Increasingly, the concept of international law, to create binding mechanisms for the states in order "to promote the establishment and maintenance of international peace" (Article 26 UN Charter), is losing its legitimacy. The very existence of international law is existentially reliant on each nation's respect for the Charter and pledge to abide by its rules. However, it ended up at the whims of the most powerful armies in the world.

The recent grave violaten once again occured at the hands of the United States of America, together with a dubious "coalition of the willing" in the form of air strikes against Syria. This is without doubt a breach of peace, un anlawful use of force and a violation of Syria's sovereignty. This time, President Obama has not even made an attempt to construe a justification for the violation under international law. Instead, it was declared afterwards that Syria had expressed "subsequent approval" of the attacks. While a number of justifications have been created outside of the actual scope of the UN Charter, such as the concept of "humanitarian interventions", "interventions on invitation" or "pre-emptive self-defence" - all of whom lack legal basis in the Charter and in the Customary international law - the concept of "subsequent approval" is unprecedented. In fact, the credibility of international law is increasingly shaking, with such opportunistic newly-created justification attempts being made by powerful nations. International law does not contain the concept of "subsequent approval" in order to justify unlawful use of force and intervention. Unless there is either a mandate of the Security Council, the clear and credible consent of the affected state or a reason to invoke the right to self-defence according to Article 51 UN Charter, the use of force remains illegal under international law. It is as simple as that.

... and not in the name of the Prophet Muhammad (sws) are the actions committed by brutal mercinaries from all over the world under the banner of Isis. After several muslim clerics have denounced the Isis, muslim youth join in to defend Islam, the religion of peace and harmony, and the only deen accepted in front of Allah, against the abuse by extremists. Surprisingly, while muslim clerics who have been denouncing Isis, its cold blood murders and oppression of minorities, from the very beginning have rarely made it into mainstream-media, the British muslim youth behind the hashtag #notinmyname have received worldwide international media attention.

http://www.activechangefoundation.org/portfolio-item/notinmyname/

May this effort help in the struggle against any kind of hatred, intolerance and tyranny and contribute to representing the true nature of Islam, a religion of peace and justice.