Stop the War Coalition! Are Muslims permitted by Islam to march alongside the Kaffir agenda?

ITG expose the truth about the STWC February 15th march 'Stop the War Coalition' and question why some Muslims will be attending an event that will anger Allah(swt) on the day of judgment! Read on and learn why?

The True Aims of the
“Stop The War Coalition”

Marching on February 15th is Haram
and the Height of Political Naiveté

Britain is a colonialist state. It was Britain that destroyed the authority of Islam, the Khilafah. It was Britain that created hatred amongst the Muslims by inspiring them with nationalism. It was Britain that carved up the Muslim lands into inept states, now numbering over 50, under the auspices of the Sykes-Picot agreement. It was Britain that established the Jewish homeland, Israel. Today, Britain works to undermine Islamic revival in the Muslim World by assisting the treacherous Arab and Muslim regimes in their brutal suppression of political Islam. Their hands are drenched with the blood of the Muslims of Bosnia, Iraq, Chechnya, Palestine and Uzbekistan as they work to gain their rotten economic and strategic interests in the Muslim World. In spite of this, it is the British government we are expected to lobby on the 15th of February.

The United Nations is a colonialist tool. It was the United Nations that sanctioned the bombardment of Iraq in the last Gulf War. It was the United Nations that starved the Muslim women and children of Iraq under a harsh sanctions regime. It was the United Nations that prevented the Muslims of Bosnia from defending themselves against Serbian aggression. It was the United Nations that watched impotently, while Sharon massacred the Muslims of Jenin. In spite of this far from illustrious history, it is the intervention of the United Nations we are expected to call for on the 15th of February.

O Muslims! Impending military action on the Muslims of Iraq will undoubtedly be the latest episode in the ruthless campaign conducted against Islam and Muslims by Western capitalist nations under the guise of a "war on terror". We have witnessed the events that have taken place in the name of the "war on terror" such as the killing of the Muslims of Afghanistan, the boycott of the Muslims of Iraq and the butchering of the Muslims of Palestine. All of this was orchestrated and sanctioned by America, and supported slavishly by Britain and the Western governments. Britain is itself a capitalist nation that is driven in its actions purely by material interests and greed. This reality cannot have escaped anyone's attention. It is therefore the height of political naiveté to expect the Western capitalist states, such as Britain or America, to end their injustice and oppression, for these qualities are inherent in each and every capitalist state.

Since the destruction of the Islamic Khilafah and the subsequent domination of man-made ideologies and systems in the Muslim lands, the Ummah has had shortcomings in her understanding of not only Islam, but also the reality of political events and happenings. However, in spite of this, Muslims the world over still have a burning desire to defend their Ummah from the nefarious designs of the colonialist states and their agents. It is this desire to valiantly defend Muslims and Islam that has led the Ummah to expose the true motives of America and Britain in their impending crusade on Iraq.

Some Muslims have claimed that the "Stop the War Coalition" [STWC] and the February 15th March are merely open platforms opposed to the war and that they have no other agenda. Others have thought that the STWC is opposed to any form of aggression against the Muslims of Iraq. Such claims have led some Muslims to express a desire to march side by side with the STWC on February 15th. However if one were to evaluate the actions and speeches of the STWC one would find that their aims contradict the Shari'ah aims and disagree with the Islamic view on politics. It is an essential matter that the desire to defend Muslims and Islam is directed according to the Ahkam Shari'ah (divine rules) and not according to the ideals and values of Western secularism.

The STWC and the organisers of the February 15th March call for a Parliamentary debate upon impending military action on Iraq followed by a vote in the House of Commons. This means that they would accept a colonial war on Iraq if the MPs in the House of Commons deem such a war to be necessary for the pursuit of British interests. Is it a mere coincidence that Muslim marchers on February 15th are expected to march to Parliament Square and Whitehall? The STWC and the organisers of the March expect Muslims to support military action against Iraq if Parliament were to ratify it. Muslims are expected to call upon the British Government, a colonialist leopard that will never change its spots, to end its unjust and oppressive foreign policy. Is this not the height of political naiveté?

