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Australia’s SBS: Jihad “doesn’t mean war against non-Muslims”

Aug 28, 2016 7:22 pm By Robert Spencer

The Shafi’i legal manual (the Shafi’is are a school of Islamic jurisprudence) ‘Umdat al-Salik (Reliance of the Traveller), which has been certified by al-Azhar, the foremost authority in Sunni Islam, as conforming to the “practice and faith of the orthodox Sunni community,” devotes one paragraph to jihad as spiritual struggle and seven pages to jihad as warfare. It makes it quite clear that jihad is warfare against non-Muslims:

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 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.'”

But what does al-Azhar know? Australia’s SBS knows better.

Quran and gun

“Jihad: A word which doesn’t mean war against non-Muslims,” by Peter Theodosiou, SBS, August 28, 2016:

The Arabic word ‘jihad’, meaning ‘struggle’ or ‘striving’, has gained international notoriety over several decades for its perceived interpretation as a call for Muslims to unite and conduct violent acts against non-Muslims.

Various theologians argue that this interpretation has led to a “misunderstanding” of the word’s true meaning, and also fueled militant groups looking to recruit new members and reinvigorated far-right groups pushing an anti-Islamic agenda.

Islamophobia is on the rise in Australia – and religious experts say it’s due to the lack of understanding about Islamic teachings and concepts – such as jihad.

So, what does the term actually mean?
A personal struggle for a positive outcome

While jihad is only one term within the Arabic language meaning ‘struggle’ or ‘striving’, it’s interpretation within Islam is complex.

Associate Professor Mehmet Ozalp believes the word can be defined as a means for Muslim people “to have a personal struggle to achieve a positive outcome”.

The Director of the Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation at Charles Sturt University, said three central interpretations exist for jihad, derived exclusively from phrases in the Qur’an and various secondary theological texts.

“The first, which Prophet Mohammad called the ‘greater jihad’ is the struggle of one against his own temptations and inner desires, negative or evil inclinations,” he told SBS.

“The second one is for social activism, trying to correct something that is wrong in society or promote something good. That is going to be a ‘struggle’ because some people might not want to change, or there are people with an invested interested other than the status quo.

“The last form of jihad is to be involved in a military struggle against a belligerent force that may invade one’s country (and) attack civilians or innocent people. But, not every war is jihad.”

Much of today’s understanding of jihad derive from the Qur’an and hadiths, which are a collection of secondary texts describing the actions, words and habits of the prophet Mohummad [sic], written and circulated after his death.

Many of these secondary texts lay the ground work for various interpretations of jihad as a holy war to convert non-believers to Islam.

In his 1966 publication, The Islamic Law of Nations, Iraqi–born academic Majid Khadduri described jihad as “Islam’s instrument for carrying out its ultimate objective by turning all people into believers, if not in the prophethood of Mohammed, at least in the belief of God”.

Khadduri said at the very outset, the law of war, or the jihad, became the chief preoccupation of jurists of an Islamic state.

“The prophet Mohammed is reported to have declared ‘some of my people will continue to fight victoriously for the sake of the truth until the last one of them will combat the anti-Christ’,” Khadduri said in the book.

“Until that moment is reached, the jihad, in one form or another will remain as a permanent obligation upon the entire Muslim community.”

University of Western Australia academic Professor Samina Yasmeen says the “positive” idea of jihad as “struggle for personal purity and piety” prevails within most Islamic societies.

She said this idea resolves that Muslims should behave along the ways the religion tells them too [sic], in being “really good people, kind, submissive to God and making sure that not only they relate to God, but they’re also involved with making the community safer and harmonious”.

Despite consisting of three commonly agreed interpretations of a ‘struggle’ within Islamic theology, a common belief within western societies is that jihad solely relates to a call for Muslims to conduct an aggressive ‘holy war’ against non-believers.

This interpretation is exhibited by several militant groups, including Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines.

Since its formation in 1991, Abu Sayyaf has engaged in a ferocious insurgency in an effort to establish an independent province within the Philippines.

