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THE CHARTER OF THE HAMAS
THE CHARTER OF ALLAH:
THE PLATFORM OF THE ISLAMIC RESISTANCE MOVEMENT (HAMAS)
In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate
You are the best community that has been raised up for mankind.
Ye enjoin right conduct and forbid indecency; and ye
believe in Allah. And if the People of the Scripture had believed, it
had been better for them. Some of them are believers; but most of them
are evil-doers.
They will not harm you save a trifling hurt, and if
they fight against you they will turn and flee. And afterward they will
not be helped.
Ignominy shall be their portion wheresoever
they are found save [where they grasp] a rope from Allah and a rope
from man. They have incurred anger from their Lord, and wretchedness is
laid upon them. That is because they used to disbelieve the revelations
of Allah, and slew the Prophets wrongfully. That is because they were
rebellious and used to transgress. Surat Al-Imran (III), verses 109-111
Israel will rise and will remain erect until Islam eliminates it as it had eliminated its predecessors.
The Islamic World is burning. It is incumbent upon
each one of us to pour some water, little as it may be, with a view of
extinguishing as much of the fire as he can, without awaiting action by
the others.
INTRODUCTION
Grace to Allah, whose help we seek, whose forgiveness
we beseech, whose guidance we implore and on whom we rely. We pray and
bid peace upon the Messenger of Allah, his family, his companions, his
followers and those who spread his message and followed his tradition;
they will last as long as there exist Heaven and Earth.
O, people! In the midst of misadventure, from the
depth of suffering, from the believing hearts and purified arms; aware
of our duty and in response to the decree of Allah, we direct our call,
we rally together and join each other. We educate in the path of Allah
and we make our firm determination prevail so as to take its proper role
in life, to overcome all difficulties and to cross all hurdles. Hence
our permanent state of preparedness and our readiness to sacrifice our
souls and dearest [possessions] in the path of Allah.
Thus, our nucleus has formed which chartered its way
in the tempestuous ocean of creeds and hopes, desires and wishes,
dangers and difficulties, setbacks and challenges, both internal and
external.
When the thought matured, the seed grew and the plant
took root in the land of reality, detached from temporary emotion and
unwelcome haste, the Islamic Resistance Movement erupted in order to
play its role in the path of its Lord. In so doing, it joined its hands
with those of all Jihad fighters for the purpose of liberating
Palestine. The souls of its Jihad fighters will encounter those of all
Jihad fighters who have sacrificed their lives in the land of Palestine
since it was conquered by the Companion of the Prophet, be Allah's
prayer and peace upon him, and until this very day. This is the Charter
of the Islamic Resistance (Hamas) which will reveal its face, unveil its
identity, state its position, clarify its purpose, discuss its hopes,
call for support to its cause and reinforcement, and for joining its
ranks. For our struggle against the Jews is extremely wide-ranging and
grave, so much so that it will need all the loyal efforts we can wield,
to be followed by further steps and reinforced by successive battalions
from the multifarious Arab and Islamic world, until the enemies are
defeated and Allah's victory prevails. Thus we shall perceive them
approaching in the horizon, and this will be known before long:
"Allah has decreed: Lo! I very shall conquer, I and my messenger, lo! Allah is strong, almighty.:"
PART I - KNOWING THE MOVEMENT
The Ideological Aspects
Article One
The Islamic Resistance Movement draws its
guidelines from Islam; derives from it its thinking, interpretations and
views about existence, life and humanity; refers back to it for its
conduct; and is inspired by it in whatever step it takes.
The Link between Hamas and the Association of Muslim Brothers
Article Two
The Islamic Resistance Movement is one of the
wings of the Muslim Brothers in Palestine. The Muslim Brotherhood
Movement is a world organization, the largest Islamic Movement in the
modern era. It is characterized by a profound understanding, by precise
notions and by a complete comprehensiveness of all concepts of Islam in
all domains of life: views and beliefs, politics and economics,
education and society, jurisprudence and rule, indoctrination and
teaching, the arts and publications, the hidden and the evident, and all
the other domains of life.
Structure and Essence
Article Three
The basic structure of the Islamic Resistance
Movement consists of Muslims who are devoted to Allah and worship Him
verily [as it is written]: "I have created Man and Devil for the purpose
of their worship" [of Allah]. Those Muslims are cognizant of their duty
towards themselves, their families and country and they have been
relying on Allah for all that. They have raised the banner of Jihad in
the face of the oppressors in order to extricate the country and the
people from the [oppressors'] desecration, filth and evil.
Article Four
The Movement welcomes all Muslims who share its
beliefs and thinking, commit themselves to its course of action, keep
its secrets and aspire to join its ranks in order to carry out their
duty.
Allah will reward them.
Dimensions of Time and Space of the Hamas
Article Five
As the Movement adopts Islam as its way of life,
its time dimension extends back as far as the birth of the Islamic
Message and of the Righteous Ancestor. Its ultimate goal is Islam, the
Prophet its model, the Qur'an its Constitution. Its special dimension
extends wherever on earth there are Muslims, who adopt Islam as their
way of life; thus, it penetrates to the deepest reaches of the land and
to the highest spheres of Heavens.
Peculiarity and Independence
Article Six
The Islamic Resistance Movement is a distinct
Palestinian Movement which owes its loyalty to Allah, derives from Islam
its way of life and strives to raise the banner of Allah over every
inch of Palestine. Only under the shadow of Islam could the members of
all regions coexist in safety and security for their lives, properties
and rights. In the absence of Islam, conflict arises, oppression reigns,
corruption is rampant and struggles and wars prevail. Allah had
inspired the Muslim poet, Muhammad Iqbal, when he said:
When the Faith wanes, there is no security There is
no this-worldliness for those who have no faith. Those who wish to live
their life without religion Have made annihilation the equivalent of
life.