The STWC and the organisers of the February 15th March propose that the matter of Iraq should be decided by "the explicit authority of the United Nations". Why do they encourage Muslims to call on the UN to solve the problems that afflict the Muslim world? It is known only too well that the Western capitalist convictions do not extend to the observance of international law except when it suits their interests. The understanding of America and Britain is that what agrees with their interests conforms to international law and what conflicts with their interests contradicts international law. UN resolutions today are almost entirely in agreement with American and British foreign policy objectives. This is not unknown; so why should Muslims repeatedly insist on dependence upon the United Nations? Are Muslims expected to follow the UN to the ends of the earth, even if it means burying hundreds of thousands of Muslims in Iraq and Palestine beneath it? Is this not the height of political naiveté?

Such political naiveté was revealed in a telling letter to British Prime Minister Tony Blair on 10th December 2002 when it was said, "We call upon you as Prime Minister to give a clear undertaking not to engage in military action against Iraq without the explicit authority of the United Nations and without an explicit decision of the House of Commons to do so". The signatories of the letter were the leading figures of the STWC and the organisers of the February 15th March - Alice Mahon MP, Carol Naughton, Chair CND, Jeremy Corbyn MP, Sue Doughty MP, Lindsey German, Convenor, Stop the War Coalition, Sabah Jawad, Iraqi Democrats Against War and Sanctions, Paul Mackney, General Secretary, NATFHE, Angus Robertson MP, Mohammed Sawalha, President, Muslim Association of Britain, Mohammad Sarwar MP, Mark Thomas, Comedian and Simon Thomas MP [http://www.no-war-on-iraq.freeserve.co.uk/pr7.html].

The extensive feuding and internal wrangling within the STWC as to whether Muslims should be incorporated within the coalition is not surprising. The only explanation is that many of the organisers of the February 15th March view Muslims and Islam with disdain. The real sentiments of some of the organisers can be gleaned from studying their speeches and statements. Martyn Hudson, a leading member of the Communist Party of Great Britain said, "Since the 1960s the world has witnessed the ascendancy of one particular form of Islam - a political Islam which presents a civilisational alternative to that of both Communism and Capitalism and which seeks to eliminate secularism, liberty and any vestiges of enlightenment thought. Its explicit task is the reformation of the worldwide community of Muslims, the Ummah, and the construction of a global Islamist state, the Khilafah. It is totally incompatible with our vision of social progress and, no matter how much it constructs itself as an alternative to a barbarous imperialism; it is a backward, reactionary, clerico-fascist attempt to build a militaristic theocracy on the corpses of the working class, women and youth." [November 28th 2002]. Even those who advocate 'moderate' Muslim involvement in the STWC, such as Ian Donovan, have their own sinister motives: "It may well be that a progressive movement will emerge from the contact and dialogue of the Muslim brothers and sisters that are coming into contact with socialist and revolutionary literature and ideas. There is no guarantee of this, of course, but I believe it is a realistic possibility and something positive to hope and struggle for." [November 28th 2002].

The true aims of the STWC were nicely summarised by Marcus Ström writing in the Weekly Worker Magazine who said, in reference to an earlier STWC demonstration, "On September 28, we can safely assume that not one leftwinger or trade union militant became attracted to the ideas of political Islam. However, thousands of Muslims - not least young men and women - were exposed to the ideas of mass democracy, secularism and socialism. For mullahs and imams something to be feared and fought. Yet the left must sharpen up its message - merely articulating the general 'stop the war' slogan is not good enough. The left must stress its universal programme of socialism, democracy and internationalism." [October 3rd 2002]. The inability to reach a consensus on Muslim involvement in the February 15th March is not that surprising given that it is difficult to reconcile the view of the communists that Islam is the "opium of the masses" with the view of Muslims that Islam represents the only ideological alternative to the decadent ideology of Capitalism or the defunct ideology of Communism.

In the light of these clear political realities only the politically naïve would now claim that the STWC is merely an open platform opposed to the war - it is obvious that the STWC advocates a British Parliament or UN inspired resolution to the problems that afflict the Muslims of Iraq. Despite the stated slogan of "Stop the War" it is clear that the campaign will further the domination of colonialism in the Muslim world, advocate Western inspired solutions for Iraq and hasten the political integration of Muslims in Britain so that they abandon the values and ideals of Islam for the values and ideals of Western secularism. It would be true to say that the STWC is in fact an alternative colonialist expression, albeit inspired by the British, whose vision for the future of Iraq is not too dissimilar to that of a right wing 'hawk' in the Bush administration. It is somewhat striking that the position of the STWC accords precisely with the position of the British Government who have stated that support for the UN is a central tenet of their foreign policy and that any decision to take military action would be put before the House of Commons very quickly [Reference: Hansard 25th November 2002]. It would appear to the independent observer that the British Government and the STWC share the same speechwriters.

