Yes it is, as I show in detail in my book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS. In that book also, it becomes abundantly clear that the “enemies of Islam” are those non-Muslims who refuse to accept the hegemony of Sharia and the second-class status that acceptance would entail for them. Those non-Muslims, according to the Qur’an (9:29), have to be warred against and subjugated.
Those who think that the Israeli / “Palestinian” conflict will be solved through negotiations should heed the words of Mahmoud Al-Habbash. But they won’t.
“Abbas’ advisor: Islam’s religious war to destroy Israel has started,” by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik, Palestinian Media Watch, October 10, 2018:
The most important religious figure in the Palestinian Authority and the closest to PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, continues to tell Palestinians that the conflict with Israel is an uncompromising religious war for Islam against Israel and Jews. Mahmoud Al-Habbash, who was appointed by Abbas as his personal advisor on Islam and the PA’s Supreme Shari’ah Judge, recently stated that conflict today with Israel is “The Battle of History between Islam and the enemies of Islam.” Israelis/Jews are the “enemies of Islam,” “enemies of Muslims,” have a “culture of Satan,” and represent “evil.” Worse yet, Al-Habbash explained that the current battle is not just another battle on behalf of Islam. It is the ultimate battle described in the Quran as the “final promise,” leading to great destruction for the “Children of Israel.” It should be noted that Al-Habbash teaches this message of epic religious war to a very religious Palestinian Muslim population. Polls consistently find that 95% of Palestinians saying that religion is “important” for them.
Al-Habbash: “Jerusalem is the arena of conflict between us and the colonialist project [Israel]… Jerusalem’s [Al-Aqsa] Mosque apparently is the heading for the eruption of the conflict and The Battle of History between Islam and the enemies of Islam; between the Muslims and the enemies of Muslims; between the Islamic culture in all its splendor and human glory and the culture of Satan attempting to establish oppression and aggression at the expense of the culture of truth and goodness… This mosque is decreed to be the arena of the battle between good and evil. This mosque and this wonderful city – the city of history, religion, and culture, Jerusalem – are decreed to be the heading of the conflict… Jerusalem is the heading of this battle, this conflict, and this round, which I and many others see as the key, as the first step, as the spark of the battle of the ‘final promise.”’
[Official PA TV, Quranic Horizons, June 30, 2018, emphasis added]
While depicting the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis not as a political conflict but as one between Islam and “the culture of Satan,” Al-Habbash referred to “the final promise.” “The final promise” is mentioned in the Quran in Sura 17 where Allah addresses the Jews, referred to as “the Children of Israel,” and can be seen as referring to either a battle of the past or a battle in the future in which Jews experience “[total] destruction”….
In his talk, Al-Habbash explicitly said that he and others interpret this as referring to a battle yet to come, and the battle with Israel today over Jerusalem is “the spark of the battle,” meaning, the beginning of this war of destruction:
“Jerusalem is the heading of this battle, this conflict, and this round, which I and many others see as the key, as the first step, as the spark of the battle of the ‘final promise.”’…
Paul says
Be fair !
At least they are honest about it. Not pretending or gaslighting or dissembling.
Now with the gloves off Israel can nuke the lot of them.
Paul
mortimer says
Excellent comment: ‘gaslighting’, ‘dissembling’ … also psychological projection … accusing ‘others’ of doing EXACTLY what you do yourself.
J D S says
There is only ONE real enemy of islam and that is God himself because Satan is the enemy of God and in turn any satanic group such as ISIS is an enemy of God and ISIS is islam in it’s pure state….IT MUST BE SO because there is no push back by those Islamic scholars and, well Muslims in general. SAYING..that ISIS,and other groups of the like are NOT what Islam is about….but their FEAR for their life may be partly why they are silent……and FEAR is what has held Islam in place for lo all these many centuries.
gravenimage says
These Muslims are only honest among themselves. They regularly lie to the Israelis and other Infidels.
Elisha says
EVERY nation destroyed by the TRUE living God in Christ Jesus on Judgement Day is … an ISLAMIC STATE!
“I will feed your oppressors with their own flesh, And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine; And all flesh will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.” – Isaiah 49:26
“The Lord will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall not become greater than that of Judah. In that day the Lord will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; the one who is feeble among them in that day shall be like David, and the house of David shall be like God, like the Angel of the Lord before them. It shall be in that day that I WILL SEEK TO DESTROY ALL THE NATIONS THAT COME AGAINST JERUSALEM.” – Zechariah 12:7-9
Then the word of the LORD of hosts came, saying, “Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘I am EXCEEDINGLY JEALOUS FOR ZION, yes, WITH GREAT WRATH I AM JEALOUS FOR HER.’ “Thus says the LORD, ‘I WILL RETURN TO ZION and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.’ – Zechariah 8:1-3
Amen.
FYI says
“You {goliath} are coming against me with sword,spear and javelin.
but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty,the God of the Israelite armies
which you have defied.
