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As for the fate of the movements which undertook jihad, battle, and military action and
neglected politics and considered it a filthy activity of Satan, or those groups which delved
into practicing non-sharia political methods and which were engrossed in infidel politics,
regrettably their fate was to become a tool for the powers of unbelief and apostasy in order
to pluck the fruits of jihad.
Political action is very important and dangerous, such that one of them said: "A single
political mistake (leads to) a result that is worse than one hundred military mistakes."
Despite the hyperbole in this statement, it is true to the extent that it clarifies the seriousness
of a political mistake.
Of course, when some of us witness the decay in the political attitudes of the people and
find that they have lost their morals and humanity and are following satanic methods filled
with deception, lies, conspiracies, and treason, they are inclined to abstain from engaging in
the decay of those politics. However we should not abandon politics.
Likewise, there are those who engage in disciplined political action—commensurate with
their knowledge of it—in addition to military action. Regrettably, however, they still do not
understand the reality of the political game of the enemies and their fellow travelers [cf.
Qur'an 33:60].
The interest in understanding the rules of the political game and the political reality of the
enemies and their fellow travelers and then mastering disciplined political action through
sharia politics and opposing this reality is not less than the importance of military action,