I was going to add "Taqiyya alert" to the title of this piece, but this one tends more to kitman. Taqiyya is the Islamic concept of religious deception; kitman is a related Islamic concept that is more akin to mental reservation. For the author of this piece, Nourah Abdul Aziz Al-Khereiji, isn't saying anything that is factually false; he just doesn't give the whole picture. From Arab News, with thanks to Nicolei:
Some non-Muslims, especially those who do not know the basic principles and teachings of Islam, may wonder about the title of this article as Islam has been wrongly used as a synonym for terrorism and most Westerners consider Muslims terrorists.Actually, Islam has nothing to do with terrorism. Terrorism is an international phenomenon and is found in every country and society. All divine religions have categorically rejected terrorism.
Terrorism briefly can be defined as aggression committed by individuals and groups or countries against people including their religions, intellect, honor and land. Terrorism and extremism are the products of wrong thinking. Socioeconomic factors as well as enmity also breed terrorists.
In contrast, I would define terrorism as the targeting of civilians in order to incite fear in a larger population, but never mind. The word "terrorism" is too elastic to be much use; that is why this site is called Jihad Watch instead of Terrorism Watch. Terror is just a tactic used by jihadists. What we are facing is a global Islamic jihad, and until we face that, we aren't fighting the correct foe.
In this article I would like to focus on Islam, which has been unjustly described by those who are uninformed as a religion of violence and oppression. Actually, if we had learned its teachings as explained in the Holy Qur’an and Sunnah and practiced them in our lives there would be no terrorists in our midst.Islam was the first religion to combat terrorism and corruption on earth. It prohibited killing and terrorizing people in their homes and countries. The Holy Qur’an says: “The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His apostle and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: Execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land.” (Qur’an — 5:36)
Another verse emphasizes this point further.
“If a man kills a believer intentionally, his recompense is hell.” (4:93)
Note that that verse only refers to killing believers, not unbelievers. But Nourah Abdul Aziz Al-Khereiji also argues for a wider prohibition. However, if you look closely, he is allowing for the "protection" of unbelievers only under the provisions of the Islamic protection contract, the dhimma -- which mandates discrimination and harassment of non-Muslims:
Allah honored human life in general. Nobody is allowed to kill a man without a genuine reason.“On that account we ordained for the children of Israel that if any one slew a person, unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land, it would as if he slew the whole humanity. And if anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole humanity.” (5:35)
Allah says: “We have honored the sons of Adam.” (17:70)
In this verse, Allah did not restrict his honor to Muslims, rather it covers all mankind. The rights of non-Muslims living in Islamic countries are protected as long as they follow the rules and regulations. Islam has taught us to be tolerant and good not only in our dealings with our Muslim brethren but with all mankind in general.
What are some of those "rules and regulations"? "The subject peoples," according to a manual of Islamic law endorsed by Al-Azhar University in Cairo, must "pay the non-Muslim poll tax (jizya)" and "are distinguished from Muslims in dress, wearing a wide cloth belt (zunnar); are not greeted with ‘as-Salamu ‘alaykum’ [the traditional Muslim greeting, 'Peace be with you']; must keep to the side of the street; may not build higher than or as high as the Muslims’ buildings, though if they acquire a tall house, it is not razed; are forbidden to openly display wine or pork . . . recite the Torah or Evangel aloud, or make public display of their funerals or feastdays; and are forbidden to build new churches." ('Umdat al-Salik, o11.3, 5).
Also, Nourah Abdul Aziz Al-Khereiji is mainly upset about terrorism not because it victimizes the innocent, but because it gives people a bad picture of Islam:
In order to promote civilization and realize common interests it is essential for us to establish good relations with non-Muslim communities and give them a good impression of our religion. In this way, we attract individuals, groups and nations into the fold of Islam.On the other hand, violence and terrorism present a bad picture of Islam, and we give enemies a weapon to use to attack our religion as well as our Prophet (peace be upon him). It will also drive away many people from our faith.