The group has conducted a spate of attacks against throughout south-east Asia, including the 2004 SuperFerry 14 bombing where 116 people were killed.

Acclaimed author Mark Bowden claims the group has “only a sketchy notion of Islam, which they saw as a set of behavioral rules, to be violated when it suited them”.

Associate Professor Ozalp says the interpretation of jihad as a ‘holy war’ is being “wrongfully applied” and “misused” by militant groups looking to justify their plight and to recruit new members.

“They name what they do [as] jihad because it becomes easier to recruit people,” he said.

“If they can justify the jihad, the moral dilemma is removed. If someone has questions like ‘am I really doing the right thing? I’m not supposed to kill people’, they [militant groups] say ‘no, what you’re doing is jihad.” They can convince that person, and that person says ‘okay, well I’m doing my religion’….

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  1. linnte says

    Aug 28, 2016 at 7:49 pm

    This is the sole reason that every human being in the world needs to read the Qur’an. Expose this crap for what it is. Lies.

    • al says

      Aug 29, 2016 at 4:39 pm

      The Qur’an very clearly explains Jihad in all of it’s iterations… Jihad is to struggle.. Whether this struggle is within oneself or to struggle against another group of people.. it is still to struggle..
      The Qur’an says all Muslim people must struggle against all of those who do not accept Islam and all of its ideology or they must pay for the protection of Islam… The Qur’an continues on to claim that Islam is the only belief that can be on earth all of the rest must fail and die…
      If you want to really find the roots of Islam. Then you must find where all of the roots of all of the Arab people are. This will entail some study of the Torah and Abraham and his sons by Rachael’s sister…after she died.
      Then you will have to study Tacitus and the destruction of Israel in 70AD, which led to the population of Arabi by learned people (Christians and Jews escaping from the Romans and transport throughout the Roman world.) History has the complete story, it only has to be read and thought about logically.

  2. J-A palmaer says

    Aug 28, 2016 at 7:52 pm

    It’s a quite interesting excuse… I don think the big issue is “islamophobia” connected with “jihad”. There would be no so called Islam without having Christianity! There would be no Christianity without the Jewish faith!

    Jihad is the method by threat to “convince” the “non-believer” (the opponent) to “embrace the ‘only truth'”… Convert, pay tax, or die! Islam is not a religion – it is a power structure. This power structer plead by fear among themselves – fear of “blasphemy” – could the real issue be “blasphemophobia” (sorry, I can’t find any other combination, so please help me…)?! True religion actually “re-connects” people…in that sense most people in the world are not religious. Threats to “believe” in this book, and the claim (a sign of power structure) Islam stands for are themselves irreligious! They do not connect – they only suppress people. The reason why you have to surrender is fear – not the truth. Fear is no good company if you want to know about the truth!

    • Dacritic says

      Aug 29, 2016 at 4:15 am

      Bill Warner actually gave a very obvious observation in one of his videos. When Muhammad was “preaching” Islam in Mecca without the ability to resort to violence, he managed to amass a grand total of 150 (generous estimate) followers in 13 years. Now someone who is familiar with network marketing would tell you, it is likely that not all the 150 were recruited by him, but perhaps his followers also helped to convert some people.

      When he moved to Medina and changed his strategy to violence, he basically managed to convert the whole Arabian peninsula in 10 or so years.

      Really, we don’t need much studies or brains to see this. It was such a sharp, in fact exponential increase in converts that Muslims cannot come tell us the stupid excuse of, “Oh, that is because Islam was so appealing to the masses.” Really? And the change came all of a sudden just because he went to Medina and continued preaching peacefully? There has to be a change in strategy somewhere, and that change is outlined so clearly in the Quran.

      VIOLENCE!

      • Shane says

        Aug 29, 2016 at 10:13 am

        Traitorous leftists like the author of this article, will not expose Islam for the evil that it is because they view muslims as their allies against the White Christians that they despise. Bill Warner does have some good videos about Islam, Jihad, and the Crusades!

