Mira Al-Bitar, Syriano:
The Arab Bedouins colonized peoples like other colonizers, and there is no state or society that has not attacked others, Evil is general, but the generality of evil does not legitimize it and turn it into a rule for life and for dealing with the people of life, Generalizing evil does not change its exceptionality!Every colonizer has excelled at justifying their colonization in some way or another, The goals of colonization were mostly materialistic and aimed at serving self-interest,Britain colonized India, and it was in its interest to secure the route to India, so controlling the Suez Canal was necessary, The Ottomans colonized the Arab countries in a way that was historically unprecedented in terms of exploitation, enslavement, impalement, and barbaric savagery, under the pretext that they were a holy Islamic caliphate.
Linguistically, Arabic does not allow for confusion between the concept of conquest and the concept of colonialism, Foreignly, there is no possibility of separating the two concepts, Foreign languages do not differentiate between the concept of conquest and the concept of colonialism, As for Arabic, the word “conquest” in the Intermediate Dictionary refers to “overcoming and possessing it,” As for the political concept of conquests, it was the “annexation” of the conquered lands to the conquering state, not only administratively, but also in terms of ownership and considering the new kingdom as part of the conqueror’s possessions or a province of his provinces, not with regard to the conqueror’s duties, but with regard to his rights or exploitative and enslaving interests in the first place, All of this was based on traditional Qur’anic roots such as loyalty and disavowal, in addition to the instructions and goals of the caliphs.
It is said that the conquests did not aim to colonize lands and people, but rather to spread the call to Islam and wage jihad in the path of God, The call to Islam distinguished Islamic conquest from others!!!!!!!!! But the conquerors were not preachers, they were not even truly Muslims. What encouraged them to participate in the wars of conquest was the rule of distributing spoils, i.e. the rule of four-fifths for the mujahideen, and not the theatrical, farcical recitation of the two testimonies of faith, They were butchers, their first and last concern was spoils, captives, and tribute, then practicing addictive violence, The conquests were targeting the land and the people of this land!
There is no truth to what has been said and is being said about not targeting the land and its inhabitants. Considering the land as a province and working to Islamize the people or force them to pay the jizya (poll tax), then creating a class-based society, is in fact targeting the land and its people. It is targeting people’s religious, social, and cultural affiliations. The slogan “To you your religion, and to me my religion” was nothing but hypocrisy and deception. In exchange for “To you your religion,” there was forced Islamization, the payment of the jizya, or war… “Submit and be safe!” It is not just that you convert to Islam and become Arabized, but that you become Arabized, because Arabism is Islam and Islam is Arabism. Even those who converted to Islam from the peoples of the conquered regions had to turn to Arabism and become Arabs, even though they did not feel that they belonged to the Arabs of the Peninsula, like the Kurd, the Amazigh, the Syriac, the Phoenician, and others who were subjected to the modern Arabization program, which was practiced in coercive ways, where violence and the sword were its means and tools. You, Kurd, are forbidden to speak and sing in your language, but only in Arabic, the language of the Qur’an. All of this is like the vast difference between occupation and conquest. Therefore, the League of Nations, after the First World War, prohibited the use of the concept of conquest, because conquest was one of the dirtiest forms of colonialism, not only settler colonialism, but also possessive. Despite this, there are still those who are proud of it and consider it a sacred matter that God commanded. They lie in the name of God, whom they claim to worship and glorify.
The aim of researching this problem is not primarily to prosecute those who did this 1440 years ago, but rather to try to clarify the relationship of the Arabists and the Brotherhood with the homelands that were established after the First World War, and then failed, or most of them failed, within a century, Here we accuse the Arabists and the Brotherhood of being responsible for the failure, because in reality they do not want these homelands, and they do not believe in the homeland at all as an idol or part of a homeland, so they disowned the homelands and fought against them!
We feel the need to reconcile with history, and reconciliation with history can only be achieved through honesty and acknowledgment of wrongdoing, The German people reconciled with history after committing crimes under the leadership of the Kaiser and the Führer, and igniting the flames of world wars, The Germans apologized, their international standing was settled, and they established a new state that managed to lead the world scientifically, culturally, and humanistically, As for the Arabists and Muslims, most or some of them still consider the conquest of Syria to have been for its liberation through its enslavement, ownership, and the humiliation of its people, Some still consider the expulsion of the Arabs from Spain an evil act, for Spain is Arab and must return to the Caliphate, Not only Spain, but India as well, for in India that “scoundrel” Gandhi ruined the preparations for the Caliphate, which was to be established in India as a continuation of the rule of the Muslim Mughals.
There is a great difficulty in the practice of apologizing among the young, Apologizing is a characteristic of adults, and adults alone possess the compensatory balance, They possess good deeds that cover the bad deeds, And where are the good deeds of the Arabist Muslims that can compensate for their mistakes? They did not apologize, but on the contrary, some of them herald the return of the conquest and help Türkiye to conquer northern Syria, as a step that brings them closer to the caliphate, heralding the ultimate criminality and rudeness.
Many countries’ projects have failed because of the Arabism of Muhammad, which represents alienation from the homeland, Muhammadanly, the homeland is considered an idol that must be destroyed, and Arabistically, Syria is considered the daughter of the Sykes-Picot Agreement, a bastard child stained with dishonor,Their alienation from Syria has become clear and evident. Therefore, they have no place in Syria as a homeland, Syria belongs to the Syrians in terms of belonging, purpose, and destiny, There is no other state within the Syrian state, There is no caliphate, just as there is no Arab state,Whoever tries to create a state within the Syrian state is acting as a fifth column in the business of treason, and this is what the Syrians must not allow, The homeland of the Syrians is Syria, not Afghanistan or Turkey!
The truth is, Syrians don’t care who ordered or desired the conquest; what matters to them are the consequences of this cursed conquest, their perspective on the conquest, and not the conquerors’ perspective—a perspective Syrians logically despise and reject, Is it logical, ethical, or patriotic for some to welcome the occupation or conquest of their own land, to which they claim allegiance, and to transform it into an appendage of the Quraysh or a neo-Ottoman empire? No thanks are due to the Quraysh or the Ottomans for their past and present crimes against the Syrian people.
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