Hatred and Violence in the Qur'an Awareness Month: "Prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may terrify the enemy of Allah"

Both hatred and violence in today's installment:

Indeed, the worst of living creatures in the sight of Allah are those who have disbelieved, and they will not [ever] believe -- the ones with whom you made a treaty but then they break their pledge every time, and they do not fear Allah.
So if you, [O Muhammad], gain dominance over them in war, disperse by [means of] them those behind them that perhaps they will be reminded.

If you [have reason to] fear from a people betrayal, throw [their treaty] back to them, [putting you] on equal terms. Indeed, Allah does not like traitors. And let not those who disbelieve think they will escape. Indeed, they will not cause failure [to Allah ].

And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may terrify the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not know [but] whom Allah knows. And whatever you spend in the cause of Allah will be fully repaid to you, and you will not be wronged. (Qur'an 8:55-60)

"The worst of living creatures in the sight of Allah are those who have disbelieved” (v. 55) — another indication that unbelievers are worthy of no respect or consideration, but should merely be despised.

Meanwhile, if the Muslims “fear from a people betrayal,” they should simply break the treaty they have with them (v. 58). Ibn Kathir says this means that Muslims should tell the unbelievers “that you are severing the treaty. This way, you will be on equal terms, in that, you and they will be aware that a state of war exists between you and that the bilateral peace treaty is null and void.”

Then comes war: Muslims should “prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may terrify the enemy of Allah and your enemy” (v. 60). Islamic apologists in the West often make much of the next verse: "And if they incline to peace, then incline to it [also] and rely upon Allah . Indeed, it is He who is the Hearing, the Knowing." However, this is the peace of subjugation and dhimmitude (cf. Qur'an 9:29), not a peace treaty between equals. Moreover, some do not believe this truce should be indefinite in length. Sayyid Qutb explains:

At the time when this surah was revealed, God instructed His Messenger to remain at peace with those groups who refrained from fighting him and the Muslims, whether they entered into a formal treaty with the Muslims or not. The Prophet continued to accept a peaceful relationship with unbelievers and people of earlier revelations until Surah 9 was revealed, when he could only accept one of two alternatives: either they embraced Islam or paid jizyah [a tax levied on non-Muslims, per Qur’an 9:29] which indicated a state of peace. Otherwise, the only alternative was war, whenever this was feasible for the Muslims to undertake, so that all people submit to God alone.

That is, to Islam.

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dumbledoresarmy | December 29, 2012 8:12 PM | Reply

This - 'prepare against them...' - is, if I recall correctly, the verse with which Geert Wilders opened his short film, 'Fitna'.

It's the most eerily arresting sequence in the whole film: the Quranic text (subtitled), chanted in Arabic, and then...the famous news video shot of the aeroplane slamming into the WTC.

Stephanie | December 30, 2012 2:03 AM | Reply

Secound last chapter #8 "AL-ANFAL (SPOILS OF WAR, BOOTY, i.e. slaves)"

"And fight them until there is no more fitnah (disbelief polytheism, i.e. worshipping others beside Allah, e.g. Trininy of Christians)
and the religion is ALL for Allah"
Al Anfaal 8:39

2:191 "... and fitnah is worse than killing"

http://schnellmann.org/the-power-of-salafis.html

R_not | December 30, 2012 10:06 AM | Reply

Please don't interchange the words 'God' and islam's 'allah' when you write. that is what the moslems do in order to confuse the ones who insist on being ignorant of islam, do not let us do the same. Thanks.

Apostate | December 30, 2012 10:24 AM | Reply

I,growing up in a semi-islamic country,without being told or asking, always guessed/sensed from peoples use and reaction to the word "FITNAH" that this was islam's boogie/curse,achilles heel. Let it be so.And right on R not, just as "allah akbar" means "allah is greatist" not "god is great".

Larry A. Singleton | December 30, 2012 3:10 PM | Reply

If Islam is the religion of peace, where in Abdullah bin Humaid's article on jihad can I find the equivalent of “Love Thy Neighbor”? “and good will toward men”? And explain its prominence, (and significance), in a book that's considered second only to the Koran; My Summarized Sahih Al-Bukhari. Also address “jihad” as it's defined in Reliance of the Traveller and answer the same question. Also compare Humaid's “jihad” and Emmet Fox' Sermon on the Mount and tell me which one best represents a spirit of Love and compassion.

Work in Progress ON JIHAD

I've sent out dozens of requests to Muslims to compare these two works; Humaid's article on jihad...

