First tell me, does your formula apply to KSA too? Because they sided with America against another Muslim country during gulf war.
Now are you asking about what Islam tells us about it or what the modern realpolitiks tell us to do since you guys seem to confuse those two alot by making fun of Ummah etc. Let me make it clear first that the Ummah is not some forgery of a modern day frustrated Muslim, it was the teaching of the prophet and our religion which has been forgotten by the modern day Muslim. You can make fun of it all you want but a Muslim who rejects the concept of ummah is committing a grave sin by rejecting the teachings of Islam---it is the same as many Muslims drink but drinking is not allowed in Islam to begin with.
Coming to the Gulf war, do tell me if Kuwait was a non-Muslim nation which had invaded Iraq? Or was Saddam running his govt according to the Islamic principles? Those wars were all about "Arab Nationalism"... Those wars were not jihad to begin with and were fought over oil and land, which is not permissible in Islam to begin with. Islam tells us to fight oppression and injustice very clearly.
Any wars fought in the name of nation, tribe , color or creed, oil, gold and booty are forbidden in Islam. The only war allowed by Islam is jihad under the banner of Islam, justice and
ONE Allah. Any Muslim siding with the non-Muslims against those who are waging a jihad is committing a sin regardless if he is a Saudi, Indian or Pakistani- period.... regardless if he is General Musharraf siding with the US or Indian Muslims siding with Modi.
Now for those who continuously challenge the certificates of major sin awarded to those who side with kafir army to fight fellow Muslims;
If one is sent to wage war against the Muslims, then it is not permissible for him to take part at all. Helping the kaafirs against the Muslims is a form of major kufr which puts one beyond the pale of Islam. Allaah says concerning one who supports the mushrikeen (interpretation of the meaning):
"And if any amongst you takes them (as Awliyaa’, i.e., friends), then surely, he is one of them"[al-Maa’idah 5:51] - Here's the certificate you have been challenging- from the Quran itself.
And the alliances with non-Muslims usually are done whenever there is a mutual benefit--- Just like the Prophet(P.B.U.H) concluded a treaty with the Jews of Yathrib...against the people who were threatening Islam and Muslims.
Allaah says about the munaafiqoon (hypocrites) who prefer the kuffaar to the Muslims (interpretation of the meaning) “…
[they] say to the disbelievers that they are better guided as regards the way than the believers (Muslims).” -Nisa 51
As regards to compromising with kafirs (disbelievers) and being nice to them at the expense of one’s religion. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“They wish that you should compromise (in religion out of courtesy) with them, so that they (too) would compromise with you.” [al-Qalam 68:9]. This includes sitting with them and entering upon them at the time when they are making fun of the Signs of Allaah. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“And it has already been revealed to you in the Book that when you hear the Verses of Allaah being denied and mocked at, then sit not with them, until they engage in a talk other than that; (but if you stayed with them), certainly in that case you would be like them…” [al-Nisa’ 4:140]
We have seen how on this very forum, muslim members have made fun of Islamic concepts such as sharia, jihad, hijab and ummah---just like the kaffirs do, just so that they can look like a good Western style Muslim who has abandoned those "out dated" ideals. The same is the case with Indian Muslims who attack Pakistan with their tongues to jump on the anti-Pakistan rhetoric bandwagon and to look acceptable to the Indian majority.
And it is an obligation for a Muslim to help and free occupied and oppressed Muslims.
How should ye not fight for the cause of Allah and of the feeble among men and of the women and the children who are crying: Our Lord! Bring us forth from out this town of which the people are oppressors! Oh, give us from thy presence some protecting friend! Oh, give us from Thy presence some defender! -Nisa 75
The world has already witnessed that Muslims from all over the world flocked to Afghanistan, Bosnia, Chechnya to defend their Muslim brothers---our rulers however are another story, who have brainwashed and enforced secularism and ethno-nationalism on their nations(The so called great leaders like "Ata-Turk").
What Muslim countries do and what Islam instructs us to do are two entirely different things. Most Muslim countries are secular. What the Muslim states and their rulers do is not necessarily what Islam teaches them to do.
@Pan-Islamic-Pakistan @Desert Fox @Clutch @Taimur Khurram
@Nilgiri I know that you won't agree and will dislike what I have said. But I am not like those semi-secular or secular Muslims who have forgotten their roots and are desperately trying to conform to the values of the modern world. I consider my beliefs to be unshakable despite the fact that many of my own countrymen do not agree with such "extreme" views.