Islam advises us to exhibit good behavior even when preaching our religion. The Qur’an says: “Invite all to the way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching.” (16:125)
“It is part of the mercy of Allah that thou dost deal gently with them. Wert thou severe or harsh-hearted, they would have broken away from about thee.” (3:159)
Moreover, the Qur’an teaches us how to hold dialogue with people of other faiths. “And dispute yet not with the People of the Book, except with means better.” (29:46)
Now this part does shade into outright deception:
Islam believes in difference of opinion and allows others to express their views freely without any fear. Even in matters of jurisprudence it did not impose any particular opinion. Differences of opinion among scholars have been considered a blessing.I have no right to call those who do not follow my school of thought (madhab) as infidels. It’s Allah who decides who must enter Paradise or Hell among His slaves. Nobody else is given the power to decide.
Freedom of religion has been clearly mentioned in the Qur’an. “Let there be no compulsion in religion. Truth stands out clear from error.” (2:256)
The Holy Book also says: “The truth is from your Lord, let him who will believe and let him who will reject it.” (18:29)
Allah has prohibited Muslims from abusing the deities being worshipped by other communities. “Revile not ye those whom they call upon besides Allah, lest they out of spite revile Allah in their ignorance.” (6:108)
The aforementioned points and references emphasize the tolerance of Islam and its teachings. Islam respects all human beings despite the differences in their faiths and ideologies as long as they do not attack Muslims.
Note that he is allowing for differences of opinion among Muslims only: "I have no right to call those who do not follow my school of thought (madhab) as infidels." Non-Muslims, remember, must follow the "rules and regulations." Here's another: the "protection" contract between the Muslim community and the dhimmis is violated, leaving the dhimmi subject to execution, if he "mentions something impermissible about Allah, the Prophet, or Islam," ('Umdat al-Salik 011.10(5).)
It is akin to pointing out that the the original U.S. constitution did not phohibit slavery but without mentioning that amendment XIII exists. So while it is true that sura 2 prohibits compulsion in religion, that doctrine is completely flushed down the toilet by suras like 9.
Thank you for parsing this, Robert.
I'll be more careful when I see the term "rules and regulations".
In not slamming this piece of genteel taqiyya, Robert is being extraordinarily generous to our friend Nourah. Muslim scholars and PR hucksters -- particularly of the Saudi variety -- are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their efforts to whitewash Islam for a naive audience of infidels. Fortunately, we have JW, DW, and a growing number of other internet sites which are translating and disseminating Mohammed's teachings for anyone who cares to surf the web. That is why Islam's power to spread and multiply through peaceful persuasion is going sclerotic and will eventually cease entirely. Muslims will not be able to iterate a line like, "there is no compulsion in religion" without those of us familiar with the Qu'ran calling attention to other lines like, "I shall terrorize the infidels. So wound their bodies and incapacitate them because they oppose Allah and His Apostle."
For a more detailed explanation of how "There is no compulsion in religion" has been abrogated see this
Majmoo’ Fataawa wa Maqaalaat li’l-Shaykh Ibn Baaz, 6/219 (www.islam-qa.com)
Causing Mischief in the land is one of the most grievous crimes in Islam, the penalty for which is crucifixion and/or cutting off the arms and feet on both sides.
What constitutes causing mischief in the land is any activity, especially speech, that could cause apostasy (irtidad), and threatens the power and authority of the ulama, and the unity of the ummah.
What we call Free Speech, Muslims call thought crimes and deem to be causing mischief in the land, also evangelizing or even speaking about ones religion to a Muslim is a thought crime, and that doesn't include any speech deemed to be blasphemous of Muhammad and Islam.
Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan (Musharaff is Bush's treasured "ally".
