abu-bakr-naji-the-management-of-savagery-the-most-critical-stage-through-which-the-umma-will-pass

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Introduction
Praise be to God and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of God, his family, his
Companions, and whomever aided him.
In a previous essay, I wrote about the substantive preparations undertaken by that group of
Islamic activists whom I consider to be carrying out the command of God in this age – that
group which, with God’s permission, will be granted victory. The essay touched on the
program that the group advocates for extricating the Umma from the degradation that
afflicts it, so that the Umma may once again steer humanity toward the path of divine
guidance and salvation. The essay compared this program with the programs that have been
advocated by other groups of Islamic activists and that have confused the Islamic youth.
Yes, many of the youth chose this or that path on the basis of compatibility with their work,
whims, and recreational activities. However, some have been confused by the multiplicity of
plans for the solution of a matter which, at the very least, the authoritative Islamic texts have
(already) decided in the eyes of the well-known (people). Among the things pertaining to the
subject referred to (above) is, briefly :
[Naji begins a long quote from an article he had previously written]
Of all the currents of the Islamic movement, only five of them have written
programs. After setting aside the current of propagation and proselytizing [al-tablgh
wa al-da`wa], the current of the salafism of purification and education [salafiyyat al-