Head of Hizbullah in Turkiye issued a message on the 19th-anniversary martyrdom of Hüseyin Velioğlu, the founder guide of Hizbullah Jemaah who was martyred during the raid on the house he was living in Istanbul on January 17, 2000, and the 40th anniversary of Hizbullah.
In his message, Gümüş emphasized that despite all the negative conditions, Hizbullah Jemaah has been continuing its path for 40 years with the same determination.
Starting his message from a verse of Qur'an, "Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties [in exchange] for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed. [It is] a true promise [binding] upon Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur'an. And who is truer to his covenant than Allah? So rejoice in your transaction, which you have contracted. And it is that which is the great attainment," Gümüş continued by saying salawats and saluting to the Prophet Muhammad [PBUH], his family, his companions, and those who pursue the Prophet's path until the day of judgment.
Recalling that today is the 19th anniversary of the martyrdom of Hüseyin Velioğlu, the founding guide of the Hizbullah Jemaah, Gümüş said: "From the first years we set out, our Guide [Leader] was martyred as our young, elderly; hundreds of brothers were martyred on this blessed path.
Noting that being martyr is not a loss in their school, but rather a great gain from the ethereal perspective and herald of the victory in earthly terms, Gümüş said: "In this regard, we respectfully and with mercy commemorate all the martyrs of Islam and our Guide, who was a lover of the Prophet."
Stating that the greatest legacy of the martyr Guide left to them was the Hizbullah Jemaah, Gümüş reminded that the foundation of the Jemaah has entered the 40th year.
"The Hizbullah Jemaah was founded in 1979 with the belief and responsibility of protecting the Muslim society"
Referring to the important problems and turning points of the Jemaah in this long-term struggle, Gümüş said:
"The Hizbullah was founded in 1979 with its faith and responsibility to defend the Islamic cause, to shield the Muslims community in a time where Muslims were weaken and Islam was tried to be removed from the social life with the "ilhadi" ideologies that systematically disseminated, generally in the Islamic geography, specifically in our country, and through these ideologies, the Muslim people, especially the young generation were torn from Islam.
[Ilhad means against the religion of Islam and the rules of the Qur'an. Especially in the Kalam books, since the early times of Islam, with the influence of philosophical thought, it is used to criticize the Islamic religion and the institution of Prophethood to keep philosophers superior to the prophets.]
"Hizbullah has been on its path for 40 years with the same determination"
"Despite all the negative conditions and material impossibilities, Hizbullah Jemaah was set on this blessed path based solely on the help of Allah and the sincerity, sacrifice, and determination of its members," Gümüş noted.
"Hizbullah has been on its path for 40 years with the same determination. Blessed be eternally grateful to our Lord who has brought us to these days."
"This 40 year, of course, did not pass easily. During this period of Islamic struggle, we encountered many problems and difficulties, and we passed through very dangerous situations."
"We experienced torture, dungeon, boycott, and immigration. We have been subjected to slander, lies, total destruction, conspiracy, and betrayal. However, with the help of Allah and the determination of our brothers, we have come to this day by getting stronger. It is not possible to fit them in a few writing lines."
"In spite of everything, we praise to our Lord, Who gave us the opportunity to remain in our direction that we set out with the Islamic sensibility since the first day, with the understanding and approach towards the unity of Muslims and the stationing of the Ummah."
"We tried to fight against all kinds of subversion, intimidation, and degeneration by means of tablikh, guidance and rehabilitation"
"From the first day against all sorts of subversions, intimidation, and degeneration aimed at the removal of society from Islam, we tried to resist with tablikh and guidance and rehabilitation. Thank Allah we continue this struggle with the same determination."
We resisted as much as our power against the evil plans and projects of secular, atheist and militarist structures under the auspices of the anti-Islamic forces outside and inside, as they wanted to implement on our Muslim people as a whole, and we did not allow them to achieve their goals.
In our struggle history, we can easily say that we have not let the ilhadi evil powers to shape our history in the way they want and that we largely prevent the activities of erosion they carried out against the spiritual values and the real identity of society.