O Muslims! Iraq, Palestine and the Gulf are all Islamic lands and their inhabitants are Muslims. They are not American or British lands that allow America and Britain to intervene in their affairs and solve their problems. The wealth of these countries is the property of their Muslim people and is not for America, Britain or any other state in the West or the East. The right of disposal of these resources is for their Muslim people. The protection of these resources is a duty upon their Muslim people, not upon America or Britain.

Only Muslims are responsible for their lands and for solving its problems and for its protection, security and caring for its affairs. The settling of all their issues must remain in their hands and in accordance with the law of Islam. They are not allowed at all to put their issues in the hands of others, whether these others are the British Parliament, the Security Council, the United Nations or the International Court of Justice. Putting the affairs of Muslims in the hands of others to resolve the issues is a means of giving authority and power to those disbelievers over Muslims. It is prohibited to allow the Kuffar to have a means of dominating Muslims:

"And Allah will never allow the unbelievers to have any way of authority over the believers" [TMQ An-Nisa: 141].

Insisting on solving international conflicts that afflict the Muslims under the banner of the UN, international law or any other Taghoot is also contradictory to the tenets of Islam. Allah (swt) says:

"Have you seen those who claim to believe in the revelation revealed to you and the revelation revealed earlier? They seek the ruling of taghoot (non-Islam) although they have been ordered to disbelieve in it." [TMQ An-Nisa: 60].

O Muslims! Aggression against Iraq is unlawful whether sanctioned by the UN or not. Aggression against Iraq is unlawful whether sanctioned by America or not. Aggression against Iraq is unlawful whether it is authorised by the British Parliament or not. Aggression against Iraq is unlawful whether the rulers of the Muslim world acquiesce in it or not. Aggression against Iraq is unlawful whether the government scholars issue fatawa legitimising it or not. Aggression against Iraq is unlawful, period.

You must resist the call of integration that is propagated by Western governments so as to tarnish the pristine Islamic identity with Western values, ideals and morals. Political participation in non-Islamic politics by joining a Western secular political party like the Labour Party, by entering Parliament or by calling on the British Government, cannot be done without adopting Capitalism and abandoning Islam. It should be very plain to you that integration is completely contradictory to the Islamic Aqeedah (belief). The Prophet (saw) refused to integrate into Quraishi society and nor did he participate within their political systems despite numerous opportunities and incentives. Integration means agreeing with democracy, a ruling system that allows alcohol to be legalised, adultery to be rampant and Iraq to be bombed. All such values contradict Islam, and thus must be rejected by all Muslims. Muslims must not integrate or isolate, but actively present the Islamic ideology by continuously pointing out and exposing the contradictions within the capitalist system.

The Messenger of Allah (saw) said,

"Both legal (Halal) and illegal (Haram) things are evident but in between them there are doubtful things and most of the people have no knowledge about them. So whoever saves himself from these doubtful things, he would save his religion and his honour. And whoever indulges in these doubtful things would fall into Haram like a shepherd who grazes (his animals) near the Hima (private pasture) of someone else and at any moment he is liable to fall into it. Oh people! Beware! Every king has a Hima and the Hima of Allah on the earth is what he declared as Haram things."

Islam ordered Muslims to keep away from areas of uncertainty or doubt, and to be careful with regards to that lest they fall into disobeying Allah (swt). The Muslim has been ordered not to frequent any place nor do any action, nor be drawn into any situation in which there is uncertainty, lest they commit Haram.

Now that the actual objectives of the STWC and the February 15th March have become apparent to you, loyalty to Allah (swt) and His Messenger (saw) demands of you to immediately distance yourself from the STWC and the organisers of the march who advocate aggression against your Muslim brothers and sisters in Iraq on the say-so of the British Parliament or the UN. You must undertake the following actions so as to dispel any cloud of doubt from your character and actions:

1. Publicly disassociate yourselves from the STWC and the organisers of the march. Do not march with them on the 15th of February, do not accept their empty slogans and do not call for their corrupt Western inspired solutions that are the fuel of the hellfire.