        Why We Are Afraid, A 1,400 Year Secret http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Qpy0mXg8Y
        The Crusades: A Defensive Response to Islamic Aggression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2OyapO4TNo&list=PL0190DA95A29367A7
        Islam and Liberal Principles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qMyIsSP3GU

  3. Infidel from Down Under says

    Aug 28, 2016 at 7:54 pm

    SBS is 100% Australian government owned and funded TV network supposedly set up to provide multicultural news and other shows of interest to Australia’s ethnic communities.

    In reality it is a left wing propaganda unit who devotes its time to attacking conservative governments and causes while defending, apologizing for and covering up anti establishment minorities.

    Needless to say as far as SBS is concerned , muslims can do no wrong

    • linnte says

      Aug 28, 2016 at 11:15 pm

      Media everywhere sucks! I think they are all in bed with rich Saudi/Iranian oil.

    • Shane says

      Aug 29, 2016 at 10:17 am

      I am against government funding of any type of news or entertainment media as they push left wing causes. When we have well over 100 TV channels and numerous radio channels, we don’t need the government to fund any radio or TV network.

  4. KrazyKafir says

    Aug 28, 2016 at 8:03 pm

    Perhaps one of the author’s twitter posts will shine some light on the subject.

    “peter theodosiou ‏@petertheodosio1 6 Mar 2014
    you zionists think that controlling the media weapons drugs religion and prostitution and illegal immigration will succeed in white europe”

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 28, 2016 at 10:53 pm

      Well, *this* is shocking…not…

    • carpediadem says

      Aug 29, 2016 at 1:23 am

      Just checking this. There are many people with the same name and it may well be a different Peter Theodosious on Twitter.

      • carpediadem says

        Aug 29, 2016 at 1:40 am

        I mean. Theodosiou.

      • duh swami says

        Aug 29, 2016 at 7:17 am

        It’s a really common name…I bet hundreds of them post on twitter…

      • gravenimage says

        Aug 29, 2016 at 10:17 am

        Maybe, maybe not–but, as noted, this is not a common surname. But here’s some more apologia for Islam from him, in any case:

        “Islam not responsible for ‘honour killings’ and female genital mutilation, experts say”

        http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/07/27/islam-not-responsible-honour-killings-and-female-genital-mutilation-experts-say

  5. linnte says

    Aug 28, 2016 at 8:08 pm

    And off topic! The football guy who refused to stand during the National Anthem is a recent convert to Islam and engaged to a leader in the BLM movement. Sorry Marc, but I wanted to let folks know. ?

    • Gary says

      Aug 29, 2016 at 7:17 am

      Colin Kaepernick?
      Do you have a source of information? Because that hasn’t been brought up in the media yet…

      • John Stefan says

        Aug 29, 2016 at 8:27 pm

        Rush Limbaugh has it which I read this afternoon from him that Kaepernick was baptized Methodist and is now a Lutheran. I hope it’ll be plain soon what he is, but I think he should have stood up for America in spite of the sins that he believes America commits. So far the foundation is still solid unless Clinton finishes what Obama has started.

    • gravenimage says

      Aug 29, 2016 at 10:20 am

      This would explain *a lot* if Colin Kaepernick has indeed converted to Islam. Linnte.

      But I could not find a mainstream news source for the story–nor have any of the sites carrying the story that I was able to find named a source. Do you have a link?

      • Jack Diamond says

        Aug 29, 2016 at 11:22 am

        The rumors have to do with speculation about his having a Muslim girlfriend and earlier tweets condemning Trump for wanting to ban Muslims:
        http://terezowens.com/colin-kaepernick-converting-to-muslim-for-girlfriend/

        Just gossip at this point in his journey from lousy qb to complete louse, all-around.

