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***Terrorism and suicide tactics are forbidden in and alien to Islam, and indeed are a set of phenomena which have no precursor in Muslim history...

  The original appearance of and as a tactic and a psychology  even remotely related to Islam was among the Isma‘ili sect of the Shi‘a religion, and it later emerged among the Russian nihilists of the late 19th century. ***

AL-MURABITUN OF THE AMERICAS 

 Eight hundred years ago the Murabitun were the most feared warriors of a flourishing Islamic Civilisation. They swept North into Southern Spain from West Africa in a devastating wave of conquest and destruction of the feeble and corrupt kingdoms of the day.

Today, the Murabitun is a movement inviting people of all races and social walks to accept the Islamic spiritual path, philosophical thought, and social norms, while  promoting the leading of morally and socially clean lives.

Our communities and gatherings are characteristically multi-racial, and our largest number of adherents are from among the descendents of former slaves and from amongst the Afro/Native population of the Americas.

The name Murabitun means "People of the fotress" and derives from the Qur'anic command "Rabitu", literally fortress together'.  It was made famous by the Islamic movement led by Yusuf ibn Tashfin, which restored Islamic Rule in the South of Europe, which in turn ushered in The Renaissance.

The term Ribat as defined by Ibn Rushd is "holding fast to the outposts" in order to protect the Muslims therein," and also refers to the outposts themselves. Accordingly it also has spiritual and social applications. . .

We, The Murabitun advocate Personal Rule as the Islamic and natural form of human governance, taking authority for this position from extensive Qur'anic references, the Example of the Muhammad The Prophet, extensive Hadith, the consensus of the scholars, and the practice of all the subsequent Khalifs, Sultans and Amirs of every significant Muslim society until the cessation of effective Ottoman sultanate in 1909.

In the tradition of The Messenger (sal Allahu alayhi was salaam) we uphold the Bayat (oath of allegiance) to an Amir or leader from among the communitiy at large. This is and always has been the mainstay of Islamic political organization. Accordingly our communities center around the Amirs and their traditional roles as the voice of the people...

Position on Zakat

The political and social work of the Murabitun centres around the restoration of the "fallen pillar" of Zakat (the Islamic equivalent of tithing but at a yearly rate of 2.5%), which has been abandoned on several primary counts. Principally: -that it must be assessed and taken by an Amir or a duly authorized agent of the dawla (governing nucleus)-that if it is on money it must be taken in gold and silver -that it must be disbursed immediately. As authority for this position the Murabitun cite a wide range of sources, beginning with the Qur'anic injunction to take Zakat("Take zakat from their wealth" Surat Tawba 9:103, the Prophetic practice of Zakat-taking, the well-known position of the Khalif Abu Bakr as-Siddiq ("Fight them if they retain only a hobbling-rope of what was collected before.") Al-Bukhari in his Sahih in the Book of Zakat, in the chapter on the obligatory nature of zakat, and the established practice among the world Muslim community which was until relatively recently the assessment and collection of Zakat by the Leader and his collectors. This in-place in contra-distinction to the currently prevailing practices of voluntary self-assessment, donation to the Zakat charity of one's choice, and the placement of Zakat donations into interim or even long-term investment funds.

This destroys the political cohesion of the Muslim community, which is based primarily on the circulation of wealth along Divinely revealed lines.

Shari‘ah Currency

Our position on Zakat widely entails the Re-Introduction of the Islamic Gold Dinar and Silver Dirham, which has been produced and put into use by members of the Murabitun in its various centres around the world, and also by other like-minded Muslim and non-Muslim groups and individuals.

Paper money, since it is actually a promise of payment written on paper, can from the point of view of Legal Zakat only be considered in terms of its value as paper and Zakat cannot be discharged by passing on a token of debt owed to a third party.

Rais Umar Vadillo has written extensively on the origins of paper money and the Islamic position on its legal non-status.

Amal Of Madinah

(The Accepted Behaviour and Consensus Of The First Commuity)

The Murabitun are outspoken pro-ponents of Imam Malik, who is often referred to as The Imam Of Madinah –and is chronicled in historical works as the inheritor of the lived social reality of the first three generations of Muslims in the city of the Prophet (as opposed to the other Schools, which were formulated in other places and at later dates). He is also noted as the first formulator of Islamic Jurisprudence by way of his monumental work Al–Muwatta ( The Well Trodden Path) which is considered the closest to the complete  blueprint required for the revival of Islam especially in times of advanced societal degeneration.

We, The Murabitun do not, however, in any way dispute the validity of the other legal Schools, nor is adherence to or advocacy of the School of Malik a condition of membership of the Murabitun.

Islamic Trading and Social Welfare

The Murabitun advocate a revival of the forms of trading and social welfare practiced during the first generations of Muslims and for most of the history of Islam, proposing that these are the natural modes of human activity and rejecting the dialectical categorisation of “ancient” or “modern”, a set of opposites whose application to Islam they consider irrelevant and misleading.

The Islamic model (Amirate or Dawla) have been formulated in detail and include personal, communal and/or foundational philanthropy for the funding of social welfare institutions, mosques and other public facilities; markets governed by rules such as the prohibition of charging rent for market-space; guilds as the natural form of professional organization; and caravans, representing the movement of goods from point of purchase to point of sale as opposed to monopoly distribution.

Organizational Form

There are minorly formalised rules of membership or affiliation to the Murabitun; the movement consists of individuals and groupings actively working towards the movements aims while acknowledging affiliation.

As such it is not a political party.

Tariqa

Many but not all members of the Murabitun are also Sufic murids...

THE AMIRATE IS THE DAWLA AND IS THE NUCLEUS OF THE UMMAH BOTH IN THE PHYSICAL & THEORETICAL SENSE.

IN ANY AMIRATE THERE MAY BE ANY GIVEN NUMBER OF ORGANIZED SPIRITUAL OR SOCIAL GROUPINGS “TARIQAHS”.

CITIZENS/MEMBERS OF THE AMIRATE MAY, OR MAY NOT, CHOOSE TO BELONG TO A TARIQAH.

THIS IS EACH PERSON’S FREE CHOICE.

THIS CHOICE DOES NOT AFFECT HIS/HER ROLE AS A CITIZEN OF THE AMIRATE.

AMIRATE PRECEEDS TARIQAH.

Political Influence

Internationally The Murabitun has had considerable political influence, principally surrounding our promotion and prototype production of the Islamic Gold Dinar and Silver Dirham.

Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr Necmettin Erbakan, former Prime Minister of Turkey, and King Hasan II of Morocco, during their terms of office or rule issued public statements in favour of the Gold Dinar as a currency for Muslim nations, and as a model currency for others.

Dr Mahatir and King Hasan II also initiated programmes and activities towards the currency’s implementation, the latter as a means to correct Zakat.

Controversial Stances

The Murabitun have been opposed from some quarters because of their outright rejection of suicide as a tactic, although they are by far not the only Muslim group who reject suicide bombings. We are especially opposed by those who tend to follow the (Wahabbi) Saudi strain of Islam, who accuse them of using/introducing innovation.

Similarly, our absolute stance against 'Capitalism' and the “Islamisation” of banking, which is the abandonment of Islamic practice, has led to opposition, particularly among the Modernist school, who either accept paper money and capitalist trends as unavoidable parts of the status-quo (darurah), or avoid the issues altogether.

The Murabitun’s sometimes vociferous denunciation of banking and bankers has also been construed by some as Anti-Semitic.

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