The Universality of Hamas
Article Seven
By virtue of the distribution of Muslims, who
pursue the cause of the Hamas, all over the globe, and strive for its
victory, for the reinforcement of its positions and for the
encouragement of its Jihad, the Movement is a universal one. It is apt
to be that due to the clarity of its thinking, the nobility of its
purpose and the loftiness of its objectives.
It is in this light that the Movement has to be
regarded, evaluated and acknowledged. Whoever denigrates its worth, or
avoids supporting it, or is so blind as to dismiss its role, is
challenging Fate itself. Whoever closes his eyes from seeing the facts,
whether intentionally or not, will wake up to find himself overtaken by
events, and will find no excuses to justify his position. Priority is
reserved to the early comers.
Oppressing those who are closest to you, is more of an agony to the soul than the impact of an Indian sword.
And unto thee have we revealed the Scripture with
the truth, confirming whatever scripture was before it, and a watcher
over it. So judge between them by that which Allah hath revealed, and
follow not their desires away from the truth which has come unto thee.
For each we have appointed a divine law and a traced-out way. Had Allah
willed, He could have made you one community. But that He may try you
by that which he has given you [He has made you as you are]. So vie with
one another in good works. Unto Allah, you will all return. He will
then inform you of that wherein you differ.
Hamas is one of the links in the Chain of Jihad
in the confrontation with the Zionist invasion. It links up with the
setting out of the Martyr Izz a-din al-Qassam and his brothers in the
Muslim Brotherhood who fought the Holy War in 1936; it further relates
to another link of the Palestinian Jihad and the Jihad and efforts of
the Muslim Brothers during the 1948 War, and to the Jihad operations of
the Muslim Brothers in 1968 and thereafter.
But even if the links have become distant from each
other, and even if the obstacles erected by those who revolve in the
Zionist orbit, aiming at obstructing the road before the Jihad fighters,
have rendered the pursuance of Jihad impossible; nevertheless, the
Hamas has been looking forward to implement Allah's promise whatever
time it might take. The prophet, prayer and peace be upon him, said:
The time will not come until Muslims will fight
the Jews (and kill them); until the Jews hide behind rocks and trees,
which will cry: O Muslim! there is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and
kill him! This will not apply to the Gharqad, which is a Jewish tree
(cited by Bukhari and Muslim).
The Slogan of the Hamas
Article Eight
Allah is its goal, the Prophet its model, the
Qur'an its Constitution, Jihad its path and death for the case of Allah
its most sublime belief.
PART II - OBJECTIVES
Motives and Objectives
Article Nine
Hamas finds itself at a period of time when Islam
has waned away from the reality of life. For this reason, the checks
and balances have been upset, concepts have become confused, and values
have been transformed; evil has prevailed, oppression and obscurity have
reigned; cowards have turned tigers, homelands have been usurped,
people have been uprooted and are wandering all over the globe. The
state of truth has disappeared and was replaced by the state of evil.
Nothing has remained in its right place, for when Islam is removed from
the scene, everything changes. These are the motives.
As to the objectives: discarding the evil, crushing
it and defeating it, so that truth may prevail, homelands revert [to
their owners], calls for prayer be heard from their mosques, announcing
the reinstitution of the Muslim state. Thus, people and things will
revert to their true place.
Article Ten
The Islamic Resistance Movement, while breaking
its own path, will do its utmost to constitute at the same time a
support to the weak, a defense to all the oppressed. It will spare no
effort to implement the truth and abolish evil, in speech and in fact,
both here and in any other location where it can reach out and exert
influence.
PART III - STRATEGIES AND METHODS
The Strategy of Hamas: Palestine is an Islamic Waqf
Article Eleven
The Islamic Resistance Movement believes that the
land of Palestine has been an Islamic Waqf throughout the generations
and until the Day of Resurrection, no one can renounce it or part of it,
or abandon it or part of it. No Arab country nor the aggregate of all
Arab countries, and no Arab King or President nor all of them in the
aggregate, have that right, nor has that right any organization or the
aggregate of all organizations, be they Palestinian or Arab, because
Palestine is an Islamic Waqf throughout all generations and to the Day
of Resurrection. Who can presume to speak for all Islamic Generations to
the Day of Resurrection? This is the status [of the land] in Islamic
Shari'a, and it is similar to all lands conquered by Islam by force, and
made thereby Waqf lands upon their conquest, for all generations of
Muslims until the Day of Resurrection. This [norm] has prevailed since
the commanders of the Muslim armies completed the conquest of Syria and
Iraq, and they asked the Caliph of Muslims, 'Umar Ibn al-Khattab, for
his view of the conquered land, whether it should be partitioned between
the troops or left in the possession of its population, or otherwise.
Following discussions and consultations between the Caliph of Islam,
'Umar Ibn al-Khattab, and the Companions of the Messenger of Allah, be
peace and prayer upon him, they decided that the land should remain in
the hands of its owners to benefit from it and from its wealth; but the
control of the land and the land itself ought to be endowed as a Waqf
[in perpetuity] for all generations of Muslims until the Day of
Resurrection. The ownership of the land by its owners is only one of
usufruct, and this Waqf will endure as long as Heaven and earth last.
Any demarche in violation of this law of Islam, with regard to
Palestine, is baseless and reflects on its perpetrators.