      • Bikecam says

        Aug 29, 2016 at 11:34 am

        Here is one of the many links confirming his latest “accomplishment” –
        https://conservativedailypost.com/colin-kaepernick-converted-to-islam-before-his-anti-american-stance-coincidence/

        • Jack Diamond says

          Aug 29, 2016 at 11:57 am

          I amend my comment. He was a complete louse already.

        • gravenimage says

          Aug 29, 2016 at 1:43 pm

          Thanks. If Kaepernick is Instagramming (is that a word?) about Ramadan and Eid then it does indeed seem likely that has converted to Islam.

          Certainly, his odd phrasing about “justice” sounded Islamic, but that was not enough to go on.

          The 49ers are a team that has had quarterbacks who were not just legendary players but also decent guys, like Joe Montana and Steve Young. This is just depressing.

          Although the Islam angle–assuming there is one–does not come up, here’s the fine Anti-Jihadist Allen West taking on this spoiled brat:

          http://www.allenbwest.com/allen/message-non-oppressed-black-man-colin-kaepernick

        • vrae says

          Aug 31, 2016 at 10:15 pm

          He could easily just have a positive view on the religion. Not uncommon now.

  6. Jake Holan says

    Aug 28, 2016 at 8:26 pm

    Robert, you can’t deny that they don’t have their Talking Points down solid even if it’s a big pile….I apologize I digress. If they truly believe this non-sense and speak Arabic fluently; they should be funded to take a trip to Al-Azhar for a 1-week Education with those who understand Jihad and can explain clearly to them so they will have no excuse next time

  7. Guest says

    Aug 28, 2016 at 8:40 pm

    The meaning of words can change over time. Tyrant used to mean ‘ruler’ not ‘cruel ruler.’ Jihad no longer means ‘struggle,’ it means ‘war crime.’

    • Jack Diamond says

      Aug 29, 2016 at 11:46 am

      It is a “struggle” to remove the obstacles to the spread (and rule) of Islam. By sword or stealth.

      Mr.Theodosiou can now explain away the meaning of the term “qital” in the Qur’an the way he does jihad. q-t-l (qital) means killing, though it is usually just translated into English as “fighting.” Just as killing is harsher than mere “fighting”, qital also translates as even worse than killing, as “slaughter”, “massacre”, and “warring”. It has no connotations of interior struggle or self-improvement, except to improve as a killer. It appears 123 times in the Qur’an, 34 in the Meccan and 89 times in the Medinan.

      Fight, kill, massacre, “qital” against those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, even the People of the Book (9:29); Fighting, killing, slaughtering “qital”, has been ordained for you, though it is hard for you, and you may dislike a thing although it is good for you (2:216). Jihad and qital are inseparable from each other and from Islam. Oh, and this is from the Qur’an, not those “secondary” sources.

      • gravenimage says

        Aug 29, 2016 at 1:54 pm

        All true, Jack.

      • John Stefan says

        Aug 29, 2016 at 8:52 pm

        Thank you Jack Diamond. I love such word study; it’s important!

      • Frederick Gibson says

        Sep 14, 2016 at 5:50 pm

        Islam does not come to integrate or assimilate.
        Islam comes ONLY to: Conquer, Submit, Convert, or Kill.

  8. mortimer says

    Aug 28, 2016 at 9:21 pm

    DEFINITIONS OF JIHAD FROM A-1 ISLAMIC SOURCES: Jihad is indeed warfare against disbelievers

