'Waqf' Properties and Militarization: The Strategic Role of Mosques in Sharia
Ten days ago, a weapons cache was uncovered in a Southern Lebanon mosque [1]. Last summer, UNESCO discovered bombs hidden within mosque walls in Iraq [2]. Meanwhile, Germany shut down the well-known ‘Blue Mosque’ and two others for “pursuing anti-constitutional objectives [3].
Those who ordered the mosque closures were called ‘Islamophobes,’ but with thousands in Hamburg protesting for Sharia last spring, their actions seem well justified.
In the case of the ‘Blue Mosque’ the German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser blamed ‘extremists’ even though Islamic sermons are taken from the doctrine and such preaching is entirely consistent with it. She said, "It is very important to me to make a clear distinction here: we are not acting against a religion."
Koran 8:12 ‘(Remember) when your Lord inspired the angels, "Verily, I am with you, so keep firm those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who have disbelieved, so strike them over the necks, and smite over all their fingers and toes."
Many people are surprised to learn that mosques can be used to facilitate jihad but they shouldn’t be, this is no different from the first mosque ever built by Mohammed shortly after his migration to Medina. This happened in 622 AD and marks the beginning of the Islamic Calendar.
The example of Mohammed is one that Muslims are expected to follow, and after his migration mosques were regularly used as a place to store weapons and for numerous other activities that reflect the socio-political-economic system of government that is part and parcel of sharia:
A place to carry out a sentence i.e. stoning: (Ibn Ishaq 394-395)
As a court for trials, verdicts, decrees: (Bukhari 5270, 5230)
A war chamber: Hadith (Muslim 20:4711)
Storage for weapons: (Koran 4:102)
Receiving foreign delegations: (Ibn Ishaq 934, 953)
Used as a prison for war captives: (Ibn Ishaq 948)
Not only are mosques still used for sharia courts to dispense Islamic law such as at the Didsbury Mosque in Manchester, they often have schools attached. In Britain there are almost two thousand mosques and thousands of Islamic schools. Mosque bookstores often carry Korans and collections of Hadith, along with books like The Method of Islamic Education by Muhammad Qutb, one of the principal idealogues of the Muslim Brotherhood and brother of its founder, Sayyid Qutb. Other authors include Khurshid Ahmad, an influential figure within Pakistan’s Jamaat-e-Islami, who has promoted the establishment of an Islamic state and referred to al-Qaeda fighters as "brethren." [4]
‘I heard the Messenger of Allah say—and he was delivering a sermon from the pulpit: “Prepare to meet them with as much strength as you can afford. Beware, strength consists in archery. Beware, strength consists in archery. Beware, strength consists in archery.” (Muslim 1917)
Something else that should cause concern is that many mosques, schools, cemeteries and Islamic centres are now being designated as ‘waqfs’ and Muslims are being encouraged to donate to this cause [5]. According to sharia ‘a waqf property is permanently dedicated to Allah, and once a property is dedicated it remains as waqf forever signifying that a waqf is perpetual, inalienable and irrevocable in nature [6].’
All of Israel has been declared a ‘waqf’ and so has an entire Indian village along with their temple [7, 8]. Chances are that most people don’t realize the significant difference between a waqf and an ordinary real estate transaction – a waqf property is akin to a change in sovereignty – from the country in which it resides, to an Islamic domain of Allah to be defended as such [9, 10].
Authorities in non-Islamic states may want to take heed.
Koran 4:102 “When thou (Mohammed) art with them, and standest to lead them in prayer, Let one party of them stand up (in prayer) with thee, Taking their arms with them: When they finish their prostrations, let them Take their position in the rear. And let the other party come up which hath not yet prayed - and let them pray with thee, Taking all precaution, and bearing arms: the Unbelievers wish, if ye were negligent of your arms and your baggage, to assault you in a single rush. But there is no blame on you if ye put away your arms because of the inconvenience of rain or because ye are ill; but take (every) precaution for yourselves. For the Unbelievers Allah hath prepared a humiliating punishment.”
SOURCES:
[1] Lebanon Mosque Video:
[3] Blue Mosque: https://www.dw.com/en/germany-shuts-down-islamic-center-hamburg/a-69747298
[3] Germany:
[4] Husain, Ed. Among the Mosques: A Journey Across Muslim Britain Bloomsbury Publishing. 2022
[5] Islamic Waqf of Canada:
https://www.islamicwaqf.ca/
[8] Article: https://perspectivesonislam.substack.com/p/what-is-waqf
[9] Old Graveyard: https://fataawa.co.za/waqf-grave-cannot-be-sold/
[10] Maryland Waqf:
https://www.islamicwaqfofmd.org/
RELEVANT DOCTRINE:
Koran 4:102 https://legacy.quran.com/4/102
Koran 7:158 https://legacy.quran.com/7/158
Koran 20.6 https://legacy.quran.com/20/6
Koran 13:41 https://legacy.quran.com/13/41
Hadith (an-Nasai 3651) https://sunnah.com/nasai:3651
Hadith (Muslim 521a) https://sunnah.com/muslim:521a
Hadith (Muslim 1917) https://sunnah.com/muslim:1917
Hadith (Muslim 1632a) https://sunnah.com/muslim:1632a
Hadith (Muslim 2426b) https://sunnah.com/muslim:2426b
Hadith (Bukhari 2772) https://sunnah.com/bukhari:2772
Hadith (Bukhari 2737) https://sunnah.com/bukhari:2737
Hadith (Bukhari 2313) https://sunnah.com/bukhari:2313
Hadith (Bukhari 3059) https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3059
Hadith (Bukhari 3012) https://sunnah.com/bukhari:3012
Hadith (Ibn Majah 2397) https://sunnah.com/ibnmajah:2397
Hadith (Bukhari 5270) https://sunnah.com/bukhari:5270
Hadith (Bukari 6815, 6816) https://sunnah.com/bukhari:6815
Hadith (Bukhari 5230) https://sunnah.com/bukhari:5230
Reliance of the Traveller, A Classic Manual of Islamic Law (k30.0, k30.2 (d), k30.3, o11.7, o22.10) Nuh Ha Mim Keller, Amana Publications 2015 https://archive.org/details/relianceofthetravellertheclassicmanualofislamicsacredlaw
Guillaume, Alfred. 'The Life of Muhammad: a Translation of Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah' (#394-395, 934, 948, 953), Oxford University Press, 1967 (Ibn Ishaq 700-767CE) https://archive.org/details/history-ibn-ishaq-sirat-rasul-allah-the-life-of-muhammad/page/n7/mode/2up