Possessing the Nuclear Bomb Is an Islamic Duty

by Dr. Abdul-Sattar Kassem

At the very time Germany cooperates with the permanent member states of the Security Council to pressure Iran into halting its nuclear program, it is selling the Zionist entity modern submarines equipped to carry missiles with nuclear warheads. And there is no global uproar over the deal. Of course this is to be expected, because the Western bloc that calls itself the international community considers Israel part of itself, entitled to nuclear, phosphorus, and biological bombs and every kind of lethal weapon we know of and do not know of. Iran, however, is an eastern Islamic state that must remain under control, not permitted to rely on itself or defend itself.

Where is the Arab reaction to the German deal with the Zionist entity? Of course there is none, because the Arab regimes depend for their survival on Israel and the United States; Israel’s strength means the regimes’ lifespan is extended, and Israel’s weakness means the regimes’ lifespan is shortened. That is why we find the Arab regimes mobilized in confronting the Iranian nuclear program, and silent regarding the Zionist nuclear program. Iran’s strength weakens the Zionists, so it must be destroyed before it becomes too hard to break.

That is to say, Muslims must possess the bomb to deter anyone contemplating aggression against them, and every Islamic state must develop nuclear weapons if it can.

Not possessing the nuclear bomb becomes a matter of religious legitimacy only if there is a global covenant, signed by Muslims, that prohibits possessing the bomb. But as long as there are states that possess the bomb, every state has the right to possess it if it can. There is a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, but it is a treaty imposed by the owners of the bombs, who impose their will on the states that do not possess them. The nuclear states have not destroyed their nuclear weapons; rather, there is a nuclear arms race, particularly among the United States, China, and Russia. They also turn a blind eye to states manufacturing nuclear bombs, such as India, Pakistan, and the Zionist entity. Muslims are religiously bound to honor covenants that establish justice and that they sign, and are religiously bound to withdraw from covenants proven to deviate from what is right.

By the same reasoning, Muslims must develop their own communications systems so that they do not remain under the sway of Western technology, with their telephone lines and satellite channels left at the mercy of others.

As for the Arab rulers, with the exception of a very few of them, they are hired hands of the people of the West, whose function is to broker deals on the back of the Arab and Islamic nation. Their security lies in their own weakness and helplessness, and in the mercy Israel and America show them, while their minds never rise above their bellies and their loins.

Source: Translated from the original Arabic, “امتلاك القنبلة النووية واجب إسلامي” by Dr. Abdul-Sattar Kassem.