Link here:

http://www.ummah.com/forum/showthread.php?233460-Jihad-in-the-Qur-an-and-Sunnah&s=4df3fc2e4e0596eb3b38115ef4b8f506 ),

And here:

Jihad in the Qur'an and Sunnah by 'Abdullâh bin Muhammad bin Humaid
http://www.islaam.net/main/display.php?category=77&id=129

…and Emmet Fox's Sermon on the Mount; and and to tell me how Islam can possibly be the “religion of peace”.

I've never gotten a response. Correction, I received a NON-answer from Dr. Mohsen El-Guindy suggesting that I read his books. I didn't read his books but I printed out and read several of his lengthy “articles”. I can't believe this guy is able to put a “Doctor” in front of his name. He not only sounds like a crazy man but he does absolutely nothing to respond to my challenge. To this day, nobody else has either.

Another man, who does have a deserving title in front of his name, is the Reverend Richard Wurmbrand. It's men like him, and his experiences as a Missionary in Communist Russia, that teach me the differences and the realities of who the legitimate men of God are. A perfect example is the description of the word “martyr” on page eight of his book “Tortured for Christ”:

“According to the original Greek, “martyr” means “witness”. The writer of Hebrews states that “we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [martyrs]” (12:1), and Jesus instructs us in Acts 1:8, “You shall be witnesses [martyrs] to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” The New Testament martyr not only personally testified to the truth and power of Jesus Christ, but was instructed to take that witness to others, regardless of the cost. Later in the book of Acts, we read about the stoning of Stephen, making him the first to pay the ultimate price for that witness. It is at this time that the word martyr took on a much stronger meaning as one who not only is a witness but as one who is willing to give his life or to be martyred for that cause."

In my copy of Tortured For Christ I've got the last four words double underlined; “martyred for that cause”.

Sheikh bin Humaid uses the word “martyr” in his article on Jihad eleven times. I'm pretty sure that those martyrs aren't meant to die without a sword in their hand. (Or dynamite and ball bearings wrapped around their waist) Which reminds me of the one aspect of the challenge I included when I asked Muslims to compare what would have to be the ultimate in their respective works:

The world over Muslims are murdering Buddhists. And using the word “murder” is putting it kindly. In all of Islamic literature; Sahih Muslim, Sahih Bukhari, The Koran and especially Reliance of the Traveller where can you find teachings that would result in the following story?:

This is from the book “the Wisdom of Forgiveness” by His Holiness the Dalai lama and Victor Chan. Pages 47 and 48:

“Whenever the Dalai lama talks about forgiveness, he likes to use as an example the story of Lopon-la, a Lhasa monk he knew before the Chinese occupation. 'After I escaped from Tibet, Lopon-la put in prison by Chinese', the Dalai Lama told me. 'he stayed there eighteen years. When he finally free, he came to India. For twenty years, I did not see him. But he seemed the same. Of course looked older. But physically OK. His mind still sharp after so many years in prison. He was still same gentle monk. He told me the Chines forced him to denounce his religion. Thery tortured him many times in prison. I asked him whether he was ever afraid. Lopon-la then told me: 'Yes, there was one thing I was afraid of. I was afraid I may lose compassion for the Chinese.'”

I'd like to know, when I look at the pictures of the wild-eyed, frothing at the mouth fanatics in pictures and TV, where is that spirit of love and forgiveness when they're shouting “alahu-akbar”? I can't even find it in Taha's Second Message of Islam. Here's an exerpt of what I DO find;

I've got a neat little "poster"; one side is a picture of a bunch of screaming, frothing at the mouth Arabs and on the panel beside that a picture of a Jew in a labcoat. The caption below says: "In 2007 Islam and Judaism's holiest holidays overlapped for 10 days. Muslims racked up 397 dead bodies in 94 terror attacks across 10 countries during this time... ....while Jews worked on their 159th Nobel Prize."

Sheikh Abdullah bin Humaid's article on Jihad should be a discussion all by itself:

Jihad in the Qur'an and Sunnah by 'Abdullâh bin Muhammad bin Humaid
http://www.islaam.net/main/display.php?category=77&id=129

Islamophobia: Exposing Malicious Malarkey “3.Why is there a ‘Book’ of Jihad in each of the four major hadith collections?)
http://islamophobiaexposed.wordpress.com/tag/reliance-of-the-traveler/

Islam Exposed (scroll down the article to The Reliance of the Traveller reference.)
http://islamexposed.blogspot.com/2008_10_01_archive.html

To Our Great Detriment: Ignoring What Extremists Say About Jihad Stephen Collins Coughlin Major, Military Intelligence, USAR This is the report that every official, at every level of government, is criminally negligent for not reading:
http://www.carlisle.army.mil/DIME/documents/20080107_Coughlin_ExtremistJihad.pdf

Here's a footnote on the Humaid article: 27 Sheikh ‘Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Humaid, Chief Justice of Saudi Arabia, AppendixIII - “The Call to Jihad- (Holy Fighting for Allah in the Qur’an Statement),” located in Interpretation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur’an in the English Language: A SummarizedVersion of At-Tabari; Al-Qurtubi, and Ibn Kathir with Comments from Sahih Al-Bukhari, trans. and commentary by Dr. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din Al-Hilali, and Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan, (DARUSSALAM: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1995), 963, 964.