2. Do not undertake work for the Socialist Workers Party, the Labour Party, the Green Party, CND or any other organisation based on non-Islam, do not distribute their leaflets and do not donate money to their cause. There are hundreds of Islamic evidences that forbid the Muslim from adopting Kufr and Haram and calling and working for them.

Umar ibn al-Khattab (ra) said,

"We are a people whom Allah strengthened with Islam; and when we seek glory with other than the deen of Allah, Allah will disgrace us."

3. Never call for the UN or the British Government to intervene in the affairs of Muslims and remember that both of these are colonialist institutions. Distance yourself from the British Government and all Kufr political parties, whether Labour, Conservative or otherwise.

4. Do not adopt the nationalistic flags of Iraq and Palestine, nor chant nationalistic slogans for Iraq or Palestine, since the salvation of this Ummah lies in Islam and not the false call of nationalism.

5. Denounce Capitalism and Western inspired solutions as the cause of the misery of the Muslim world.

6. Resist the call of integration and political participation so that the pure identity of Islam is not tarnished by the najas (impurity) of Western values, ideals and akhlaq (morals).

7. Carry Islam as an ideological alternative that can fill the political and spiritual voids that plague Western society.

8. Call for US bases to be ejected from Muslim lands, for the cessation of economic and political relations between Muslim lands and Western powers, for an end to the sale of oil to the aggressors in Downing Street and the White House and for the closure of the embassies of the US and Britain.

9. Openly declare Islamic politics by not accepting the blind submission of the rulers of the Muslim world to colonial designs and by issuing a resounding call for the change and replacement of these regimes with a true and practical Islamic leadership - the Islamic Khilafah - that will be ideologically and politically independent of the West and her agents.

O Muslims! O you to whom Allah (swt) has given might with Islam! Have we forgotten the victories of Islam and the Muslims and the glorious Islamic heritage such that we run, like headless chicken, to the doors of the houses of the Kuffar, to seek some petty interests and to secure some benefits? Has defeatism reached such an extent that we expect the colonialist leopard, Britain, to show mercy to Islam and Muslims?

The Muslim knows that truth and falsehood do not meet, and that Kufr and Iman cannot co-exist. And here is the test - either you call to that which Allah (swt) has ordered you and patiently bear the trial and tribulation and believe that Allah (swt) is our Helper or you neglect what Allah (swt) has obliged on you and accordingly earn Allah's (swt) anger and displeasure and fall prey to the machinations of the oppressors and Kuffar.

The Muslim Ummah everywhere knows that her liberation will be through Islam and through its rule. She knows that her rulers have misled and failed her. She knows that she occupies an important strategic area containing vast natural resources and that she forms a quarter of the inhabitants on earth. The Ummah has to decide on taking matters into her own hands and put her reliance in Allah (swt) as He (swt) has ordered, deriving her strength from Him (swt), and having confidence that He (swt) is the One Who gives honour and dignity (mu'iz) and He (swt) is the One Who brings disgrace and humiliation (muzil).

These are indeed dark days that the Muslim Ummah endures in the Khilafah's absence. But do not despair, since despair is not a characteristic of the believers. No matter how much the power of the Kuffar or the treachery of the rulers of the Muslim world, do any of you believe that the Ummah stands alone in this life? No! Allah (swt) witnesses the suffering of this Ummah, and he witnesses your work and your sacrifice.

On this noble day - The Day of Sacrifice - be not like the man, Mu'attib ibn Qushair, who in the Battle of Ahzab said, "Muhammad used to promise us that we should eat the treasures of Khosrau and Caesar and today not one of us can feel safe in going to the toilet." Then Allah (swt) revealed,

"And when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a disease said, 'Allah and His Messenger promised us nothing but delusions!' And when a party of them said: 'O people of Yathrib (Al-Madinah), there is no stand (possible) for you (against the enemy attack!) therefore go back!' And a band of them asked for permission of the Prophet saying: 'Truly, our homes lie open (to the enemy).' And they lay not open. They but wished to flee" [TMQ Al-Ahzab: 12-13].

You must not deviate from the path of the Haq even a hairbreadth until you see the Victory of Allah (swt) and the glory and power of Islam and Muslims, or you meet Allah (swt) while He (swt) is pleased with you.