"We've suffered multiple attacks because we've made difficulties to the plans of the imperialists and the zionists"
On the one hand, we have been in constant activity to prevent the enemies of Islam from implementing their plans, on the other hand, to revitalize the Islamic values in the society, to raise awareness of our people and to become a force against the dangers directed against Islam.
We have suffered from the multi-dimensional attacks of the enemies of Islam from the inside and outside because we have made difficulties to the future plans of the imperialists and zionists.
From the very beginning of the first years, we were tried to be exterminated by slander, defamation, threats, blocking and, finally, by actual assault, torture, imprisonment, extrajudicial executions and all kinds of conspiracies.
"Our main goal is to be instrumental in the rehabilitation and eternal interest of society"
Despite all this, we have tried to maintain our position, determination and values we have fought for. We did not slander anyone, even though we were subjected to all sorts of lies and slander. Although we suffered from injustices and attacked our lives and property unlimitedly, we patiently maintained our steadiness.
We always endeavored to act in accordance with the consent of Allah on the basis of the Qur'an and Sunnah, and I hope we will continue to pursue this endeavor.
Our goal is not to achieve worldly and selfish authorities. Our main goal is to try to fulfill our duty to serve our Lord, to terminate this world test in such a way that Allah is consenting to us, to be instrumental in the correction of the society and eternal interests by fulfilling our responsibility.
"Jemaah of Hizbullah has formed a martyr caravan throughout the history of its struggle"
The Jemaah of Hizbullah has formed a caravan of martyrs from its members, who have been trained and sacrificed throughout the history of the struggle.
The Jemaah of Hizbullah is a school of martyrs based on the book of Allah and the Sunnah of the Prophet, who has many martyrs from the little age to the elderly people, from the male to the female, from its Guide [leader] to Ali at the child age, from the Islamic scholar Sheik Zeki, to the brave young man Muhammad Ata, and Xaltiya Zeynep.
As the Jemaah; we have endeavored to develop measures against all non-Islamic activities and to protect our people and to raise awareness of our people, to develop our society material and spiritual, to the preservation of our values, the continuation of Islamic customs, and traditions.
In this sense, we continued our training and improvement activities continuously. Rather than a purely theoretical and monotonous cultural study, our education is an education that aims at practicing the individual, family or social life in conformity with Islam. Because our goal in education is to form a Muslim individual, a Muslim family, and a Muslim community.
"We focused on Islamic education activities for all sectors"
On the one hand, we have been engaged in the education of society and on the other hand, we have not stopped the struggle against poverty, ignorance, and conflict in society.
Praise our Lord that we have made significant progress on this issue. We have focused on Islamic education activities that can meet the needs of our people both in the cities and in the countryside.
At the same time, we took important and necessary steps to ensure that women are not deprived of this training.
"We have made special efforts to protect family life"
We stood against moral degeneration. We have a very serious struggle against depravement, nudity, and dissoluteness. We have made special efforts against the work of the enemies of Islam working for the Kemalist system and for the imperialist purposes in this direction, to protect the hijab and to protect the family life shaped in accordance with the beliefs, morals and customary values of our society.
"We have tried to decipher the subversion networks and to minimize their damage"
We opposed the prostitution and disgrace that the deep structures try to spread programmatically in order to trap the young people.
We have tried to protect our young people by facing many difficulties against the anti-Islamic organized structures to spread such as booze, gambling, drugs, and prostitution.
However, we have tried to decipher these subversion networks and minimize their damage. We have friends fell martyr on this regard.
"We have become/have been the target of the enemies of Islam inside and outside"
We have become/have been the target of enemies of Islam inside and outside while we were trying to fulfill the duty of "amr bil maroof nahi anil munkar" [to enjoin good and avoid evil] in order for the rehabilitation of the society.
The apostate organization, which was driven on us by threats and blackmails, was defeated at a significant rate in the face of our brothers' resistance and legitimate defenses. Upon this, the press organizations under the control of the members of the deep structure took the state facilities behind and started a total of slander propaganda. Subsequently, we were confronted with detention, torture, and arrest.