And this is an excerpt from a previous letter I posted on Jihad Watch:

[I ordered the Summarized Sahih Al-Bukhari online. My hair stood on end when I read the article on Jihad by Sheikh Humaid the ex-Chief Justice of Saudi Arabia. So help me God, I thought they had mailed me the wrong book. I thought they'd sent me one of their wahibi texts they reserved for their more radical buddies. The essence of this article is illustrated on page 1089 in the third paragraph:

“The foundation of the military spirit as they say: obedience and military discipline. Allah has gathered these foundations in the Verses of his Book (The Qur'an).”

And is summed up in the words of Muhammed himself:

“I would love to be martyred in Allah's Cause and then come back to life and then be martyred and then come back to life again and then be martyred and then come back to life again and then be martyred. Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol 4 Hadith No. 54]

Along with Humaid's article on Jihad this should convince you to finally realize that when Muslims say that jihad means “inner struggle” they're lying. Lying through their teeth.

And this bares repeating: This book also puts in a plug for the mass murderers of 331 school children in Beslan Russia. P-863 Check out where they call the spread of Islam by the sword “missionary work” on the same page. (Another good reason to read Nicolai Sennels 2010 articles "Muslim Inbreeding: Impacts on intelligence, sanity, health and society” and “ The connection between Muslim inbreeding and terrorism.” here's a quote: Massive inbreeding within the Muslim culture during the last 1,400 years may have done catastrophic damage to their gene pool.” I attached to these articles a copy of a poster of a bunch of raving, ranting Muslims beside a picture of a stout fellow wearing glasses standing in a laboratory with the caption: “In 2007 Islam and Judaism's holiest holidays overlapped for 10 days. Muslims racked up 397 dead bodies in 94 terror attacks across 10 countries during this time...while Jews worked on their 159th Nobel Prize.”)

Also, at least my edition, the Bukhari is an unholy, stinking unorganized mess. The book doesn't even have an Index. Whenever chapters and verses are cited online I can never find them in my Summarized Bukhari. This speaks volumes about this religions credibility. When you cite the Bible there is absolutely no confusion. As a matter of fact I was watching an old Columbo episode and it was funny, Gene Barry playing a character in the episode made a crack about the detective's tenacity by saying “He'd look for flaws in the Old Testament.” You'll never hear this type of endorcement of the Koran or Sunnah. It just won't happen.

A “search” of the word “jihad” in Sheikh Humaid's article comes up with these sentances in the first four pages:

1. Praise be to Allah swt Who has ordained Al-Jihad (the holy fighting in Allah's Cause):

2. So when you meet (in fight... Jihad in Allah's Cause) those who disbelieve smite at their necks till when you have killed and wounded many of them, then bind a bond firmly (on them, i.e. take them as captives).

3. Thus [you are ordered by Allah to continue in carrying out Jihad againstthe disbelievers till they embrace Islam

4. Then, at that time Allah permitted them (Muhammad pbuh and his followers) the (Jihad) fighting but He did not make it obligatory.

5. Then after that He made (Jihad) "fighting" obligatory against all those who fight you (Muslims); not against those who didn't fight you.

6. Allah (swt) made "the fighting' (Jihad) obligatory for the Muslims and gave importance to the subject-matter of Jihad in all the Surah (Chapters of the Qur'an)

7. March forth whether you are light (being healthy, young and wealthy) or heavy (being ill, old and poor), strive [ hard with your wealth and your lives in the Cause of Allah. This is better for you if you but knew. (V.9:41).

8. Jihad (holy fighting in Allah's Cause) is ordained for you (Muslims) though you dislike it, and it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad for you. Allah knows but you do not know. (V.2:216)

A “search” for “inner struggle” results with:

Nothing.

The word “Love”:

They strove hard for him with all their efforts, and preferred his love to the love of (their) fathers, offspring and wives.

At first Muslims disliked it (Jihad), but later they loved it and said: "We listen and obey."

(He will give you) another (blessing) which you love,-help from Allah (against your enemies) and a near victory.
How soothing are they for the hearts of every lover of good (And that “good” person is someone dancing down the street tossing rose petals in the air?)

...it(Jihad) includes all kinds of worship both hidden and open, it also includes (a great) love for Allah
I would love to be martyred in Allah's Cause and then come back to life and then be martyred and then come back to life again and then be martyred and then come back to life again and then be martyred. " (Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol 4, Hadith No.54).