Suicide forces us to face Islamic Blasphemy Laws
From Faith Freedom
Best analogy to this art of deception is the line from "The Usual Suspects" :
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist"
Saturday February 5, 4:16 PM
Indonesia seeks to criminalize public kissing, cohabitation
Public kissing and cohabitation may become crimes in Indonesia in future as the world's largest Muslim nation seeks to overhaul its Dutch-inherited criminal laws, an official said.
The drafting of a new criminal code has finally been completed after 25 years and parliament will soon debate it, justice ministry official Abdul Gani Abdullah told AFP Saturday.
The proposed draft includes provisions banning public kissing, unmarried couples from living together and adultery. Offenders caught kissing in the open could be jailed up to 10 years and fined as much as 300 million rupiah (33,000 dollars) under new penalties.
Some legal experts have criticized the draft, saying the state should not repress citizens' freedom of expression or interfere in their private lives.
But Abdullah insisted the proposed laws were in line with popular wishes.
"Kissing in public is a crime if the people around are not happy and lodge a complain. But if they think it's all right, then no action will be taken," he said.
"The same goes with cohabitation. If neighbors think the presence of an unmarried couple living together is a nuisance, they can report to police."
The draft also contains provisions governing issues such as people trafficking, terrorism, money laundering and corruption, which were currently regulated in separate laws, he added.
The government began work on a new set of criminal laws in the 1980s to replace the existing criminal code which was drawn up in 1886 and seen as outdated.
Indonesia is the world's largest Muslim-populated nation but most Muslims practice a tolerant interpretation of the faith.
With Terrorism We Fight Islam
" Mr. Sharon's policies toward the Palestinian People could be compared to as if Mr. Sharon
used an Atomic Bomb to kill an ant!"
by Dr. Jack Shepard; my Mission
http://dr-jack-shepard-my-mission.blogspot.com/
Sunday, February 06, 2005
Dr. Jack Shepard; my Mission
by Dr. Jack Shepard
" Mr. Sharon's policies toward the Palestinian People
could be compared to as if Mr. Sharon
used an Atomic Bomb to kill an ant!"
If you are critical of the policies of Mr. Ariel Sharon, it does not make one anti-Semitic. Is the whole Israeli Peace Movement anti-Semitic? Is Prime Minister Peres anti-Semitic. Is Gush Shalom and all the Israeli Peace movements anti-Semitic? Are the 64 UN staffers in their Petition who only say "Israel stop killing us" anti-Semitic?
How can a IDF sniper after watching Iain Hook, a tall fair person with sandy colors hair for over 3 hours through a scope which Magnified by over 3+ times at a distance of 20 meters; equal to shooting someone at 14 feet make a mistake. Why was the ambulance stopped only 2 meters bleeding Iain Hook and could not rushing Iain Hook to the hospital?
Was Tom Hundrell's family anti-Semitic for say that their son was murdered? Was the IDF soldier who admitted lying about killing Tom Hundrell anti-Semitic? Was the Israeli Judge who arrested the IDF soldier who admitted killing Tom Hundrell's anti-Semitic?
The problem with Mr. Arial Sharon's military policies toward the Palestinian People is as Dr. Jack Shepard said:
" Mr. Sharon's policies toward the Palestinian People could be compared to as if Mr. Sharon used an Atomic Bomb to kill an ant!"
What happened, to thinking about God; and why have both sides forgotten what all the Prophets taught that; "We should love our neighbor, as we love God. "
Just stop
a military victory is impossible by either side.
So after Tom Hundrell's sniper murderer goes to jail; end it!
Snipers can see who they kill, if not they would not have qualified to be snipers.
The devil has placed
the Israeli's and Palestinians at odds,
exactly like the devil placed Joseph
and his brothers at odds.
When will both sides wakeup and act like Joseph, when he explained to his father why he forgave his brothers because the devil placed them at odds with him; but that time has pasted.
I pray for the day that both the Israeli's and the Palestinians both renew their faith in God and realize that the devil have placed them at odds to each other, and let this terrible time in both your histories pass.
Act like Joseph did with his brothers, you are both brothers, “Let God back into your Hearts.”