"Hundreds of our brothers are still held in prisons unlawfully"
In the 40-year struggle, along with hundreds of martyrs, thousands of people were tortured, and even the bodies of some of our brothers who had been kidnapped could not be reached, while others were brutally martyred by extrajudicial executions.
Hundreds of our brothers who have been arrested and tortured in the dungeons are still held in prisons unlawfully. On this occasion, we appreciate the Islamic stance and fortitude of our brothers in the dungeon and salute them with respect.
"We could not remain silent against this brutality, even worse than the brutal attacks of the 90s"
A brutal act of intimidation carried out against Muslims and strangulation of the Islamic cause on October 6-8, 2014.
Our old and young pious people, who were bearded, and our women, who were covered, and our mosque and Qur'an courses, even though they were untouchable during the wars, were attacked. We could not remain silent and we did not against this brutality, which even was worse than the brutal attacks of the 90s.
We have stood with our people in the face of these attacks carried out in accordance with the agenda of the imperialist forces and we stood in the way as much as our ability by taking risk of paying the price.
"Those who rely on the imperialist powers are in great blindness and betrayal"
As Hizbullah, we have said from the very first day to this day, the problems in the Islamic geography are the internal issues of the Ummah, that these should be dealt within us, and not any opportunity should be given to the imperialist powers to intervene.
It is obvious that those who tried to establish the dominance in this geography by taking the imperialists behind them did not bring anything other than blood, tears, pain, and persecution to our lands. Therefore, those who rely on the imperialist powers are in great blindness and betrayal.
"With 40 years of experience and staff, we declare that we are ready for all costs to be paid for the liberation of Al-Quds"
Al-Quds, the first Qibla of Muslims, has special importance for us and is our red line as for all Muslims. We have tried to make Muslims be sensitive by constantly expressing this. We also call upon Muslims to do what is necessary for the liberation of Al-Quds, with the belief that the security of the Islamic geography passes through the security of Al-Quds.
We call upon the rulers of Islamic countries and all Islamic structures to refrain from cooperating with our historical enemies and to unite and mobilize all the possibilities to destroy the enemy zionists who are trying to destroy us.
We too, with 40 years of experience, accumulation, opportunity, and staff, declare that we are ready for every single cost to be paid for the liberation of Al-Quds.
We will not step back from any taken step in this regard, and we are also aware of the duty of supporting the people, communities, organizations, institutions, and governments working for this purpose.
In the same way, we declare that we are ready to contribute to the wounds of all Muslim peoples who have been massacred, persecuted and expelled from their lands within the framework of our possibilities.
"Every Muslim should give the rights of their Muslim Kurdish brothers as the right they give to their own nation"
All Muslims are brothers. Turkish, Kurdish, Persian, etc. no matter what nation the Muslims are, they are like the teeth of a comb. All Muslim nations have the right to live their language, tradition, and customs within the Islamic circle. One has no advantage over the other.
The Kurds must have all the human and Islamic rights other peoples have. Regardless of their ethnic affiliation, each Muslim should act with a conscience of just testimony and should give the rights of their Muslim Kurdish brothers as the right they give to their own nation.
Our Jemaah will make every effort to ensure that the Kurds are not removed from Islam, not to be pushed into the lap of the disbelievers and not to be used in their games.
We expect this from all Muslim administrators, the Islamic community, people, and we see this act as an Islamic responsibility.
"We must be strong and prepared to thwart the trap of cruel and miscreants"
The dark deep structures have used all their possibilities tried to prevent or block the cause. However, neither of these dark structures nor their stooge have not achieved their goals.
The Islamic cause is a sacred cause. We must be strong and prepared to thwart the traps of evil, infidel, cruel and miscreants and we must end their domination. Muslims must act with the consciousness of the Ummah; they should move away from the division and provide the unity. The unity of the Islamic Ummah should be the most aim of Muslims.
Let our Lord forgive all of our small, big sins all that we know and we do not know, protect us on the right path, unity, and resistance, and accept our efforts for Him.
May Allah be with you.
Your brother, Edip Gümüş.
ILKHA