Van Ostaeyen
Master Medieval History 1999
Master Arabic & Islamic Studies 2003