Presently neither side can say truthfully in their hearts
that their actions please God.
Forgive each other by start doing things that please God,
think what you are doing and look where the Devil has lead you.
Is anyone happy with the present situation?.
Throughout the Old Testament
it says every time the Israelites did things that did not please God, he punished them.
Wakeup God is knows all and forget about yesterday,
as Judith in her prayers says; God has Made yesterday
and pray to God
to make tomorrow, a tomorrow of Love and Peace
where you both can share and enjoy what God has given you.
Most important act like God, everywhere in the bible it says, “God is forgiving.” End it!
Forgive each other
and do not let the Devil continue to place you at odds;
open your eyes
like Joseph opened his brothers eyes and forgave them.
Both side just stop
and start doing things that will please God
your suffering will never stop like your past two generations.
This world belongs to God,
if you never learn to share. You can never please God.
I pray that God Blesses everyone in Israel
with Peace and Love both Jews and Arabs.
I pray God lets your eyes see what you both do is evil.
Until you both once again learn to Love each other as brothers; you both will suffer
because if one is anti-Semitic
he hates both Jews and Arabs because you are brothers.
Learn from Joseph as he forgave his brothers; I pray you can each forgive each other.
Do not let the devil
continue to place you at odds.
My words will be heard;
I hope for you sooner than later to end your suffering.
But through my faith in God and what I do; I know my words will be heard. God has his plan and his individual mission for each of us.
You have all forgot that each of us will individually be judged by God on our Day of Judgment.
You can say and do what you wish to me or any one else;
but God is all seeing and all knowing.
Those who act like people made for Heaven
will be judged as so, and
those who act like people made for Hell will be judged as so.
This Life is very short.
Those who will dwell and suffer in Hell by their actions have to remember it is FOREVER,
those who dwell in Heaven
will be the happy ones FOREVER!
Dr. Jack Shepard
A comment on Hulegu Khan's mentioning of Q 2:256. Don't forget the rest of the sura:
Q 2: 256 There is no compulsion in religion; the right direction is henceforth distinct from error. And he who rejecteth false deities and believeth in Allah hath grasped a firm handhold which will never break. Allah is Hearer, Knower.
The second phrase indicates WHY there is 'no compulsion' in islam - for who could be forced to follow the 'right' path? This is the psychological underlying of it. After all, if you drive on the street, who is forcing you to do so? You can't drive on the sidewalk. So from the perspective of islamic theology, no one being forced to become islamic would really be being forced to become islamic - they'd just be 'helped' to take the 'right' path. And once in, they'd stay on that path, or else could be killed.
Big Brother.
Geoff
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist" Islam holds no loyalties to any country. There is no freedom of speech, just tyranny. As long as there is Islam, there is terrorism.
Taqiyyah:
I found an Islamic website with a search menu for the Quran or just words and definitions,the Taqiyya/takiyyah is listed as a legal method by Muslims to project a impression of accepting another un-Islamic view by a unbeliever for the purpose of avoiding your true intention of spreading Islam or buying time to plot against the infidels.
CAIR and CAIR-Canada have used taqiyya for the purpose of retaining their charity status as a benevolant Org. that is working on bettering society on justice and human rights issues.
The paranoia and denial by these groups works in their favour since law suits and liable in the public sphere can destroy non-Muslims mentally and financially,this Psy-ops terrorism must be stopped and Hooper and his thugs need to be exposed as the enemies they are.
CAIR looks for the slightest offense to parade it as an Islamophobic attack and evidence of a ongoing oppression of Muslims in the West.
Hooper:
I'll mail you a quarter so you can phone some one that give a sh&t since I doubt anyone else on Earth cares less about your endless rants and overt lies about Muhammed and Islam.
Yea but then there is real life??
. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4239659.stm
Saturday, 5 February, 2005
Firefighter 'shot' tackling blaze
A firefighter has been shot at with an air rifle as he tackled a blaze in south London
Firefighters were at the three-storey building, which contained a kebab shop and dry cleaners with flats above, at about 1500 GMT when they came under fire.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1470584_1,00.html
February 05, 2005
Muslim apostates cast out and at risk from faith and family
BY ANTHONY BROWNE
While Christians who turn to Islam are feted, the 200,000 Muslims who turn away are faced with abuse, violence and even murder
THE first brick was thrown through the sitting room window at one in the morning, waking Nissar Hussein, his wife and five children with a terrifying start. The second brick went through his car window.
It was a shock, but hardly a surprise. The week before, another brick had been thrown through the window as the family were preparing for bed in their Bradford home. The victim of a three-year campaign of religious hatred, Mr Hussein’s car has also been rammed and torched, and the steps to his home have been strewn with rubbish.
He and his family have been regularly jostled, abused, attacked, shouted at to move out of the area, and given death threats in the street. His wife has been held hostage inside their home for two hours by a mob. His car, walls and windows have been daubed in graffiti: “Christian bastard”.
The problem isn’t so much what Mr Hussein, whose parents came from Pakistan, believes, but what he doesn’t believe. Born into Islam, he converted eight years ago to Christianity, and his wife, also from Pakistan, followed suit.
While those who convert to Islam, such as Cat Stevens, Jemima Khan, and the sons of the Frank Dobson, the former Health Secretary, and Lord Birt, the former BBC Director-General, can publicly celebrate their new religion, those whose faith goes in the other direction face persecution. Mr Hussein, a 39-year-old hospital nurse in Bradford, is one of a growing number of former Muslims in Britain who face not just being shunned by family and community, but attacked, kidnapped, and in some cases killed. There is even a secret underground network to support and protect those who leave Islam. One estimate suggests that as many as 15 per cent of Muslims in Western societies have lost their faith, which would mean that in Britain there are about 200,000 apostates.
For police, religious authorities and politicians, it is an issue so sensitive that they are accused by victims of refusing to respond to appeals for help. It is a problem that, with the crisis of identity in Islam since September 11, seems to be getting worse as Muslims feel more threatened.
NOW ASK YOUR SELF HOW THIS MAN AND HIS FAMILY THREATEN ISLAM BECAUSE HE CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANTY??
YES THAT IS A DEATH SENTANCE READ THE REST OF THE STORY!!
SO ONCE AGAIN THEY LIE TO SAVE THEIR BUTS SO WE DON'T SEND THEM ALL BACK TO THE DESSERT??
I AM BEGINGING TO THINK THAT THE RUSSIANS DON'T THINK WE HAVE THE BALLS FOR THIS FIGHT??
THEY WOULD BE WRONG!!
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,146547,00.html
Rumsfeld Says Iraq Needs Time
Sunday, February 06, 2005
Both Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney, in comments during Sunday talk shows, brushed off concern that Islam could guide Iraq's new government. Cheney said Iraq will shape its own government, and Rumsfeld predicted that choosing a system mirroring that of Iran would be "a terrible mistake."
Rumsfeld said he doesn't believe President Bush's State of the Union (search) declaration that U.S. troops will leave Iraq when the country "is democratic, representative of all its people, at peace with its neighbors, and able to defend itself" means American forces will be there for years to come.
"What he meant was that the Iraqis' internal security forces would be capable of managing the security situation inside the country," Rumsfeld said on a network news show.