Hamas in Palestine: Its Views on Homeland and Nationalism
Article Twelve
Hamas regards Nationalism (Wataniyya) as part and
parcel of the religious faith. Nothing is loftier or deeper in
Nationalism than waging Jihad against the enemy and confronting him when
he sets foot on the land of the Muslims. And this becomes an individual
duty binding on every Muslim man and woman; a woman must go out and
fight the enemy even without her husband's authorization, and a slave
without his masters' permission.
This [principle] does not exist under any other
regime, and it is a truth not to be questioned. While other nationalisms
consist of material, human and territorial considerations, the
nationality of Hamas also carries, in addition to all those, the all
important divine factors which lend to it its spirit and life; so much
so that it connects with the origin of the spirit and the source of life
and raises in the skies of the Homeland the Banner of the Lord, thus
inexorably connecting earth with Heaven.
When Moses came and threw his baton, sorcery and sorcerers became futile.
Peaceful Solutions, [Peace] Initiatives and International Conferences
Article Thirteen
[Peace] initiatives, the so-called peaceful
solutions, and the international conferences to resolve the Palestinian
problem, are all contrary to the beliefs of the Islamic Resistance
Movement. For renouncing any part of Palestine means renouncing part of
the religion; the nationalism of the Islamic Resistance Movement is part
of its faith, the movement educates its members to adhere to its
principles and to raise the banner of Allah over their homeland as they
fight their Jihad: "Allah is the all-powerful, but most people are not
aware."
From time to time a clamoring is voiced, to hold an
International Conference in search for a solution to the problem. Some
accept the idea, others reject it, for one reason or another, demanding
the implementation of this or that condition, as a prerequisite for
agreeing to convene the Conference or for participating in it. But the
Islamic Resistance Movement, which is aware of the [prospective] parties
to this conference, and of their past and present positions towards the
problems of the Muslims, does not believe that those conferences are
capable of responding to demands, or of restoring rights or doing
justice to the oppressed.
Those conferences are no more than a means to appoint
the nonbelievers as arbitrators in the lands of Islam. Since when did
the Unbelievers do justice to the Believers?
And the Jews will not be pleased with thee,
nor will the Christians, till thou follow their creed. 'Say: Lo! the
guidance of Allah [himself] is the Guidance. And if you should follow
their desires after the knowledge which has come unto thee, then you
would have from Allah no protecting friend nor helper. Sura 2 (the Cow), verse 120
There is no solution to the Palestinian problem
except by Jihad. The initiatives, proposals and International
Conferences are but a waste of time, an exercise in futility. The
Palestinian people are too noble to have their future, their right and
their destiny submitted to a vain game. As the hadith has it:
The people of Syria are Allah's whip on
this land; He takes revenge by their intermediary from whoever he wished
among his worshipers. The Hypocrites among them are forbidden from
vanquishing the true believers, and they will die in anxiety and sorrow.
(Told by Tabarani, who is traceable in ascending order of
traditionaries to Muhammad, and by Ahmed whose chain of transmission is
incomplete. But it is bound to be a true hadith, for both story tellers
are reliable. Allah knows best.)
The Three Circles
Article Fourteen
The problem of the liberation of Palestine
relates to three circles: the Palestinian, the Arab and the Islamic.
Each one of these circles has a role to play in the struggle against
Zionism and it has duties to fulfill. It would be an enormous mistake
and an abysmal act of ignorance to disregard anyone of these circles.
For Palestine is an Islamic land where the First
Qibla and the third holiest site are located. That is also the place
whence the Prophet, be Allah's prayer and peace upon him, ascended to
heavens.
Glorified be He who carried His servant by
night from the Inviolable Place of worship to the Far Distant Place of
Worship, the neighborhood whereof we have blessed, that we might show
him of our tokens! Lo! He, only He, is the Hearer, the Seer. Sura XVII (al-Isra'), verse 1
In consequence of this state of affairs, the
liberation of that land is an individual duty binding on all Muslims
everywhere. This is the base on which all Muslims have to regard the
problem; this has to be understood by all Muslims. When the problem is
dealt with on this basis, where the full potential of the three circles
is mobilized, then the current circumstances will change and the day of
liberation will come closer.
You are more awful as a fear in their bosoms than Allah. That is because they are a folk who understand not. Sura LIX, (Al-Hashr, the Exile), verse 13
The Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine is an Individual Obligation
Article Fifteen
When our enemies usurp some Islamic lands, Jihad
becomes a duty binding on all Muslims. In order to face the usurpation
of Palestine by the Jews, we have no escape from raising the banner of
Jihad. This would require the propagation of Islamic consciousness among
the masses on all local, Arab and Islamic levels. We must spread the
spirit of Jihad among the [Islamic] Umma, clash with the enemies and
join the ranks of the Jihad fighters.
The 'ulama as well as educators and teachers,
publicity and media men as well as the masses of the educated, and
especially the youth and the elders of the Islamic Movements, must
participate in this raising of consciousness. There is no escape from
introducing fundamental changes in educational curricula in order to
cleanse them from all vestiges of the ideological invasion which has
been brought about by orientalists and missionaries.
That invasion had begun overtaking this area
following the defeat of the Crusader armies by Salah a-Din el Ayyubi.
The Crusaders had understood that they had no way to vanquish the
Muslims unless they prepared the grounds for that with an ideological
invasion which would confuse the thinking of Muslims, revile their
heritage, discredit their ideals, to be followed by a military invasion.