This very day the Lord will put you in my power:I WILL defeat you and cut off your head.
And I will give the bodies of the philistine soldiers to the birds and animals to eat.
Then the whole world will know that Israel has a God and everyone here will see
the Lord God does not need swords or spears to save his people.He is victorious in battle and he will put all of you in our power”
1 Samuel 17 v 45-47
Seriously,who would want to wage war against the Real Deal,the God of Israel?
“allah” and his muslims ….symbolised by goliath.
muslims don’t get it:”allah” is NOT the Biblical God{of Moses,of Davis,of Israel}
1948,1967,1973….that’s why muslims never win against Israel…what good is mighty “allah” against the Actual God of Israel?
“…And so without a Sword,David defeated and killed goliath with a catapult and a stone” v50
David ,a “nice,good-looking boy” v42 versus goliath, a giant;impossible odds,surely!
But not if you have the GOD of Israel on your side…muslims will ALWAYS be on the losing side..but of course they don’t get it because they don’t{or refuse to}see that “allah” is NOT the true Biblical God:allah,is “the best of deceivers” koran 3:54…which is true!
also…
JOEL 3 “God will judge the nations”{…bad news for Israel’s enemies …}
DANIELchapter 12
Elisha says
The end has already been written:
For THE LORD HAS CHOSEN ZION;
He has desired it for His habitation.
“THIS IS MY RESTING PLACE FOREVER;
Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.” – Psalm 132:13-14
The LORD ROARS FROM ZION
And utters His voice from Jerusalem,
And the heavens and the earth tremble.
But the Lord is a refuge for His people
And a stronghold to the sons of Israel.
Then you will know that I am the Lord your God,
DWELLING IN ZION, MY HOLY MOUNTAIN.
So Jerusalem will be holy,
And strangers will pass through it no more. – Joel 3:16-17
I am bringing My righteousness near; it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion, My splendor to Israel. – Isaiah 46:13
And one of the elders says to me, “DO NOT WEEP. Behold, THE LION of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, HAS OVERCOME to open the scroll and its seven seals.” – Revelation 5:5
PRAISE THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR REDEEMER!
boakai ngombu says
i prefer to think that Rev. 5:5 has occurred at the point of Jesus’ death on the Cross, for then the significant battle against Satan had been won. … Zion, as the church militant is now under assault and cannot be destroyed, for it rests in that victory.
indeed: PRAISE THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR REDEEMER!
boakai ngombu says
left out a thought … Rev. 5 is an acclimation of Lamb’s worthiness, especially the song in vv 8-10.
jule says
The Qur’an I read makes it clear that their teaching is that Jews were cursed by Allah for NOT strictly following Abraham. They say they are the ONLY pure Abrahamic Religion on earth and must take over, capturing every site of Abraham as their right and command of Allah. They want to steal Abraham, the history, all the memories and tell the story like Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses and even Jesus were really Muslim. That Islam wants & tells its members to work for is complete Supremacy & is is clear to anyone with a brain who reads. Iran follows the same book and this is what they mean when they say ‘wipe Israel (Judaism) off the map’ and out of memory.
dsinc says
Wishful thinking, the worst of people don’t stand a chance against the best of people. Comparing the average IQ’s of each group will give one a clue.
Wellington says
dsinc: I agree IF so many Westerners, including many Western leaders, weren’t so clueless about Islam. Factor in foolishness, willful ignorance, apathy, and avarice in some cases by many in the West, and the Buttlims have a shot at destroying the West.
jule says
Others Must help.
This is very much like when US tried to ignore Hitler. Russia fought more than we did in WW1 but at least we finally helped. This time is going to be worse. It is happening, same like Nazitimes with Islam. We cannot ignore it this time. We must help.
Walter Sieruk says
Those poor brainwashed Muslims who are thoroughly mind programmed by the imams as well as influenced by that hate-filled ant-Jewish and anti- Israel Muslim “Palestinian” Abbas with his PA.
Furthermore, those .Islamic terror entities and Hamas Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad have with their jihadist scheming along with the PA and Abbas with their intention of destroying the State of Israel and replacing her with some kind of Islamic “state” is an Islamic agenda that is fated to fail in the end. For all of such Muslim schemes and effort will come nothing in the end. The reason is that all their plots and striving against the State of Israel are all lose in the end .This is because Abbas is greatly overruled by the God of the Bible. Who is the Supreme and Ultimate supporter of Israel. As reflected in the following verses of the Bible. “A man’s heart may be full of schemes, but the Lord‘s purpose will prevail.” Proverbs 19:21. [N.E.B.] Also, Psalm 135:4. This informs the reader that “The Lord has chosen Jacob to be His own and Israel His special treasure.”
mortimer says
Slogan to remember: IT’S THE IDEOLOGY, STUPID.
Sheikh al-Habbash’s interpretation of the Koranic verse is OPPORTUNISTIC and not convincing.