Verily! Allah loves those who fight in His Cause in rows (ranks) as if they were a solid structure. (V.61:4).

Hey! Here's one:

And Allah loves the patient ones. (V.3: 146).

Never mind, (Imitation of Lily Tomlin's Operator Lady)

And many a Prophet (i e many from amongst the Prophets) fought (in Allah's Cause) and along with them (fought) large bands of religious learned men. But they never lost heart for that which did befall them in Allah's Way, nor did they weaken, nor degrade themselves. And Allah loves the patient ones. (V.3: 146).

All the “love” has to do with love of war and a god who promises perpetual sex with 72 Houris of your choice. Yeeehaa!

I referenced “Reliance of the Traveller”. This is another good resource to finally put to rest the argument, or rather lie that jihad means “inner struggle” to most Muslims. The following is THE definition of Jihad in “Reliance of the Traveller: A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law” It's found on the book shelves of every Muslim Imam and Cleric in the world right next to their holy Koran. (This book also puts in a plug for the mass murderers of 331 school children in Beslan Russia. P-863):

The Reliance of the Traveller P-599

Chapter O-9.0: Jihad
(O: Jihad means to war against non-Muslims, and is etymologically derived from the word mujahada signifying warfare to establish the religion. And it is the lesser jihad. As for the greater jihad, it is spiritual warfare against the lower self (nafs), which is why the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said as he was returning from jihad.
"We have returned from the lesser jihad to the greater jihad.''
The scriptural basis for jihad, prior to scholarly consensus (def: b-7) is such Koranic verses as:
1- "Fighting is prescribed for you'' (Koran 2:216);
2- "Slay them wherever you find them'' (Koran 4:89);
3- "Fight the idolators utterly'' (Koran 9:36);
and such hadiths as the one related by Bukhari and Muslim that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said:
"I have been commanded to fight people until they testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and perform the prayer, and pay zakat. If they say it, they have saved their blood and possessions from me, except for the rights of Islam over them. And their final reckoning is with Allah'';
and the hadith reported by Muslim,
"To go forth in the morning or evening to fight in the path of Allah is better than the whole world and everything in it.''Details concerning jihad are found in the accounts of the military expeditions of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), including his own martial forays and those on which he dispatched others. The former consist of the ones he personally attended, some twenty-seven (others say twenty-nine) of them. He fought in eight of them, and killed only one person with his noble hand, Ubayy ibn Khalaf, at the battle of Uhud. On the latter expeditions he sent others to fight, himself remaining at Medina, and these were forty-seven in number.)

Just for the hell of it I decided to check the Index for “extremism” and lo and behold I did. To be perfectly honest I don't look forward to finding anything in their holy books that can put them in a good light but I do make the effort. In this case my heart caught in my throat when I saw the word “religious extremism” and with trepredation went to page 707. p75.23 and found this:

EXESSIVENESS IN RELIGION

p75.23 Allah Most High says,

"Say 'O people of the Book, do not be excessive in your religion'" (Koran 4:171).

(Qurtubi:) According to exegetes, this refers to the extremism of the Jews concerning Jesus in accusing Mary of fornication, and the extremism of the Christians in considering him a god. For both excessiveness and remissness are evil, and both may be unbelief (al-Jami' li ahkam al-Qur'an (y117), 6.21).

The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said,

"Beware of going to extremes (in religion), for those before you were only destroyed through excessiveness."

(Munawi:) Ibn Taymiya says, "His saying 'Beware of going to extremes in religion' is a general prohibition applying to all types of extremes, whether in belief or works" (Fayd al-Qadir sharh al-Jami' al-saghir (y91), 3.126).

So much for that. This is obviously not a reference to the perv... ….I mean perfect religion of peace. And I'm not so perfect myself; I had looked at a reference under “Jews” that was just above “Jihad”. Oops.

Lastly, one only has to look at the Muslim themselves and their reaction to anything critical of Islam. They are “terrified”, if you'll forgive the use of the word, of having their violent religion exposed for the fascist ideology that it is; Muslims stoning Christians having a peaceful demonstration in Dearborn, MI, where Christians preaching the Word have been so cruelly treated at the annual “Muslim Festivals”. Even the Dearborn Police and politicians have gotten into the act of persecuting those who not just defies Islam, but offers any kind of alternative.

Or CAIR, who along with the OIC are trying to enact laws in this country to criminalize any criticizm of Islam.

But the worst is our own government and media that actively promote this awful religion but do everything in its power to suppress the opposition.

And last but not least: Ten Obvious Reasons Why Islam is NOT a Religion of Peace:
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Pages/Top-10-Reasons.htm

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