When Abdul Basheer Abdul Kader, a 28 year old lawyer was arrested earlier this year over charges of trying to embark on a military Jihad in Afghanistan, the arrest took many Muslim Singaporeans by surprise.
Many could not understand why a young lawyer with a successful practice and bright future, graduated from the top local junior college and university should decide to throw everything away and descended towards a path of militant and violent Jihad. But unknown to all, Basheer had willingly thrown and immersed himself fully over numerous online texts that espouse radical views with violent agendas. The websites prove too fascinating and Basheer avidly awed over the subject thoroughly fell under the influence that subsequently led to his downfall.
Basheer’s story is not unique and it’s fast becoming too familiar. And the tragedy of it, if inaction prevails, will be terrifying. Indeed there will be many more Basheer who will succumb to this terrible persuasion driven by personal agenda disguised under the cloak of Islam lest we rise above the challenge to deny those views that seek to justify violence room to grow in the minds of our youths and professionals.
For those who wants to answer the call for action and establish a middle path for Islam - a middle path that rejects violence, that seeks ALLAH’s mercy and compassion that celebrates the virtues and hadiths of our beloved prophet Muhammad ( SAW), that endorses logic and persuasion, that celebrates scientific discoveries and humanity, that remains steadfast and confident in the face of modern challenges and that propose Jihad through the alleviation of poverty, through education, and sharing of knowledge, this site is then for you. Answer the call.