    -Ibn Taimiyyah (1263 – 1328) one of the greatest Muslim scholars of all times clarified: “There is a Hadith related by a group of people which states that the Prophet (s.a.w) said after the battle of Tabuk: ‘We have returned from Jihad Asghar to Jihad Akbar’. This hadith has no source, nobody whomsoever in the field of Islamic knowledge has narrated it. Jihad against the disbelievers is the most noble of actions, and moreover it is the most important action for the sake of mankind.” [Refer: Al Furqan baina Auliyair Rahman wa Auliyaisy Shaitaan, matter 44-45].
    -Another hadith narrates: A man asked the prophet: “…And what is Jihad?” He replied: “You fight against the disbelievers when you meet them.” He asked again: “What kind of Jihad is the highest?” He replied: “The person who is killed whilst spilling the last of his blood.” [Narrated by Ahmad in his Musnad 4/114 – Hadith Sahih. Al Haithami states: “Narrators upheld it.” Majmauz Zawaid 1/59].
    -Palestinian Definition of Jihad
    “Jihad is the Islamic term equivalent to the word ‘war’ among other nations. The difference is that jihad is [war] for the sake of noble and exalted goals, and for the sake of Allah… whereas other nations’ wars are wars of evil for the sake of occupying land and seizing natural resources, and for other materialistic goals and base aspirations.”(Al-Thaqafa Al-Islamiyya (Islamic Education), Ministry of Education, Palestinian Authority, Ramallah, 2003, p. 208.)
    -Definition of Dictionary of Islam: Jihad is “a religious war with those who are unbelievers (kufaar) in the mission of Muhammad. It is an incumbent religious duty, established in the Quran and in the Traditions as a divine institution, enjoined specially for the purpose advancing Islam and repelling evils from Muslims.”
    -In an introductory note to an article “Jihad in the Qur’an and Sunnah” by Sheikh Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Humaid, ex-Chief Justice of Saudi Arabia and of the Sacred Mosque of Mecca, Abdul Malik Mujahid, General Manager of Maktaba Dar-us-Salam, Saudi Arabia on the website (www.islamworld.net) writes:
    “Jihad is regarded as the best thing, one can offer voluntarily. It is superior to non-obligatory prayers, fasting, Zakat, Umra and Hajj as mentioned in the Qur’an and the Ahadith of the Prophet(pbuh). The benefits of Jihad are of great extent and large in scope, while its effects are far-reaching and wide-spreading as regards Islam and the Muslims.”
    -Jihad defined in the Koran:
    Koran 9:111-112: (Fighting to the death in Allah’s cause)
    “Verily Allah has purchased of the believers their lives and their properties; for theirs (in return) is Paradise. They fight in His cause, so they Kill (others) and are killed. It is a promise in truth which is binding on Him.”

    Explanation: Allah has made a binding promise with His believers who kill in His cause and if they are killed, they will receive (the highest level of) Paradise in return. This promise is given only to jihadists who kill. Thus a good Moslem must kill.

    • J-A palmaer says

      Aug 28, 2016 at 10:17 pm

      Thank You mortimer….

      The beginning of “islam” is “vague”, and the text material is indeed redacted, selected from various sources, and hammered out into a fitting political system…now outdated, though. Thank you for your contribution! I think this word “jihad” is implanted in the minds of Muslims over the world, and can easily be triggered by their leaders – when the order comes, they will go for action wherever they are. I don’t believe in the word “radicalized”, since he out start was “radically mohammadanized” – as in the beginning, so in the continuing war fares… No end of this…

      • gravenimage says

        Aug 29, 2016 at 1:57 pm

        J-A palmaer wrote:

        The beginning of “islam” is “vague”, and the text material is indeed redacted, selected from various sources, and hammered out into a fitting political system…now outdated, though.
        …………………………

        It is not just that Islam is “outdated”. The barbarism of Islam was *never* fitting, and was far more savage and oppressive than many systems of government even during the dark ages.

      • kikorikid says

        Aug 29, 2016 at 6:45 pm

        Islam is a Totalitarian-Supremacist ideology which operates
        behind a veneer/facade of religiosity. Islam does not come to
        integrate or assimilate. Islam comes ONLY to: Conquer, Submit,
        Convert, or Kill.

  9. Janwaar Bibi says

    Aug 28, 2016 at 9:25 pm

    The motto of the Pakistani army is “jihad fi sabilillah” (Jihad in the Path of Allah). This is because they are required to get up every morning, assume the lotus pose, and perform inner struggle.

  10. mortimer says

    Aug 28, 2016 at 9:31 pm

    Peter Theodosiou is a dhimmi.