That was to be in preparation for the Imperialist invasion, as in fact
[General] Allenby acknowledged it upon his entry to Jerusalem: "Now, the
Crusades are over." General Gouraud stood on the tomb of Salah a-Din
and declared: "We have returned, O Salah-a-Din!" Imperialism has been
instrumental in boosting the ideological invasion and deepening its
roots, and it is still pursuing this goal. All this had paved the way to
the loss of Palestine. We must imprint on the minds of generations of
Muslims that the Palestinian problem is a religious one, to be dealt
with on this premise. It includes Islamic holy sites such as the Aqsa
Mosque, which is inexorably linked to the Holy Mosque as long as the
Heaven and earth will exist, to the journey of the Messenger of Allah,
be Allah's peace and blessing upon him, to it, and to his ascension from
it.
Dwelling one day in the Path of Allah is
better than the entire world and everything that exists in it. The place
of the whip of one among you in Paradise is better than the entire
world and everything that exists in it. [God's] worshiper's going and
coming in the Path of Allah is better than the entire world and
everything that exists in it. (Told by Bukhari, Muslim Tirmidhi and Ibn Maja)
I swear by that who holds in His Hands the
Soul of Muhammad! I indeed wish to go to war for the sake of Allah! I
will assault and kill, assault and kill, assault and kill. (told by Bukhari and Muslim).
Article Sixteen
We must accord the Islamic [young] generations in
our area, an Islamic education based on the implementation of religious
precepts, on the conscientious study of the Book of Allah; on the Study
of the Prophetic Tradition, on the study of Islamic history and
heritage from its reliable sources, under the guidance of experts and
scientists, and on singling out the paths which constitute for the
Muslims sound concepts of thinking and faith. It is also necessary to
study conscientiously the enemy and its material and human potential; to
detect its weak and strong spots, and to recognize the powers that
support it and stand by it. At the same time, we must be aware of
current events, follow the news and study the analyses and commentaries
on it, together with drawing plans for the present and the future and
examining every phenomenon, so that every Muslim, fighting Jihad, could
live out his era aware of his objective, his goals, his way and the
things happening round him.
O my dear son! Lo! though it be but the
weight of a grain of mustard-seed, and though it be in a rock, or in the
heavens, or in the earth, Allah will bring it forth. Lo! Allah is
subtle. Aware. O my dear son! Establish worship and enjoin kindness and
forbid inequity, and persevere, whatever may befall thee. Lo! that is of
the steadfast heart of things. Turn not thy cheek in scorn toward folk,
nor walk with pertness in the land. Lo! Allah loves not braggarts and
boasters. Sura XXXI (Luqman), verses 16-18
The Role of Muslim Women
Article Seventeen
The Muslim women have a no lesser role than that
of men in the war of liberation; they manufacture men and play a great
role in guiding and educating the [new] generation. The enemies have
understood that role, therefore they realize that if they can guide and
educate [the Muslim women] in a way that would distance them from Islam,
they would have won that war. Therefore, you can see them making
consistent efforts [in that direction] by way of publicity and movies,
curricula of education and culture, using as their intermediaries their
craftsmen who are part of the various Zionist Organizations which take
on all sorts of names and shapes such as: the Freemasons, Rotary Clubs,
gangs of spies and the like. All of them are nests of saboteurs and
sabotage.
Those Zionist organizations control vast material
resources, which enable them to fulfill their mission amidst societies,
with a view of implementing Zionist goals and sowing the concepts that
can be of use to the enemy. Those organizations operate [in a situation]
where Islam is absent from the arena and alienated from its people.
Thus, the Muslims must fulfill their duty in confronting the schemes of
those saboteurs. When Islam will retake possession of [the means to]
guide the life [of the Muslims], it will wipe out those organizations
which are the enemy of humanity and Islam.
Article Eighteen
The women in the house and the family of Jihad
fighters, whether they are mothers or sisters, carry out the most
important duty of caring for the home and raising the children upon the
moral concepts and values which derive from Islam; and of educating
their sons to observe the religious injunctions in preparation for the
duty of Jihad awaiting them. Therefore, we must pay attention to the
schools and curricula upon which Muslim girls are educated, so as to
make them righteous mothers, who are conscious of their duties in the
war of liberation. They must be fully capable of being aware and of
grasping the ways to manage their households. Economy and avoiding waste
in household expenditures are prerequisites to our ability to pursue
our cause in the difficult circumstances surrounding us. Therefore let
them remember at all times that money saved is equivalent to blood,
which must be made to run in the veins in order to ensure the continuity
of life of our young and old.
Lo, men who surrender unto Allah, and women
who surrender and men who believe and women who believe, and men who
obey and women who obey, and men who speak the truth and women who speak
the truth and men who persevere (in righteousness) and women who
persevere and men who are humble and women who are humble, and men who
give alms and women who give alms, and men who fast and women who fast,
and men who guard their modesty and women who guard [their modesty], and
men who remember Allah much and women who remember Allah has prepared
for them forgiveness and a vast reward. Sura 33 (Al-Ahzab, the Clans), verse 35
The Role of Islamic Art in the War of Liberation
Article Nineteen
Art has rules and criteria by which one can know
whether it is Islamic or Jahiliyya art. The problems of Islamic
liberation underlie the need for Islamic art which could lift the
spirit, and instead of making one party triumph over the other, would
lift up all parties in harmony and balance.