He creates an IDEOLOGY of war on a TENUOUS interpretation … just like a medieval warlord.
The Pallies are led by BACKWARD, REGRESSIVE BIGOTS steeped in petty revenge and vendetta.
Krishna says
For both Palestinians and Saladin samething is motivating
Get the back the land which was once under Muslim rule
gravenimage says
Yes–while Muslims want to take over the entire world, their focus is always on lands that were once under Muslim conquest.
mortimer says
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROJECTION: the technique of defending oneself against the accusation of having unpleasant, immature or neurotic impulses by denying their existence in oneself, while attributing them to others.
“Projection” is normative Islam.
Note the wording: “The culture of satan attempting to establish oppression and aggression.” Implications?
Implication 1) Islam does not oppress kafirs. Implication 2) Jihad is not aggression against the kafirs.
Sheikh al-Habbash DENIES that Islam oppresses or aggresses against the dirty kafirs … they have it coming to them.
By a twisted logic, he calls resisting Islamic supremacism, Islamic conquest or refusing to submit to Islamic rule ‘oppression’ and ‘aggression’. Fighting Islamic hostile takeover is ‘aggression’, rather than self-defense !!! What twisted minds Muslims have !!!
And also note the demonization of ‘The Other’: 1) culture of Satan 2) enemies of Islam.
Well so much for the satan-loving kafirs … away with them! Chop off their heads!
Muslim logic DENIES HUMAN RIGHTS and CIVIL LIBERTIES to women and ‘others’.
Devout Muslims like Sheikh al-Habbash live in an alternate universe. Is he mad? No …
IT’S THE IDEOLOGY, STUPID !
gravenimage says
Fine post, Mortimer.
Walter Sieruk says
At least this time Abbas and his Muslim brothers, Marcus and Ziberdik, are being honest about their hostile intentions towards the State of Israel and the Israeli citizens . This outright malicious Muslim hate is rather refreshing when contrasted to the other times the Abbas and others make are false claim of “wanting peace ” and then ,make a bogus offer of “being willing to divide the land ” of Israel between he”Palestinians” and the Israels.
For that insincere ,dishonest . subtle strategy of disingenuous speech, of faking to be willing to divide the land is the lying deception of achieving the goal of obtaining of all the land of Israel using a war ploy of deception that will be a disaster if the heads of the State of Israel are foolish enough to agree to divide the land of Israel with Muslim /Arabs ,the “Palestinians.” For if such a “peace dialogue” results in a divided land, the outcome will literally be murder. For “Palestinian” leader will allow the jihadists use that land as a base to launch murderous rocked attacks in to Israel. As for example, Hamas of Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Such false hopes for peace which are based on the foundation of lies are nothing new when it comes to Israel . For example, the Bible in Psalm 55:20, 21. Reads “Such men do violence to those at peace with them and break their promised word; their speech is smoother the butter but their thoughts are of war.” [N.E.B.]
James Lincoln says
Excellent post, Walter – my compliments.
The Israelis are very bright, very pragmatic, and very well armed. Their default position is that there will never be peace with the Palestinians.
The Israelis correctly pursue a policy of containment – with rapid and forceful retaliation against any acts of aggressions by the Palestinians.
Norger says
Containment with rapid and forceful retaliation should be western civilization’s default position with respect to Islam.
David Grisez says
This Abbas advisor sure has things backwards and upside down. He considers Islam to be a system of splendor and glory and a system of truth and goodness, while considering Israel the system of Satan. Islam is really a system death, misery and destruction. So this mans mind has really been messed up by Islam. Islam messes up the minds of it’s followers, so that they call evil good and good evil.
mortimer says
Islam is a fire-extinguisher, rather than a beacon.
Islam’s so-called Golden Age was the STOLEN GLORY of Byzantine books translated into Arabic by trilingual Christian Assyrians. For about 100 years the caliphs took no note of the learning spread through these writings. Muslims scholars extrapolated on the classics. Then, without warning it all came crashing down when al-Ghazzali declared that studying philosophy was HARAM!
Islam then burned those books and it’s a miracle any survived.
“Islam was not a torch, as has been claimed, but an extinguisher. Conceived in a barbarous brain for the use of a barbarous people, it was – and it remains – incapable of adapting itself to civilization. Wherever it has dominated, it has broken the impulse towards progress and checked the evolution of society.” – Andre Servier, in L’islam et la psychologie du musulman (1923)
StellaSaidSo says
+1
Norger says
What a great quote from Andre Servier.
gravenimage says
Abbas advisor: Conflict with Israel is part of “the battle of history between Islam and the enemies of Islam”
…………………….
Their end game is the destruction of Israel. That so many still imagine that Abbas and Fatah are “partners for peace” is delusional.
Lydia Church says
In that case, by default, Israel is right.
But of course we already knew that too, by default!
: D
G179 says
And there you have it. The official permit for the merciless butchering of Jewish families by the so called Palestinians. That’s what it’s all about.