I am in an American prison. I shall soon be released, Insha-Allah.

Answer

In this age, living in the east or the west is the same. There is not a single Muslim country which is governed by the Shariah. All governments in Muslim countries are fussaaq, fujjaar and kuffaar. They are anti-Islam. There is no difference living in the east and west in this age. Whether you are in America, Arabia, Pakistan or any African country, it is the same. Every where there is animosity for Muslims who struggle to live according to the Sunnah.

You will understand this reality only after you visit some of the Muslim countries. You will be despised by the modernist 'Muslims' who are Muslim in name, not at heart. Nevertheless, migrating to a country where open hostility is shown to Islam and Muslims– countries such as Austria, Belgium, France, Switzerland, etc., is not permissible.

Furthermore, migrating to a country which denies Muslims basic Islamic rights such as burial the same day, prohibition of Hijaab, compulsory secular education for even Muslim girls, etc., is not permissible.

Consider the example of Pakistani Muslims who crave to migrate to the U.S.A. and U.K. where basic Islamic rights are denied. Despite Pakistan being governed by kuffaar, the rulers pro-MIGRATION

ment set up the commission in March in 2006 with the task to review by February 2007 some 1,500 citizenships granted since 1991, more than half of whom were of Arab origin. Hundreds of foreign fighters, known as "holy warriors" or mujahedin, arrived in Bosnia in the 1990s to boost the ranks of Muslim forces in battles against Croats and Serbs. Under Bosnia's 1995 peace agreement, they were all supposed to leave the country, but some of them stayed, obtaining citizenship either on the basis of their army service or by marrying local women. (ARAB NEWS) (End of report)