“Extremist groups have used the Koran to portray Islam as a violent religion intolerant of other faiths. There is nowhere in the scriptures that says you must kill another person to go to paradise.”
Indeed, it doesn’t say that you must kill another person to go to paradise. But that is a straw man. Here are some of the things it does say:
“And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from where they drove you out; persecution is worse than slaughter. But fight them not by the Holy Mosque until they should fight you there; then, if they fight you, kill them — such is the recompense of unbelievers, but if they give over, surely Allah is all-forgiving, all-compassionate. Fight them until there is no persecution and the religion is Allah’s; then if they give over, there shall be no enmity save for evildoers.” (Qur’an 2:191-193)
“They wish that you should disbelieve as they disbelieve, and then you would be equal; therefore do not take friends from among them, until they emigrate in the way of Allah; then, if they turn their backs, seize them and kill them wherever you find them; do not take for yourselves any one of them as friend or helper.” (Qur’an 4:89)
“Then, when the sacred months are over, kill the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them, and confine them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they repent, and perform the prayer, and pay the alms, then let them go their way; Allah is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.” (Qur’an 9:5)
“Fight those who believe not in Allah and the Last Day and do not forbid what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden, and do not practice the religion of truth, even if they are of the People of the Book — until they pay the jizya with willing submission and feel themselves subdued.” (Qur’an 9:29)
“Allah has bought from the believers their selves and their possessions against the gift of Paradise; they fight in the way of Allah; they kill, and are killed; that is a promise binding upon Allah in the Torah, and the Gospel, and the Koran; and who fulfils his covenant truer than Allah? So rejoice in the bargain you have made with Him; that is the mighty triumph.” (Qur’an 9:111)
“Two terror suspects seized in Garissa, four weapons recovered,” Hiiraan Online, October 26, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
Two people suspected of involvement in terror activities along the Kenya-Somalia border have been arrested at Liboi.
Three assault rifles and a pistol alongside eight magazines, four pouches of magazines and two military water bottles were found on them during the Thursday evening arrest.
Garissa county commissioner Meru Mwangi thanked the public for informing the police of the suspects who had been patrolling the border region.
“This prompted our officers to start pursuing the suspects,” Mwangi said.
Their nationality was not disclosed to reporters. However, a source who sought not to be named told the Star that the two are Kenyans who committed crimes in the border towns of Diif and Khorof Harar before escaping into the lawless neighbouring country.
The suspects were interrogated by police in Garissa before their transfer to Nairobi. The ammunition found on them was handed over to ballistic experts….
Al Shabaab terrorists occasionally ambush security teams and plant IEDs on the routes often used by multi-agency officers….
Meanwhile, a Garissa-based senior Muslim cleric has thanked the government for recognising his advocacy in countering violent extremism.
Sheikh Hassan Abdullahi, who is the chairman of Garissa sub-county peace committee, said his work is defined by what religion demands of the clerics.
Abdullahi was recently awarded a certificate for his peace initiative. He has been at the forefront in ensuring that people understand the Koran.
“Extremist groups have used the Koran to portray Islam as a violent religion intolerant of other faiths,” Abdullahi said….
“There is nowhere in the scriptures that says you must kill another person to go to paradise. I have been giving sermons in the mosque and other public forums against terrorism. I thank the President for recognising these efforts,” he said.
The sheikh, who is a member of the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM), said he will continue preaching peace and against terror in the country….
Michael Copeland says
He preaches against terrorism, he says, but, of course he preaches in favour of jihad.
Michael Copeland says
The filthy kuffar are NOT ALLOWED IN to his sermons to verify his claim.
Westman says
What end-of-life alternatives are offered by the Quran? Jannah or Hell. What gets a Muslim to Jannah? Good works or death as a martyr for Islam. Which is assured? Martyrdom. The clear message to Muslims is: Only violent struggle with unbelievers guarantees a place in Jannah. Nor is violence exclusive to “radicals”; it is offered by the Quran to all Muslims.
Conclusion:
Islam offers peace or violent conduct as a matter of choice by each Muslim with a bias toward violence, therefore, it is not a religion of peace.
commonsense says
Westman: The “good works” which result in the greatest chance of going to Jannah all involve helping advance the jihad – local or global- through zakat, migration, funding Islamic Studies departments at universities, etc. Merely giving alms to the poor or performing similar acts of charity are lesser deeds, insufficient criteria for admission into Allah’s Garden of Carnal Delights.
gravenimage says
Yes–Muslims may not have to murder someone to get into paradise, but this is the only action that makes getting into paradise a sure thing.