Soon we shall witness the great victories of Islam, and our weak position will be reversed, and what we have seen of poverty, disgrace and humiliation will be turned around with the coming of the mighty Khilafah state that will make the Western powers forget the whispers of Shaytan! And know that victory comes with patience. And patience here is to restrict oneself to the orders of Allah (swt).

"And Allah has full power and control over His affairs, but most of men know not" [TMQ Yusuf: 21].

It is haraam for Muslims
to support the disarmament
of Iraq

In public, the rulers of the Muslim world continuously issue statements supportive of UN efforts to disarm Iraq, but away from public scrutiny, the rulers are working hand in hand with the Anglo-American forces to prepare the ground for a devastating military strike on Iraq. Already Turkey, Jordan and Kuwait have agreed to station a large US land invasion force and other Muslim countries both neighbouring Iraq, and afar, have agreed to provide airbases, command control centres, fuel and logistics support. The bitter irony is that while these rulers are busy making arrangements to rid Iraq of possible possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), Britain and America are increasing their arsenal of WMD and have made it clear that they will not hesitate to use them on Iraq.

The Western powers are not limiting the scope of disarmament to Iraq. Under different slogans, such as 'rogue states', 'threat to the civilised world, 'sponsors of terrorism' etc… these powers are targeting other powerful Muslim countries such as Pakistan and Iran. The sole aim of the western powers is to strip this Ummah of these weapons and even her right to defend herself. At the same time these powers ardently defend their right and the right of their partners Israel and India to possess and use WMD.

Has it not occurred to the rulers of the Muslim countries that if they collectively refuse to assist the kafir powers, pool the Muslim armies together and arm themselves with WMD they could not only avert such belligerent threats, but easily expel the crusader forces from all Muslim lands? Or do they prefer to subjugate this noble Ummah before the Western powers by handing over WMD and bringing the Ummah to the brink of utter devastation and annihilation?

Islam has made it obligatory upon the Islamic state to be strong and secure in order to ensure independence from the kafir powers. In practice this means that the state should arm itself with all type of weapons. This is in response to the ayah.

"Make ready for them all you can of (armed) force and of horses tethered, in order that you may dismay the enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others beside them whom you know not." [TMQ Al-Anfal: 60].

In the past, the Khilafah state was quick to arm itself with weapons that gave her a strategic advantage over her adversaries and possible future enemies.

The Messenger (saw) of Allah acquired the catapult and used it against the Romans. Sultan Muhammad engineered the largest canon in history to fight the armies of Constantine.

Today the rulers in the Muslim countries feel no remorse in sacrificing the strategic assets of the Ummah to protect the interests of the Western powers. They have become the principal agents of a new war doctrine called the 'doctrine of pre-emption', which the Western powers are using to disarm the Ummah. Unless Muslims challenge the rulers and the people of power to reject this evil collaboration, these powers will face little resistance in occupying Iraq and other Muslim countries.

Muslims living here in the West are equally charged with this duty, and will be accounted on this noble responsibility.




Justice takes a backseat in the pursuit of western interests in Iraq

As the United States finalises the positioning of her troops to invade Iraq, US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, once again tried to convince the world of Iraq's threat. Yet even before addressing the Security Council, Powell admitted there was no "smoking gun". Added to this, western officials have admitted that the evidence against Iraq would not pass in any court of law. Since Iraq is a political issue, applying the same criteria to judge the evidence is no longer necessary. Thus the US has become the judge, jury and executioner of justice meted out to nations which do not comply to her demands.

In the fourteen months that have passed since the attacks in New York on September 11th, much has happened in America. Many precedents have been established; the most striking being the part that "evidence", or rather the lack of it has had to play. Indeed if anything has been set as a precedence, it is that "evidence" is something that is "nice to have" when pursuing foreign policy objectives, but certainly is not required. This lack of need for evidence, has allowed this war on terror to be moulded into whatever the United States sees fit to use it for.

