Center for the Study of Political Islam International

Cultural Event, Religious Act or Political Tactics?

June 10, 2024

At the end of Ramadan, it is customary for Islamic communities to pray en masse in public areas. Once limited to Islamic countries, this spectacle can now be seen in cities like Dresden, Germany where hundreds of members of the local Islamic community prayed in public. [1] The case in Germany is representative of many events around the world. Other examples are New York [2] and the United Kingdom, where students demand public prayer rooms even in the school. [3]

The act of obstructing public space for prayer is pure Political Islam. The prayer itself is religious. But once you demand others be subjected to the prayer by obstructing public space, it becomes political because it affects everyone, not just the Islamic community.

Ramadan is used to push Islamic requests, rules and laws into (Kafir) public space. In Italy, a school gave all their students a free day at the end of Ramadan. [4] If this “day off for Ramadan” is deemed acceptable by the Italian authorities, it could then later become the norm for Italy’s entire school system. In Germany, schoolteachers asked their students to avoid eating and drinking during Ramadan because of the members of the Islamic community among them. [5]

Another way to use Ramadan to conquer the public space is to decorate city centers especially for this event. In Germany, Frankfurt followed the example of London, England and decorated the city center with lights. [6] This incentivized local Islamic organizations in Hamburg to request the same special treatment. [7] In Sydney, Australia Ramadan is used to introduce Political Islam into the public space as a cultural event [8]

Indeed, the Islamic political doctrine commands that every single individual, Muslim or not, submit to Mohammed and Allah on all levels of their lives [9] until the whole world becomes fully Islamic. [10] That is why submission of the Kafir is one of the defining features of Islamic doctrine. [11]

The goal of Political Islam is to infiltrate and subjugate non-Islamic countries. by establishing a political, legal and financial infrastructure. This can be seen all over the world with the exponential growth of Islamic organizations. [12] These organizations create a system that allows Political Islam to gradually grow its influence and power. Eventually, Islamic political parties are created to directly influence the politics in favour of Political Islam. [13] [14]

The conditions for turning any country into an Islamic one are created gradually until they are overwhelming. In Germany, many students convert to Islam in order to avoid problems or “fit in” to this new reality. [15] [16] [17] In Switzerland, Islamic students pressure their peers to abide by certain Islamic rules from the Sharia. [18] These developments demonstrate the gradual submission to Mohammed and Allah and the adherence to the Islamic doctrine.

The final step would be the full implementation of the Sharia in all aspects of life, which means that the country would become Islamic.

📚 Sources I

[1] https://www.freilich-magazin.com/gesellschaft/dresden-video-zeigt-hunderte-muslime-beim-oeffentlichen-gebet

[2] https://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/news/ramadan-2024-muslims-gather-to-pray-in-nys-times-square-101710160532091-1.html

[3] https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/apr/21/soaked-and-muddy-british-muslims-tell-their-stories-of-prayer-at-school

[4] https://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2024/03/18/school-gives-pupils-day-off-for-end-of-ramadan_8f3e959c-2617-42de-8e10-59ffe4ca049f.html

[5] https://www.tichyseinblick.de/meinungen/schule-trinkverbot-ramadan/

[6] https://www.hessenschau.de/gesellschaft/ramadan-beleuchtung-in-frankfurt-seit-sonntag-wird-die-fressgass-illuminiert-v8,ramadan-beleuchtung-frankfurt-100.html

[7] https://www.abendblatt.de/region/niedersachsen/article242056276/Islam-Verband-Wunsch-Ramadan-Beleuchtung-in-Landeshauptstadt.html

[8] https://www.cbcity.nsw.gov.au/events/ramadan-nights-lakemba

📖 Doctrinal support:

Pickthall, Marmaduke. 1930. The Meaning of The Glorious Koran, An Explanatory Translation, New York: Alfred A Knopf.

Abul Husain Muslim bin al-Hajjaj al-Nisapuri. 2009. Mokhtaser Sahih Muslim. Translated by Abdul Hamid Siddiqui. 1st edition, edited by Mika’il al-Almany. The Vista Publishing House.

[9] Koran 6:71
Ask ˹them, O  Prophet˺, “Should we invoke, other than Allah, those ˹idols˺ which cannot benefit or harm us, and turn back to disbelief after Allah has guided us? ˹If we do so, we will be˺ like those disoriented by devils in the wilderness, while their companions call them to guidance, ˹saying˺, ‘Come to us!’ Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Allah’s guidance is the ˹only˺ true guidance. And we are commanded to submit to the Lord of all worlds, [...]

[10] Koran 48:28
He it is Who hath sent His messenger with the guidance and the religion of truth, that He may cause it to prevail over all religion. And Allah sufficeth as a witness.

[11] Hadith [Muslim 1, 31]
It is reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that he heard the Messenger of Allah say: I have been commanded to fight against people, till they testify to the fact that there is no god but Allah, and believe in me (that) I am the messenger (from the Lord) and in all that I have brought. And when they do it, their blood and riches are guaranteed protection on my behalf except where it is justified by law, and their affairs rest with Allah.

📚 Sources II

[12] https://www.cspii.org/learn-political-islam/maps/

[13] https://www.dw.com/en/germany-dava-party-woos-voters-with-turkish-roots/a-68195917

[14] https://www.bild.de/bild-plus/politik/inland/politik-inland/cdu-warnt-vor-erdogan-plan-islamisten-gruenden-eigene-partei-86281106.bild.html

[15] https://www.tichyseinblick.de/meinungen/kinder-wollen-zum-islam-konvertieren-um-nicht-aussenseiter-zu-sein/

[16] https://www.novinky.cz/clanek/zahranicni-nemecke-deti-predstiraji-konverzi-k-islamu-ze-strachu-z-muslimskych-spoluzaku-40468993

[17] https://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/scharia-polizei-angst-vor-streng-muslimischen-kindern-an-deutschen-schulen-staatsschuetzer-warnt_id_259880250.html

[18] https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/kleine-radikale-minderheit-islamismus-antisemitismus-schulen-haram-ld.1821713

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