  11. No Fear says

    Aug 28, 2016 at 9:38 pm

    When Islam began, jihad meant inner struggle. That was when Mohammed had a few dozen followers.
    Early Islam was a fizzer, a failure.

    Then Mohammed concocted Quran verses ordering his followers to attack the non muslims and take their women and goods as booty. Mohammed participated in 27 violent raids on non muslims. Jihad was no longer an inner struggle, it was organised warfare against non muslims. Islam thrived from then on.

    • J-A palmaer says

      Aug 28, 2016 at 10:23 pm

      Actually, of this “inner” or “outer” Islam we cannot know. The text was finished 10 years after the originators death… He “promised” Paradise to some of his tribespeople when he was threatened himself… You know Adolf Hitler, like most leaders “of this kind” also ends up in distress and give “promises”… Now, who will enter the Paradise, “in heaven number three” according to tha tradition, no one knows – except God Himself! I doubt that any other than God can give us this promise – so, when somebody “promises” you a place in heaven you have the right to doubt it. However, if you get if from God – you are blessed!!!

  12. Mark A says

    Aug 28, 2016 at 10:15 pm

    I have a copy of Reliance of the Traveller and it is quoted accurately in this article. It definitely defines jihad as warfare against non-Muslims.

    The introduction to Reliance of the Traveller also contains quotes from various Islamic authorities stating unequivocally that Reliance of the Traveller is an authoritative guide to Islamic law.

    So I think I’ll go with Reliance of the Traveller’s definition of jihad than that of Peter Theodosiou and SBS.

  13. gravenimage says

    Aug 28, 2016 at 10:48 pm

    Australia’s SBS: Jihad “doesn’t mean war against non-Muslims”
    …………………………..

    Gee, what a relief! Does this mean I don’t have to worry about being raped, beheaded, or blown to pieces by pious Muslims any more? sarc/off

    More:

    “Jihad: A word which doesn’t mean war against non-Muslims,” by Peter Theodosiou, SBS
    …………………………..

    Is Peter Theodosiou a Muslim scholar? Or is he, like so many other hopeful Infidels, just swallowing any Taqiyya Mohammedans hand out?

    More:

    Islamophobia is on the rise in Australia – and religious experts say it’s due to the lack of understanding about Islamic teachings and concepts – such as jihad.
    …………………………..

    Good God, what crap. If Infidels “understood” Jihad to be about peaceful striving–like the Jihad to organize one’s sock drawer, perhaps–is this going to stop Muslims from waging violent Jihad against us?

    Of course not. But it might make Infidels feel guilty over mentioning it–this is, of course, what this sort of Taqiyya is for.

  14. Will Doohan says

    Aug 28, 2016 at 10:49 pm

    “The last form of jihad is to be involved in a military struggle against a belligerent force that may invade one’s country (and) attack civilians or innocent people. ….”

    So, by this, we in the West have a god given right to wage Jihad against Islam, right?

  15. davej says

    Aug 28, 2016 at 11:10 pm

    Any leniency shown to Sharia now will be repaid a thousand times by repression going forward.

  16. Jean-Francois Morf says

    Aug 29, 2016 at 2:33 am

    Google: 590 million non-muslims massacred…

  17. sammy says

    Aug 29, 2016 at 4:19 am

    Mohammed defined how Islam should be practiced,and he used Islamic armies to fight non combatants to bring them to accept his own invention of a “religion” he named Islam.

    Mohammed used military combat to spread Islam, because he was a false prophet who did not understand how true religion works.
    True religion is based on the spiritual combat of evil, to bring you closer to God.

    Mohammed used what was familiar to him within his own cultural practices of 7th century Arabia, of fighting enemies to gain the upper hand.

    “Unbelievers” are now the enemy, to be fought against to bring them into submission to an already known 7th century pagan idols rule, whose name is Allah.e.g.9.29

    The following hadiths are more than clear that Islam is a war machine, dressed up as a religion.