Man is a strange and miraculous being, made out of a
handful of clay and a breath of soul; Islamic art is to address man on
this basis, while Jahili art addresses the body and makes the element of
clay paramount. So, books, articles, publications, religious
exhortations, epistles, songs, poems, hymns, plays, and the like, if
they possess the characteristics of Islamic art, have the requisites of
ideological mobilization, of a continuous nurturing in the pursuance of
the journey, and of relaxing the soul. The road is long and the
suffering is great and the spirits are weary; it is Islamic art which
renews the activity, revives the movement and arouses lofty concepts and
sound planning. The soul cannot thrive, unless it knows how to
contrive, unless it can transit from one situation to another. All this
is a serious matter, no jesting. For the umma fighting its Jihad knows
no jesting.
Social Solidarity
Article Twenty
Islamic society is one of solidarity. The Messenger of Allah, be Allah's prayer and peace upon him, said:
What a wonderful tribe were the Ash'aris! When
they were overtaxed, either in their location or during their journeys,
they would collect all their possessions, and then would divide them
equally among themselves.
This is the Islamic spirit which ought to prevail
in any Muslim society. A society which confronts a vicious, Nazi-like
enemy, who does not differentiate between man and woman, elder and young
ought to be the first to adorn itself with this Islamic spirit. Our
enemy pursues the style of collective punishment of usurping people's
countries and properties, of pursuing them into their exiles and places
of assembly. It has resorted to breaking bones, opening fire on women
and children and the old, with or without reason, and to setting up
detention camps where thousands upon thousands are interned in inhuman
conditions. In addition, it destroys houses, renders children orphans
and issues oppressive judgements against thousands of young people who
spend the best years of their youth in the darkness of prisons. The
Nazism of the Jews does not skip women and children, it scares everyone.
They make war against people's livelihood, plunder their moneys and
threaten their honor. In their horrible actions they mistreat people
like the most horrendous war criminals.
Exiling people from their country is another way of
killing them. As we face this misconduct, we have no escape from
establishing social solidarity among the people, from confronting the
enemy as one solid body, so that if one organ is hurt the rest of the
body will respond with alertness and fervor.
Article Twenty-One
Social solidarity consists of extending help to
all the needy, both materially and morally, or assisting in the
execution of certain actions. It is incumbent upon the members of the
Hamas to look after the interests of the masses the way they would look
after their own interests. They must spare no effort in the
implementation and maintenance of those interests, and they must avoid
playing with anything that might effect the future generations or cause
damage to their society. For the masses are of them and for them, their
strength is [ultimately] theirs and their future is theirs. The members
of Hamas must share with the people its joys and sorrows, and adopt the
demands of the people and anything likely to fulfill its interests and
theirs. When this spirit reigns, congeniality will deepen, cooperation
and compassion will prevail, unity will firm up, and the ranks will be
strengthened in the confrontation with the enemy.
The Powers which Support the Enemy
Article Twenty-Two
The enemies have been scheming for a long time,
and they have consolidated their schemes, in order to achieve what they
have achieved. They took advantage of key elements in unfolding events,
and accumulated a huge and influential material wealth which they put to
the service of implementing their dream. This wealth [permitted them
to] take over control of the world media such as news agencies, the
press, publication houses, broadcasting and the like. [They also used
this] wealth to stir revolutions in various parts of the globe in order
to fulfill their interests and pick the fruits. They stood behind the
French and the Communist Revolutions and behind most of the revolutions
we hear about here and there. They also used the money to establish
clandestine organizations which are spreading around the world, in order
to destroy societies and carry out Zionist interests. Such
organizations are: the Freemasons, Rotary Clubs, Lions Clubs, B'nai
B'rith and the like. All of them are destructive spying organizations.
They also used the money to take over control of the Imperialist states
and made them colonize many countries in order to exploit the wealth of
those countries and spread their corruption therein.
As regards local and world wars, it has come to pass
and no one objects, that they stood behind World War I, so as to wipe
out the Islamic Caliphate. They collected material gains and took
control of many sources of wealth. They obtained the Balfour Declaration
and established the League of Nations in order to rule the world by
means of that organization. They also stood behind World War II, where
they collected immense benefits from trading with war materials and
prepared for the establishment of their state. They inspired the
establishment of the United Nations and the Security Council to replace
the League of Nations, in order to rule the world by their intermediary.
There was no war that broke out anywhere without their fingerprints on
it:
...As often as they light a fire for war,
Allah extinguishes it. Their efforts are for corruption in the land and
Allah loves not corrupters. Sura V (Al-Ma'ida - the Tablespread), verse 64
The forces of Imperialism in both the Capitalist West
and the Communist East support the enemy with all their might, in
material and human terms, taking turns between themselves. When Islam
appears, all the forces of Unbelief unite to confront it, because the
Community of Unbelief is one.
Oh ye who believe! Take not for intimates
others than your own folk, who would spare no pain to ruin you. Hatred
is revealed by [the utterance of] their mouth, but that which their
breasts hide is greater. We have made plain for you the revelations if
you will understand. Sura III, (Al-Imran), verse 118
It is not in vain that the verse ends with God's saying: "If you will understand."
PART IV
Our Position Vis-a-Vis the Islamic Movements
Article Twenty-Three
The Hamas views the other Islamic movements with
respect and appreciation. Even when it differs from them in one aspect
or another or on one concept or another, it agrees with them in other
aspects and concepts. It reads those movements as included in the
framework of striving [for the sake of Allah], as long as they hold
sound intentions and abide by their devotion to Allah, and as along as
their conduct remains within the perimeter of the Islamic circle. All
the fighters of Jihad have their reward.
The Hamas regards those movements as its stock
holders and asks Allah for guidance and integrity of conduct for all. It
shall not fail to continue to raise the banner of unity and to exert
efforts in order to implement it, [based] upon the [Holy] Book and the
[Prophet's] Tradition.
