Are political overthrows, insurgences, and revolutions from the characteristics of Islaam and forms of Jihaad?
Sh. Saalih Al-Luhaydaan1 The question should more appropriately be, “Is chaos and causes of unjustified bloodshed from Islaam?” because this is the actual meaning of such things. Those actions are the most severe factors that destroy Islaamic lands. If we look at the nonbelievers, for example the Jewish country (Israel) which contains resources and support from all over the world, we find that not once did a political overthrow occur. We don’t find, during these times, overthrows and revolutions in the major nations of the east and west. No one supports and starts political overthrows and insurgences except for someone that has no concern for the well-being of his own nation or for its security. These are ways of jeopardizing the very existence of a nation, cultivating enmity among its people, spilling blood, and allowing its enemies to gain control over it. The evil of such tactics are obvious, yet the good of them is rare and minute and most of the time nonexistent. The first overthr