    Sahih Muslim Book 19, Hadith 4292

    Ibn ‘Aun reported:
    I wrote to Nafi’ inquiring from him whether it was necessary to extend (to the disbelievers) an invitation to accept (Islam) before meeting them in fight. He wrote (in reply) to me that it was necessary in the early days of Islam. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) made a raid upon Banu Mustaliq while they were unaware and their cattle were having a drink at the water. He killed those who fought and imprisoned others. On that very day, he captured Juwairiya bint al-Harith. Nafi’ said that this tradition was related to him by Abdullah b. Umar who (himself) was among the raiding troops.

    Tabari 9: 82
    The Messenger sent Khalid with an army of 400 to Harith [a South Arabian tribe] and ordered him to invite them to Islam for three days before he fought them. [b]If they were to respond and submit[/b], he was to teach them the Book of Allah, the Sunnah of His Prophet, and the requirements of Islam. If they should decline, then he was to fight them.”

    Sahih Muslim: Book 019, Number 4294:
    It has been reported from Sulaiman b. Buraid through his father that when the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) appointed anyone as leader of an army or detachment he would especially exhort him to fear Allah and to be good to the Muslims who were with him. He would say:Fight in the name of Allah and in the way of Allah. Fight against those who disbelieve in Allah. Make a holy war, do not embezzle the spoils; do not break your pledge; and do not mutilate (the dead) bodies; do not kill the children. When you meet your enemies who are polytheists, invite them to three courses of action. If they respond to any one of these, you also accept it and withold yourself from doing them any harm. Invite them to (accept) Islam; if they respond to you, accept it from them and desist from fighting against them. Then invite them to migrate from their lands to the land of Muhairs and inform them that, if they do so, they shall have all the privileges and obligations of the Muhajirs. If they refuse to migrate, tell them that they will have the status of Bedouin Muilims and will be subjected to the Commands of Allah like other Muslims, but they will not get any share from the spoils of war or Fai’ except when they actually fight with the Muslims (against the disbelievers). [/b]If they refuse to accept Islam, demand from them the Jizya. If they agree to pay, accept it from them and hold off your hands.[b] If they refuse to pay the tax, seek Allah’s help and fight them.

  18. duh swami says

    Aug 29, 2016 at 5:34 am

    Peter Theodosiou, and other dhimmi losers like him are accessories to mass murder…
    Never underestimate the enemy…

    I expect this post will be held for moderation…

  19. duh swami says

    Aug 29, 2016 at 5:44 am

    Inner spiritual struggle jihad is a scam Sham…..It doesn’t work because it has no method…Holy fighting in the causes of Allah is the only method…

    The primitive intellect functions best in the arena of sex and violence,,,That’s jihad……

  20. shoehorn of africa says

    Aug 29, 2016 at 5:51 am

    SBS = taxpayer-funded taqiyya Propaganda Dept.

  21. Kasey says

    Aug 29, 2016 at 5:59 am

    Some Australian are finally waking up to Islamoreality and by passing the propaganda term of Islamophobia as a giant conn job. jihad and taqiyya are more well known and understood now by most except the PC community and leftists.

  22. duh swami says

    Aug 29, 2016 at 6:46 am

    The left has no credibility…In the US they can’t even decide what rest room to use…The left is noisy, but they shouldn’t never be allowed to make important decisions…

  23. Peter says

    Aug 29, 2016 at 8:33 am

    It’s not simply “war,” it’s permanent divine-mandated war, much like the Communist permanent revolution.

    • Jay Boo says

      Aug 29, 2016 at 11:30 am

      A Muslim’s Qur’an is like the scent glands on a skunk.

  24. ECAW says

    Aug 29, 2016 at 8:57 am

    It is worth noting that the whole of the section of the Reliance quoted above (o9.0) is not part of the original book at all but an excerpt from a 19th century commentary by Sheikh Umar Barakat. That is what the “O” at the beginning of the text means (explained in the Abbreviations section of the Introduction and Secton X, Biographical Notes). That is the only place where the supposed greater jihad is mentioned.