Trick_or_Treat says
By the sound of it, this dickhead needs to learn how to read. The qur’an IS violent, period.
This is why every non muslim (and politician) really should/MUST read the disgusting contents of this murderous incitement, then they would never swallow folthy taqiyya like this, hook line and sinker.
gravenimage says
Oh, this Muslim cleric knows how to read. He is not ignorant; he is lying.
Lydia Church says
Will someone please tell these naive folks that the koran defines islam? It is the religious texts that define a religion. Even if you added other things like tradition, they cannot contradict the religious text since that is the source. The koran commands violence against non muslims, that is a fact, so islam is terrorist in nature. You simply cannot get around that reality.
mortimer says
Huh? The Koran is only *PORTRAYED* as violent ???
Read following if you have any doubts on that claim. Make up your own mind.
The Koran’s 164 Jihad Verses: K 002:178-179, 190-191, 193-194, 216-218, 244; 003:121-126, 140-143, 146, 152-158, 165-167,169, 172-173, 195; 004:071-072, 074-077, 084, 089-091, 094-095,100-104; 005:033, 035, 082; 008:001, 005, 007, 009-010, 012, 015-017, 039-048,057-060, 065-075; 009:005, 012-014, 016, 019-020, 024-026, 029,036, 038-039, 041, 044, 052, 073, 081, 083,086, 088, 092, 111, 120, 122-123; 016:110; 022:039, 058, 078; 024:053, 055; 025:052; 029:006, 069; 033:015, 018, 020, 023, 025-027, 050; 042:039; 047:004, 020, 035; 048:015-024; 049:015; 059:002, 005-008, 014; 060:009; 061:004, 011, 013; 063:004; 064:014; 066:009; 073:020; 076:008.
mortimer says
ISLAM’S “PAY FOR SLAY” … K. 9.111
Sheikh Hassan Abdullahi claims that : “There is nowhere in the scriptures that says you must kill another person to go to paradise.”
Perhaps Abdullahi will kindly explain why the following KORANIC SCRIPTURE does NOT say what it CLEARLY says … i.e. “shall slay and be slain” in exchange for the GARDEN (jannah).
“Lo! Allah hath bought from the believers their lives and their wealth because the Garden will be theirs: they shall fight in the way of Allah and shall slay and be slain. It is a promise which is binding on Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur’an. Who fulfilleth His covenant better than Allah? Rejoice then in your bargain that ye have made, for that is the supreme triumph.” – Koran 9.111
Angemon says
All throughout islamic history, across its mainstream sects…
Michael Copeland says
….intolerant of other faiths?
“If anyone desire a religion other than Islam, never will it be accepted of him…..”
Koran 3:85, part of Islamic law.
gravenimage says
Muslims arrested on suspicion of terror acts, cleric says “extremists have used Qur’an to portray Islam as violent”
…………………
Gee, how is that possible? Perhaps because it *is* violent.
jca reid says
FFS, Islam & the Koran are all about violence! It is a simple Desert Bandit Ideology. To give a morality to robbery, murder, rape, enslavement & subjugation, they say it’s in the name of ‘Allah/God’. A complete turnaround from that Jewish ‘hippie’ Jesus Christ. Way back in the day, Mohammed was hardly getting any converts to his “Religion”, only about 10-12 per year. However, when he was told in a “Revelation”, when Allah had a word with him, it was OK to rob, rape, extort & enslave ‘non-Members’, membership shot up. Mind you, the condition of, “Join us, or we put you to the sword.”, may also have helped to swell the numbers. Islam is a complete load of Bullsh*t! Everybody knows it. Muslims themselves even know it’s a load of crap, but they’re entrapped in it. The Imams & Mullahs have nothing else. They are intellectually devoid any Critical Thinking. They’ve seen the world advance & they’re stuck in their 7th. Century dogma because they have nothing else.
John Doe says
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith 3834 narrated by Al-Miqdam ibn Ma’dikarib: Allah’s Messenger said, “The martyr receives six good things from Allah:
he is forgiven at the first shedding of his blood; he is shown his abode in Paradise;
he is preserved from the punishment in the grave;
he is kept safe from the greatest terror;
he has placed on his head the crown of honour, a ruby of which is better than the world and what it contains;
he is married to seventy-two wives of the maidens with large dark eyes;
and is made intercessor for seventy of his relatives.”