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Pro-Muslim Brotherhood cleric calls on supporters to terrorize Egypt

Mar 19, 2014 11:19 am By Raymond Ibrahim

MaqsudRecently on live TV, Sheikh Abdul Maqsud, an Islamic jurisprudent, issued a fatwa obligating “Muslims” (in this context, Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Egypt) to engage in acts of terror against “infidels” (in this context, the Egyptian government and anyone else opposing the Brotherhood).

Maqsud began by quoting the well-known hadith in Sahih Muslim wherein prophet Muhammad reportedly said that if a Muslim sees forbidden acts being committed, he should forcefully stop them, “with the hand”; if he is not capable of doing so, he should try to prevent them “with his tongue”; and if he still cannot do that, he should at least be against such acts “in his heart.”

Maqsud’s point was that jihad must be understood in the context of capability.  Because the Muslim Brotherhood and its jihadi allies and supporters are simply not capable of taking the Egyptian state head on—due to, as Maqsud bemoaned, Egypt’s military strength and organization, advanced weaponry, and large numbers of soldiers—all pro-Brotherhood Muslims should limit themselves only to those things they can do, namely, terrorism.

To further bolster this view, the sheikh quoted from the renowned Islamic jurist Ibn Hazm, who wrote that Muslims must only draw the sword in jihad when victory is attainable.

And because the Brotherhood’s supporters have little chance of attaining victory by drawing the sword in a head on jihad,  “All that is left for us,” concluded Maqsud, “is to try to terrorize them, by burning their cars, threatening them, burning their homes, etc.”

Maqsud, like so many before him, rationalized jihad in the context of the doctrine of abrogation, specifically, by taking the view that later verses do not cancel out earlier ones, but rather that Muslims must uphold those verses that are closest to their personal circumstances.

Raymond Ibrahim is author of Crucified Again: Exposing Islam’s New War on Christians

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  1. Gary Mullennix says

    Mar 19, 2014 at 11:23 am

    1,400 years and counting. Whoever does not agree with you, Allah instructs you to kill them, without mercy.

    Seems Islamists could reduce all the study time currently required.

  2. Joel says

    Mar 19, 2014 at 11:52 am

    Egypt used to be (in the days of the Cold War) a client state of the Soviet Union.

    Didn’t they learn ( and is there no one who can remember)- the old KGB?NKVD (perhaps the order should be reversed) method of dealing with people (?) such as this? They would disappear, never to be seen or heard from again.

    In my view, the government of Mr. Sissi should try it.

    • Salah says

      Mar 19, 2014 at 11:59 am

      There’s only one way to deal with terrorists, we have to KILL THEM. That’s precisely what the Egyptian people has learned, and is doing..according to the rule of law.

      http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/97054/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-sentences–to-death-for-terrorism-offences.aspx

  3. veggiedog says

    Mar 19, 2014 at 12:40 pm

    You cannot reason with this mentality. The US wants to talk to them, include them, why? Only one way to deal with this mentality.

  4. Champ ✿ says

    Mar 19, 2014 at 2:23 pm

    islam = religion of peace?

    Nah!

    islam = demonic cult of *terrorists*!

  5. jewdog says

    Mar 19, 2014 at 7:22 pm

    Yes, by all means terrorize Egypt. Then Egypt will be too preoccupied to attack Israel. Thank you.

  6. Michael Copeland says

    Mar 20, 2014 at 7:28 am

    “The Koran directly commands us to commit terrorism, so why are we afraid of it?” Egyptian M.P. Ragab Hilal Hamida in the Egyptian Parliament (Wafa Sultan).

  7. enwhitenment says

    Mar 20, 2014 at 8:13 am

    His kind stole my ancestors land in 636 ad and its called Byblos.
    And i want it back now

  8. gravenimage says

    Mar 21, 2014 at 10:32 pm

    Pro-Muslim Brotherhood cleric calls on supporters to terrorize Egypt
    …………………….

    Feel the love…

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