Supporters
of Islamist group Hizbut Tahrir hold up placards against US President
Barack Obama during a protest outside the US embassy in Kuala Lumpur in
this April 18, 2014 file picure. According to the radical Islamist
group, Muslims can take up arms if they are fighting for their God. —
Reuters pic KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 — Muslims can take up arms
if they are fighting for their God, hardline Islamist group Hizbut
Tahrir’s Malaysian chapter said today.The radical Islamist group, which works openly in Malaysia, insisted that militant activities for jihad are acceptable and required in Islam.
“Anyone — whether an individual, group or army — that battles to fight infidels in the framework of raising up Allah, then this is jihad and they are mujahideens,” it said on its website today, adding death on duty would make the fighters “martyrs”.
Hizbut Tahrir said armed militants cannot be labelled as jihadists if they illegitimately kill the public or fight against other Muslims.
“If their intention and activity is to kill and fight among Muslim groups, then this is wrong and forbidden.
Yesterday, Minister Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom said the National Fatwa Council had decided that those who die while fighting under the Islamic State (IS) banner in Syria would not be considered martyrs.
On October 15, Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told Parliament that authorities have identified 39 Malaysians as having links with militant groups, including IS.
Putrajaya has previously designated the IS, formerly known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, as a terrorist group.
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