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Q- What impact has jarbaza had on the thoughts of the present time?

A: Look, it is that evil: with such sophistical pretexts and absurd claims, such as the nonsense that "they aided us in Crimea on some date," it portrays a foreign state that oppresses and insults us as vastly as Mount Ararat in a way that makes it appear as if it could be a friend.

They also relegate to the lowest depths the great group of mujahidin, who work for the honour and glory of Islam as immensely as Mount Subhan, and portray them to the nation as enemies through such absurd pretexts.

Moreover, as a result of the tarbiyyah it received from Europe, jarbaza focuses on the worst aspect of everything, whereas the proper benefit, based on the principle

خُذْ مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ اَحْسَنَهُ1

is to consider the best aspect. By constantly driving the nation into despair, it kills the rûh of the jamâ'ah.

Moreover, by combining the people's vulnerability in aqâid into its evil, the jarbaza shows the vulnerable side of religious matters and prepares the ground for irreligion.

It is also its result that, employing a sophistical jarbaza, they show the criticisms — which are the requirement of human fitrah — that happened among the Salaf as a form of positive rivalry or arising from devotion to haqq. By showing the criticism of each about the others, the jarbaza instils disrespect and distrust towards the great personages of the ummah and thereby undermines the sanctity of Islam in the minds.

Thus, many grievous damages like these arise from this kind of jarbaza. Whenever I think of Istanbul, the image comes to mind of an old child with a tongue two inches long and whose other limbs are deprived of growth and development.