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Tale of a late Muslim Pakistani American F-15 Pilot

In Islam, country does not come before religion. Religion comes before country. The reason for this is that a Muslims loyalty and obligation to Allah and his Prophet (PBUH) is supreme and overrides all other obligations. If a Muslim country decides to bomb Mecca and Medina, do the Muslims in that Muslim country's air force participate? No. It would be their religious duty not to participate in such a plan. In fact, it would be their religious duty to ensure that such a plan does not materialize.

In other words, its not black and white as some here have insinuated. Can a Muslim serve in the armed forces of a non-Muslim state? Perhaps, as long as it does not conflict with his duty as a Muslim. If the non-Muslim country in whose military he is serving decides to invade a Muslim country, a serious conflict-of-interest situation would arise from Islam's standpoint. I'm quite sure, he will not be a "Shaheed" if he dies attacking Muslims. Shahadat can only be attained whilst fighting in the way of Allah. I doubt it very much that the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan come under the definition of fighting in the way of Allah. When a non-Muslim country invades a Muslims country (especially unjustifiably), it becomes a religious obligation on Muslims to defend that country as all perimeters of Jihad are achieved. In the circumstances, I doubt it if a Muslim who is part of the non-Muslim invading force would be "shaheed" if he dies.

Personally, I believe that Muslims should avoid serving in the armed forces of non-Muslim countries to avoid conflicts of interest between their country and faith (especially USA and UK because these two countries are regularly at war with Muslims).
 
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