Part of the American Tribe
Squirrel Hunter
Spider Killer
God Bless the USA and her Fighting Forces and ALL who Fight with her give them Strength, Wisdom, Sight, and Courage to stay the course to Destroy ALL islamic Terrorist and ALL who Support them Open the Worlds Eyes to their Threat give the World Courage to Stand Up and Fight this Evil Amen
PS
http://www.godspy.com/issues/Faith-Terror-and-Martyrdom-in-Algeria-The-Monks-of-Tibhirine.cfm
Two women religious, the Augustinians Caridad María Alvarez and Esther Alonso, were assassinated in October of 1994 as they left a church in Algiers
During the night of March 27, 1996, seven of the monks were abducted in a two month ordeal that would stretch out almost until Pentecost. A month after the abduction, a GIA communique offered several reasons why the monks were seized and several conditions for their safe release. Among the reasons given for why the action was licit, the GIA emir, Abou Abdel Rahmân Amîn (popularly called Djamel Zitouni), argued that the previous protection (aman) was improper because the monks "have not ceased to invite Muslims to be evangelized. They have continued to display their Christian slogans and symbols and to commemorate their feasts with solemnity." Gone was the mutual religious respect manifested by the dark visitors on Christmas Eve two years earlier.
Citing selectively from Muslim law, the emir also stated: "It is therefore licit to apply to these monks what applies to unbelievers who are prisoners of war, namely: death, slavery or exchange for Muslim prisoners." Despite the religious forms, it was the last point—political advantages— that seems to have really motivated the GIA. They demanded the release of GIA members held by Algeria and France with this threat:
LATER THE MENS HEADS WERE FOUND!! READ THE STORY?
THIS PRIST SHOULD HAVE READ HIS BIBLE AND JESUS TOLD THOSE WHO DID NOT HAVE A SWORD TO BUY ONE IT IS IN LUKE??
JESUS WAS NOT SOME PANSEY!
Luke 11:17 – 11:23 But he know their thoughts said: Every kingdom divided against its self is brought to desolation, and a house divided against a house falls. If Satan also is divided against himself how will his kingdom stand? Because you say I cast out demons by Beelzebub by whom do you sons cast them out?? Therefore They will be your Judges. But I cast out demons with the finger of God surly the Kingdom of God has come upon you. When a Strong Man Fully armed guards his own place, his goods are in peace. But when a stronger than he comes upon him and overcomes him taken from him all his armor in which he trusted and divides his spoils.
Luke 11:23 He who is not with me is against me and he who does not gather with me scatters.
Luke 22:35
And he said to them when I sent you without moneybag, knapsack and sandals did you lake anything: so they said Nothing then he said to them But now who has a moneybag let him take it and likewise a knapsack and he who has no sword let him sell his garments and buy one: 22:27 For I say to you that this which is written must be accomplished in me and he was numbered whit the transgressors for the things concerning me have an end
COULD HE HAVE KNOWN THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE KILLED WHO BELIEVED IN HIM AND THE GOD WHO FREED THE JEWS FROM SLAVORY AND THEIR BONDAGE FROM EGYPT??
Part of the American Tribe
Squirrel Hunter
Spider Killer
God Bless the USA and her Fighting Forces and ALL who Fight with her give them Strength, Wisdom, Sight, and Courage to Destroy ALL Islamic Terrorist and ALL who Support them Amen
PS
Remember these shoe has been warn and to late to be put back in the box?
this is all they are trying to do?
Don't let them do it!!
ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS! If there is NO COMPULSION IN ISLAM why are Apostates punished by Death? Why are there NO CHURCHES,SYNAGOGUES OR TEMPLES is this 'Land of the Free ' - Saudi Arabia?? How does Nourah Al etc explain the killing of Infidels who are supposed to 'pollute
Islam' merely by their presence. Or Christians arrested for buying a Christmas tree... Islam was founded by a Terrorist and is admirably suited to Criminals and Psychopaths as the Saudis are finding out...They don't care a shite how many Infidels die, they're only worried about their fat Princely Arses. Like a boomerang, their evil
Wahhabi creed returns to the 'Big Sandpit' and for all I care the House of Saud can be buried up
to their necks with the natives throwing stones at 'em instead of killing some poor woman whose Lord and Master has got tired of her...By the way
when these buggers are toppled, the concrete monstrosity they have set up in my part of the world will also be toppled too...One thing we don't need is another Wahhabi friggin' Mosque!!
Saudi Muslims against terrorism, Nazis against racism and anti-Semitism!