    Not only that but it comes from a hadiith generally regarded as weak or fabricated:

    http://wikiislam.net/wiki/Lesser_vs_Greater_Jihad

  25. Florida Jim says

    Aug 29, 2016 at 9:23 am

    Yes it does. Once jihad begins it ends with a complete ruling class of muslims , eventually killing each other because they can’t stand one another.

  26. Allan says

    Aug 29, 2016 at 11:15 am

    So, what does the term [jihad] actually mean?
    A personal struggle for a positive outcome.

    Ah, now we can explain lone wolf jihadism.

    • dumbledoresarmy says

      Aug 29, 2016 at 5:47 pm

      *Exactly*.

      Because ‘positive outcome’, in the mouth of a Muslim, can only mean that something is made to conform with the diktats of Islam, whether locally or on a larger scale.

      The ultimate ‘positive outcome’ is, of course, from the Muslim POV, that the entire planet is devoured by a global sharia despotism. But in the short term and locally it can mean things like – Theo Van Gogh, ‘blasphemer’, lying dead in the street after having been murdered by a Muslim assassin.

  27. Jay Boo says

    Aug 29, 2016 at 11:28 am

    Why do Muslims make the ‘WTF’ gesture with upturned hands?

    They endure 5 prayers a day reciting hate.
    Still they wonder why they feel such spiritual emptiness.
    Well, Duh!

  28. RAB says

    Aug 29, 2016 at 12:32 pm

    “The first [form of jihad], which Prophet Mohammad called the ‘greater jihad’ is the struggle of one against his own temptations and inner desires, negative or evil inclinations,” he [the Director of the Centre for Islamic Studies etc.]told SBS.”

    I don’t see much in the Koran about this “greater jihad:” it’s mostly about the so-called “lesser jihad,” which is all-out perpetual warfare against the infidels. Can anyone point out to me the passages in the Koran that exhort Muslims to better themselves otherwise than at the expense of non-believers?

    And again “The second one [jihad] is for social activism, trying to correct something that is wrong in society or promote something good. That is going to be a ‘struggle’ because some people might not want to change, or there are people with an invested interested other than the status quo.”

    This is a piece of subtle deception. The implication is that secular society itself is “wrong” and that only Islam can “promote something good.” This also justifies the “lesser jihad” (i.e perpetual warfare against the unbelievers) against those who may not wish to become Muslims; it also implies that the “status quo” is, or must be, Islam.

    In my opinion, if you want to counter Islamic propaganda, analyze what Muslims or Islamic apologists are actually saying. There cannot be any real intellectual basis to Islam because Muslims have put themselves in an indefensible position by declaring that every word in the Koran comes directly from Allah, and therefore by definition must be correct. There is therefore no basis for argument or even rational discussion with Muslims. Their only recourse is to refer back to the Koran or resort to violence to defend the Koran

  29. Rich says

    Aug 29, 2016 at 2:50 pm

    Ten Arabic Words: Bracken’s Challenge to National Security Professionals | Gates of Vienna

    If you are a politically-correct bliss-ninny with a coexist bumper sticker slapped on the back of your Subaru, and you don’t have the slightest clue what the following ten words mean, then this essay is not meant for you. You are excused.

    dawah, dhimmi, hijra, jizya, kafir, shaheed, shariah, takfir, taqiyya, ummah

    http://gatesofvienna.net/2016/05/ten-arabic-words-brackens-challenge-to-national-security-professionals/

  30. Troybeam says

    Aug 29, 2016 at 10:05 pm

    I had an instructor in college who always said this at the end of every class “READ THE DUMB BOOK PEOPLE” there will be a test, he did not mince words and yes there was a test, the same can be said for Islam, read the book, understand the message and be prepared for the test of survival.

  31. vrae says

    Aug 31, 2016 at 10:29 pm

    Someone needs to explain the early Muslim conquests, then.

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