When Muslims “condemn terrorism,” trying to make the kuffar like and accept them, they often act like this condemnation is somehow compassionate. In reality, this is usually an act of extreme selfishness. It’s about achieving benefits in dunya.

Even if they disagree with some methods, like self-sacrifice attacks, hitting non-military targets, and so forth, it’s very clear that their condemnation is not going to stop violence, because it’s very clear that the root of the violence is oppression. People don’t just casually strap explosives to themselves because someone cut in front of them in line at the grocery store. It takes extreme injustice for someone to get to that point.

So even if they disagree, why join the kuffar in attacking these Muslims? If the criticism was based in true compassion and sincere love for the religion of Allah, they could focus their energy on the root cause of the issues they “condemn.” Instead, we hear them saying “This is not what Islam is about!”

No, it is what Islam is about. Islam is about standing up for what is right, even if the whole world is against you, and even if it means standing against your own self or your own family.

یَـٰۤأَیُّهَا ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كُونُوا۟ قَوَّ ٰمِینَ بِٱلۡقِسۡطِ شُهَدَاۤءَ لِلَّهِ وَلَوۡ عَلَىٰۤ أَنفُسِكُمۡ أَوِ ٱلۡوَ ٰلِدَیۡنِ وَٱلۡأَقۡرَبِینَۚ إِن یَكُنۡ غَنِیًّا أَوۡ فَقِیرࣰا فَٱللَّهُ أَوۡلَىٰ بِهِمَاۖ فَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ ٱلۡهَوَىٰۤ أَن تَعۡدِلُوا۟ۚ وَإِن تَلۡوُۥۤا۟ أَوۡ تُعۡرِضُوا۟ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعۡمَلُونَ خَبِیرࣰا

O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm in justice, witnesses for Allah , even if it be against yourselves or parents and relatives.

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The same people who condemn every action which strikes the interests of the kuffar are often the loudest in calling for “tolerance of differences of opinion” when it comes to issues like riba, men and women mixing, or imitating the kuffar. In such cases, we hear them talking about the wideness of Islam and how differences of opinion are a mercy. When it comes to actually opposing the forces of evil by force, suddenly this tolerance for differences of opinion disappears.

Some try to claim that adopting this weak attitude is good for da’wah. Those who hold such views must be either deluded or evil. If one kafir enters Islam because of this attitude, one hundred Muslims will leave Islam because of the weight of oppression they are facing, and because their brothers are not coming to their assistance.

It should be enough for anyone who condemns “terrorism” to see how pleased the enemies of Allah become at this condemnation. Indeed, in many cases, the goal of this condemnation is to gain approval from the kuffar, which indicates that it is an act of moving away from Islam, and toward kufr.

وَلَن تَرۡضَىٰ عَنكَ ٱلۡیَهُودُ وَلَا ٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ تَتَّبِعَ مِلَّتَهُمۡۗ قُلۡ إِنَّ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ هُوَ ٱلۡهُدَىٰۗ وَلَىِٕنِ ٱتَّبَعۡتَ أَهۡوَاۤءَهُم بَعۡدَ ٱلَّذِی جَاۤءَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡعِلۡمِ مَا لَكَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِیࣲّ وَلَا نَصِیرٍ

And never will the Jews or the Christians approve of you until you follow their religion. Say, “Indeed, the guidance
of Allah is the [only] guidance.” If you were to follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, you would have against Allah no protector or helper.

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