And hold fast, all of you together, to the
cable of Allah, do not separate. And remember Allah's favor unto you how
ye were enemies and He made friendship between your hearts so that ye
became as brothers by His grace; and (how) ye were upon the brink of an
abyss of fire, and He did save you from it. Thus Allah makes clear His
revelations unto you, that happily ye may be guided. Sura III (Al-'Imran), verse 102
Article Twenty-Four
Hamas will not permit the slandering and
defamation of individuals and groups, for the Believers are not
slanderers and cursers. However, despite the need to differentiate
between that and the positions and modes of conduct adopted by
individuals and groups whenever the Hamas detects faulty positions and
modes of conduct, it has the right to point to the mistake, to denigrate
it, to act for spelling out the truth and for adopting it realistically
in the context of a given problem. Wisdom is roaming around, and the
Believer ought to grasp it wherever he can find it.
Allah loves not the utterance of harsh
speech save by one who has been wronged. Allah is ever Hearer, Knower.
If you do good openly or keep it secret, or give evil, lo! Allah is
forgiving, powerful. Sura IV (Women), verses 147-148
The National (wataniyya) Movements in the Palestinian Arena
Article Twenty-Five
[Hamas] reciprocated its respect to them,
appreciates their condition and the factors surrounding them and
influencing them, and supports them firmly as long as they do not owe
their loyalty to the Communist East or to the Crusader West. We
reiterate to every one who is part of them or sympathizes with them that
the Hamas is a movement of Jihad, or morality and consciousness in its
concept of life. It moves forward with the others, abhors opportunism,
and only wishes well to individuals and groups. It does not aspire to
material gains, or to personal fame, nor does it solicit remuneration
from the people. It sets out relying on its own material resources, and
what is available to it, [as it is said] "afford them the power you can
avail yourself of". [All that] in order to carry out its duty, to gain
Allah's favor; it has no ambition other than that.
All the nationalist streams, operating in the
Palestinian arena for the sake of the liberation of Palestine, may rest
assured that they will definitely and resolutely get support and
assistance, in speech and in action, at the present and in the future,
[because Hamas aspires] to unite, not to divide; to safeguard, not to
squander; to bring together, not to fragment. It values every kind word,
every devoted effort and every commendable endeavor. It closes the door
before marginal quarrels, it does not heed rumors and biased
statements, and it is aware of the right of self-defense.
Anything that runs counter or contradicts this
orientation is trumped up by the enemies or by those who run in their
orbit in order to create confusion, to divide our ranks or to divert to
marginal things.
O ye who believe! If an evil-liver bring
you tidings, verify it, lest ye smite some folk in ignorance and
afterward repent of what ye did. Sura XLIX (al Hujurat, the Private Apartments), verse 6
Article Twenty-Six
The Hamas, while it views positively the
Palestinian National Movements which do not owe their loyalty to the
East or to the West, does not refrain from debating unfolding events
regarding the Palestinian problem, on the local and international
scenes.
These debates are realistic and expose the extent to
which [these developments] go along with, or contradict, national
interests as viewed from the Islamic vantage point.
The Palestine Liberation Organization
Article Twenty Seven
The PLO is among the closest to the Hamas, for it
constitutes a father, a brother, a relative, a friend. Can a Muslim
turn away from his father, his brother, his relative or his friend? Our
homeland is one, our calamity is one, our destiny is one and our enemy
is common to both of us. Under the influence of the circumstances which
surrounded the founding of the PLO, and the ideological invasion which
has swept the Arab world since the rout of the Crusades, and which has
been reinforced by Orientalism and the Christian Mission, the PLO has
adopted the idea of a Secular State, and so we think of it. Secular
thought is diametrically opposed to religious thought. Thought is the
basis for positions, for modes of conduct and for resolutions.
Therefore, in spite of our appreciation for the PLO and its possible
transformation in the future, and despite the fact that we do not
denigrate its role in the Arab-Israeli conflict, we cannot substitute it
for the Islamic nature of Palestine by adopting secular thought. For
the Islamic nature of Palestine is part of our religion, and anyone who
neglects his religion is bound to lose.
And who forsakes the religion of Abraham, save him who befools himself? Sura II (Al-Baqra - the Co), verse 130
When the PLO adopts Islam as the guideline for life,
then we shall become its soldiers, the fuel of its fire which will burn
the enemies. And until that happens, and we pray to Allah that it will
happen soon, the position of the Hamas towards the PLO is one of a son
towards his father, a brother towards his brother, and a relative
towards his relative who suffers the other's pain when a thorn hits him,
who supports the other in the confrontation with the enemies and who
wishes him divine guidance and integrity of conduct.
Your brother, your brother! Whoever has no brother,
is like a fighter who runs to the battle without weapons. A cousin for
man is like the best wing, and no falcon can take off without wings.
Article Twenty-Eight
The Zionist invasion is a mischievous one. It
does not hesitate to take any road, or to pursue all despicable and
repulsive means to fulfill its desires. It relies to a great extent, for
its meddling and spying activities, on the clandestine organizations
which it has established, such as the Freemasons, Rotary Clubs, Lions,
and other spying associations. All those secret organizations, some
which are overt, act for the interests of Zionism and under its
directions, strive to demolish societies, to destroy values, to wreck
answerableness, to totter virtues and to wipe out Islam. It stands
behind the diffusion of drugs and toxics of all kinds in order to
facilitate its control and expansion.
The Arab states surrounding Israel are required to
open their borders to the Jihad fighters, the sons of the Arab and
Islamic peoples, to enable them to play their role and to join their
efforts to those of their brothers among the Muslim Brothers in
Palestine.