In the immediate aftermath of the bombings in New York, the US was quick to blame Al- Qaida and the Taleban for the attacks. Both the US and UK presented so called dossiers of evidences in a bid to convince the world that Afghanistan had to be attacked in order to destroy the terror infrastructure of Al-Qaida. At the time, it was claimed that the evidence collected against Al-Qaida was compelling and included information related to recruiting, training, financing and supporting terrorist operations. Within days of attacking Afghanistan, thousands of Muslims were arrested across the US and Europe. Many still to this day remain locked up, with no charges against them or any evidence presented to justify their arrests. Some of those that were tried for having links with Al-Qaida had their cases thrown out of western courts. To this date the so called body of evidence against Al-Qaida has failed to produce no more than a handful of convictions. A year on it has become obvious to the whole-world that the attack on Afghanistan was a mere pretext to secure access to the oil reserves of the Caspian sea and not about dismantling Al-Qaida. The dossiers of evidence were in fact no more than concocted lies intended to hide the true motives for waging war on the people of Afghanistan.

This pattern of deceit and fabrication of evidences continued, as both America and Britain sought to rally world opinion for attacking Iraq. Just after September 11, the US tried to implicate Iraq in the attacks and failed. The US administration then tried to associate Iraq with the anthrax scare in America and that too failed. Unperturbed, the US administration then declared Iraq part of an axis of evil and charged Iraq with possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and a menace to the world. To prove the case, in the autumn of last year, American and British governments presented their dossiers detailing Iraq's WMD. Later, UN inspectors searched Iraq; especially those sites listed in the dossiers and found nothing, not even a 'jam jar' of WMD. Not satisfied with the outcome, both London and Washington used the Security Council meeting on Wednesday, to present fabricated evidences to win over doubting nations to their evil cause. Allegations that Iraq is linked to Al Qaida and that Iraq is a threat to the world, were again repeated but no concrete evidence was produced. Once again the evidence is no more than allegations and fabricated lies, formulated to hide the true motives for waging war on Iraq.

On the contrary, there is undeniable evidence which proves that Western companies armed Iraq with WMDs, and furthermore Anglo-American war efforts pose a greater threat to Iraq's neighbours than Iraq itself and that the true motives of America and Britain is to secure the oil fields of Iraq. If America and Britain were tried by their own legal standards, only one verdict would emerge - guilty, guilty and guilty again!

The rulers of the Muslim world are just as culpable. They have not lifted a single finger or spoken a single word to prevent an attack on Afghanistan or Iraq. The very least they could do is to stop repeating the fabricated evidences and excuses given to them by their colonialist masters.

As Muslims in Britain we have to speak loudly about such practices. We have to show how hypocritical the western regimes are in pursuing justice. When it comes to Muslims, there is the assertion of guilt until proven innocence. Yet in the case of the non Muslims, every opportunity and legal route is pursued to maintain innocence until guilt is proven, as in the trial of Slobodan Milosovic. We have to show how this hypocrisy is not due to leaders such as Bush and Blair, but rather is endemic in the Capitalist thought and psyche. Benefit is the overriding principle; hence justice takes a backseat in the pursuit of interests.

Whilst war looms, mosques have been asked to "close for Islamic politics"

On Wednesday the 20th February, church leaders, both Protestants and Catholics, made a rare joint declaration in which they expressed misgivings about the moral legitimacy of a war in Iraq. This is not the first time that church leaders have voiced concerns about the looming war; throughout the military build up, church leaders in Britain have sought to break with secular norms and some have used their sermons to make strong political statements against military action in Iraq.

In marked contrast, mosque leaders in Britain have been asked to retreat behind secularism and to prevent the mosques from being used by the community to voice their condemnation of the Anglo-American war efforts and to express solidarity with their Iraqi brothers and sisters. Sermons have been censored, Islamic circles closed down and CCTV installed in some mosques to help police monitor worshippers. By behaving in this manner a very dangerous precedence is set, ensuring that the correct political culturing of the ummah does not take place. In fact, today the only political action undertaken in our mosques is when Western politicians line up to give this ummah the Western agenda.

When mosques were run according to the rules of Islam, great statesmen and politicians were produced who went on to protect the interest of the ummah by exposing the evil plots and plans of the kuffar. Today the mosques are run to please the authorities, who use them to silence the ummah and to make her ignorant of the plans of the kuffar. Therefore, it is paramount for the Muslim community to resist attempts to secularise the mosques and oppose restrictions on criticising the impending war on Iraq. The community must demand that the sermons deliver a clear message that the war on Iraq with or without the UN authorisation is completely unacceptable to Muslims; and that the only way to avert war is for the rulers of the Muslim world to withdraw all assistance to the Western war machine.