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for the needs of Islamic activism which will arise. At this time, let those who are firmly
rooted in knowledge among the people of tawhid and jihad give religious justification for
and explicate the details of how to spend the money on tribal leaders 12 among the people
and the like for uniting them in order that they may give their allegiance to our
administrations. The details and principles of this matter should be made public and clear
such that no doubt remains in the hearts of people.
In the beginning, we stressed that our battle is a battle of tawhid against unbelief and faith
against polytheism and it is not an economic, political, or social battle. However, we must
not forget that part of sharia politics is to address those who have weak souls among the
different classes of people with the promise of reclaiming our money and our rights, or
rather plundering the money of God which evil people have taken. We do not think that a
promise like this motivated the Companions of the Messenger of God (peace and
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blessings be upon him). Rather, it was a distraction for them and a motivation for the weak
souls among the people to accept Islam. Afterwards, it is clear that these weak souls
improved their condition by living among the people of faith and the furnace of battle, and
their motivation was for the sake of tawhid before all else.
12 The nature of cities in the modern age is such that they do not have regimes of tribal leaders and
great men; rather, security systems control them. The modern city almost necessitates emigration from
rural areas and the deserts and the semi-alienation of the people due to that social phenomenon. Even the
rural areas and the deserts support the modern Jahiliyya regime in dispersing and dissolving the tribes of
solidarity and the clans so that it may exercise its control over them or perversely reorient those tribes of
solidarity towards a Jahiliyya direction which serves its goals. However, there are many rural areas and
deserts and some cities which have groups that preserve their traditions, (even though) that regime is
present to a certain extent.