The other Arab and Islamic states are required, at
the very least, to facilitate the movement of the Jihad fighters from
and to them. We cannot fail to remind every Muslim that when the Jews
occupied Holy Jerusalem in 1967 and stood at the doorstep of the Blessed
Aqsa Mosque, they shouted with joy:
Muhammad is dead, he left daughters behind.
Israel, by virtue of its being Jewish and of having a Jewish population, defies Islam and the Muslims.
Let the eyes of the cowards not fall asleep.
National and Religious Associations, Institutions, the Intelligentsia, and the Arab and Islamic Worlds
Article Twenty-Nine
Hamas hopes that those Associations will stand by
it on all levels, will support it, adopt its positions, boost its
activities and moves and encourage support for it, so as to render the
Islamic peoples its backers and helpers, and its strategic depth in all
human and material domains as well as in information, in time and space.
Among other things, they hold solidarity meetings, issue explanatory
publications, supportive articles and tendentious leaflets to make the
masses aware of the Palestinian issue, the problems it faces and of the
plans to resolve them; and to mobilize the Islamic peoples
ideologically, educationally and culturally in order to fulfill their
role in the crucial war of liberation, as they had played their role in
the defeat of the Crusades and in the rout of the Tartars and had saved
human civilization. How all that is dear to Allah!
Allah has decreed: Lo! I verily shall conquer, I and my messengers. Lo! Allah is strong, Almighty. Sura LVIII (Al-Mujadilah), verse 21
Article Thirty
Men of letters, members of the intelligentsia,
media people, preachers, teachers and educators and all different
sectors in the Arab and Islamic world, are all called upon to play their
role and to carry out their duty in view of the wickedness of the
Zionist invasion, of its penetration into many countries, and its
control over material means and the media, with all the ramifications
thereof in most countries of the world.
Jihad means not only carrying arms and denigrating
the enemies. Uttering positive words, writing good articles and useful
books, and lending support and assistance, all that too is Jihad in the
path of Allah, as long as intentions are sincere to make Allah's banner
supreme.
Those who prepare for a raid in the path of
Allah are considered as if they participated themselves in the raid.
Those who successfully rear a raider in their home, are considered as if
they participated themselves in the raid. (Told by Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawud and Tirmidhi)
The Members of Other Religions
The Hamas is a Humane Movement
Article Thirty-One
Hamas is a humane movement, which cares for human
rights and is committed to the tolerance inherent in Islam as regards
attitudes towards other religions. It is only hostile to those who are
hostile towards it, or stand in its way in order to disturb its moves or
to frustrate its efforts.
Under the shadow of Islam it is possible for the
members of the three religions: Islam, Christianity and Judaism to
coexist in safety and security. Safety and security can only prevail
under the shadow of Islam, and recent and ancient history is the best
witness to that effect. The members of other religions must desist from
struggling against Islam over sovereignty in this region. For if they
were to gain the upper hand, fighting, torture and uprooting would
follow; they would be fed up with each other, to say nothing of members
of other religions. The past and the present are full of evidence to
that effect.
They will not fight you in body safe in
fortified villages or from behind wells. Their adversity among
themselves is very great. Ye think of them as a whole whereas their
hearts are diverse. That is because they are a folk who have no sense. Sura 59 (al-Hashr, the Exile), verse 14
Islam accords his rights to everyone who has rights
and averts aggression against the rights of others. The Nazi Zionist
practices against our people will not last the lifetime of their
invasion, for "states built upon oppression last only one hour, states
based upon justice will last until the hour of Resurrection."
Allah forbids you not those who warred not
against you on account of religion and drove you not out from your
houses, that you should show them kindness and deal justly with them.
Lo! Allah loves the just dealers. Sura 60 (Al-Mumtahana), verse 8
The Attempts to Isolate the Palestinian People
Article Thirty-Two
World Zionism and Imperialist forces have been
attempting, with smart moves and considered planning, to push the Arab
countries, one after another, out of the circle of conflict with
Zionism, in order, ultimately, to isolate the Palestinian People.
Egypt has already been cast out of the conflict, to a
very great extent through the treacherous Camp David Accords, and she
has been trying to drag other countries into similar agreements in order
to push them out of the circle of conflict.
Hamas is calling upon the Arab and Islamic peoples to
act seriously and tirelessly in order to frustrate that dreadful scheme
and to make the masses aware of the danger of coping out of the circle
of struggle with Zionism. Today it is Palestine and tomorrow it may be
another country or other countries. For Zionist scheming has no end, and
after Palestine they will covet expansion from the Nile to the
Euphrates. Only when they have completed digesting the area on which
they will have laid their hand, they will look forward to more
expansion, etc. Their scheme has been laid out in the Protocols of the
Elders of Zion, and their present [conduct] is the best proof of what is
said there.
Leaving the circle of conflict with Israel is a major act of treason and it will bring curse on its perpetrators.
Who so on that day turns his back to them,
unless maneuvering for battle or intent to join a company, he truly has
incurred wrath from Allah, and his habitation will be hell, a hapless
journey's end. Sura 8 (al-Anfal - Spoils of War), verse 16
We have no escape from pooling together all the
forces and energies to face this despicable Nazi-Tatar invasion.
Otherwise we shall witness the loss of [our] countries, the uprooting of
their inhabitants, the spreading of corruption on earth and the
destruction of all religious values. Let everyone realize that he is
accountable to Allah.
Whoever does a speck of good will bear [the consequences] and whoever does a speck of evil will see [the consequences].
Within the circle of the conflict with world
Zionism, the Hamas regards itself the spearhead and the avant-garde. It
joins its efforts to all those who are active on the Palestinian scene,
but more steps need to be taken by the Arab and Islamic peoples and
Islamic associations throughout the Arab and Islamic world in order to
make possible the next round with the Jews, the merchants of war.
We have cast among them enmity and hatred
till the day of Resurrection. As often as they light a fire for war,
Allah extinguishes it. Their effort is for corruption in the land, and
Allah loves not corrupters. Sura V (Al-Ma'idah - the Table spread), verse 64
Article Thirty-Three
The Hamas sets out from these general concepts
which are consistent and in accordance with the rules of the universe,
and gushes forth in the river of Fate in its confrontation and Jihad
waging against the enemies, in defense of the Muslim human being, of
Islamic Civilization and of the Islamic Holy Places, primarily the
Blessed Aqsa Mosque. This, for the purpose of calling upon the Arab and
Islamic peoples as well as their governments, popular and official
associations, to fear Allah in their attitude towards and dealings with
Hamas, and to be, in accordance with Allah's will, its supporters and
partisans who extend assistance to it and provide it with reinforcement
after reinforcement, until the Decree of Allah is fulfilled, the ranks
are over-swollen, Jihad fighters join other Jihad fighters, and all this
accumulation sets out from everywhere in the Islamic world, obeying the
call of duty, and intoning "Come on, join Jihad!" This call will tear
apart the clouds in the skies and it will continue to ring until
liberation is completed, the invaders are vanquished and Allah's victory
sets in.
Verily Allah helps one who helps Him. Lo! Allah is strong, Almighty. Sura XXII (Pilgrimage), verse 40
PART V - THE TESTIMONY OF HISTORY
Confronting Aggressors Throughout History
Article Thirty-Four
Palestine is the navel of earth, the convergence
of continents, the object of greed for the greedy, since the dawn of
history. The Prophet, may Allah's prayer and peace be upon him, points
out to that fact in his noble hadith in which he implored his venerable
Companion, Ma'adh ibn Jabl, saying:
O Ma'adh, Allah is going to grant you victory over
Syria after me, from Al-Arish to the Euphrates, while its men, women,
and female slaves will be dwelling there until the Day of Resurrection.
Those of you who chose [to dwell in one of the plains of Syria or
Palestine will be in a state of Jihad to the Day of Resurrection.
The greedy have coveted Palestine more than once and they raided it with armies in order to fulfill their covetousness.
Multitudes of Crusades descended on it, carrying
their faith with them and waving their Cross. They were able to defeat
the Muslims for a long time, and the Muslims were not able to redeem it
until their sought the protection of their religious banner; then, they
unified their forces, sang the praise of their God and set out for Jihad
under the Command of Saladin al-Ayyubi, for the duration of nearly two
decades, and then the obvious conquest took place when the Crusaders
were defeated and Palestine was liberated.
Say (O Muhammad) unto those who disbelieve: ye shall be overcome and gathered unto Hell, an evil resting place. Sura III (Al-Imran), verse 12
This is the only way to liberation, there is no doubt
in the testimony of history. That is one of the rules of the universe
and one of the laws of existence. Only iron can blunt iron, only the
true faith of Islam can vanquish their false and falsified faith. Faith
can only be fought by faith. Ultimately, victory is reserved to the
truth, and truth is victorious.
And verily Our word went forth of old unto
Our Bordmen sent [to warn]. That they verily would be helped. And that
Our host, they verily would be the victors. Sura 38 (Al-saffat), verses 171-3
Article Thirty-Five
Hamas takes a serious look at the defeat of the
Crusades at the hand of Saladin the Ayyubid and the rescue of Palestine
from their domination; at the defeat of the Tatars at Ein Jalut where
their spine was broken by Qutuz and Al-Dhahir Baibars, and the Arab
world was rescued from the sweep of the Tatars which ruined all aspects
of human civilization. Hamas has learned from these lessons and
examples, that the current Zionist invasion had been preceded by a
Crusader invasion from the West; and another one, the Tatars, from the
East. And exactly as the Muslims had faced those invasions and planned
their removal and defeat, they are able to face the Zionist invasion and
defeat it. This will not be difficult for Allah if our intentions are
pure and our determination is sincere; if the Muslims draw useful
lessons from the experiences of the past, and extricate themselves for
the vestiges of the [western] ideological onslaught; and if they follow
the traditions of Islam.
EPILOGUE
The Hamas are Soldiers
Article Thirty-Six
The Hamas, while
breaking its path, reiterates time and again to all members of our
people and the Arab and Islamic peoples, that it does not seek fame for
itself nor material gains, or social status.
Nor is it directed against any one member of our
people in order to compete with him or replace him. There is nothing of
that at all.
It will never set out against any Muslims or against
the non-Muslims who make peace with it, here or anywhere else. It will
only be of help to all associations and organizations which act against
the Zionist enemy and those who revolve in its orbit.
Hamas posits Islam as a way of life, it is its faith
and its yardstick for judging. Whoever posits Islam as a way of life,
anywhere, and regardless of whether it is an organization, a state, or
any other group, Hamas are its soldiers, nothing else.
We implore Allah to guide us, to guide through us and to decide between us and our folk with truth.
Our Lord! Decide with truth between us and our folk, for Thou are the best of those who make decisions. Sura VII (Al-A'raf – the Heights), verse 89
Our last call is: Thanks to Allah, the Lord of the Universe.
From Rafael Yisraeli, in Y. Alexander and H. Foxman, eds., The 1988-1989 Annual on Terrorism (The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers)
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