I’d be happy to jump on board with this, but these presentations are always so dishonest. If they would bother to explain passages such as these, then they might have a case. But the problem is not that I am not convinced. The problem is that many Muslims are are aware of these passages and others like them will not be convinced.
Muhammad said: “I have been made victorious through terror” (Bukhari 4:52.220).
The Qur’an says: “Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into the hearts of the enemies of Allah and your enemies…” (8:60)
“When your Lord was revealing to the angels, ‘I am with you; so confirm the believers. I shall cast terror into the hearts of the unbelievers; so strike the necks, and strike every finger of them!” (Qur’an 8:12)
“We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve for what they have associated with Allah of which He had not sent down authority. And their refuge will be the Fire, and wretched is the residence of the wrongdoers.” (Qur’an 3:151)
“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)
“This is the recompense of those who fight against Allah and His Messenger, and hasten about the earth to do corruption there: they shall be killed, or crucified, or their hands and feet shall be struck off on opposite sides; or they shall be exiled from the land. That is a degradation for them in this world; and in the world to come awaits them a mighty chastisement.” (Qur’an 5:33)
“Fight them, till there is no persecution and religion is all for Allah; then if they give over, surely Allah sees the things they do.” (Qur’an 8:39)
“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)
“O believers, fight the unbelievers who are near to you; and let them find in you a harshness; and know that Allah is with the godfearing.” (Qur’an 9:123)
“When you meet the unbelievers, strike their necks, then, when you have made wide slaughter among them, tie fast the bonds; then set them free, either by grace or ransom, till the war lays down its loads. So it shall be; and if Allah had willed, He would have avenged Himself upon them; but that He may try some of you by means of others. And those who are slain in the way of Allah, He will not send their works astray.” (Qur’an 47:4)
“French attack: Terrorism is most offensive to the Prophet and Islam,” Gulf News, October 30, 2020:
The latest knife attack in Nice, France, shows that terrorism is still alive despite the recent pause, following the defeat of Daesh and Al Qaida.
On Thursday, three people died in a knife attack at the Notre-Dame basilica in Nice. The killer was identified as 21-year-old Tunisian Brahim Aioussaoi, an illegal immigrant who arrived in the city only three weeks ago. One of the victims, an elderly woman was “virtually beheaded”, French police said. The attacker is in police custody. On the same day, a guard was attacked outside the French consulate in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. A Saudi suspect was arrested.
Despite the anger many Muslims have felt after the recent statements by French leaders linking the attacks to Islam, we must condemn the attacks in the strongest way. Trying to justify these abhorrent crimes is a crime too. Innocent people are being slaughtered in the name of religion by psychopaths — which Islam says is a crime against humanity….
As it is a crime to attempt to justify the murder of innocent people in the name of religion, it is also wrong to link these outrageous crimes to Islam. French leaders must recognise that these terrorists don’t represent a religion followed by 1.5 billion people.
Meanwhile, the world, especially the Muslim world, must not lose sight of the fact that extremism will remain alive among us unless we ensure that it is vigorously fought in schools, homes, the media and other influential mediums. Religious leaders have a duty to cleanse the religion of such extremist views. Governments need to be vigilant. Macron and others cannot hurt Islam. It is the terrorists who are most offensive to the prophet and his peaceful universal message.
mortimer says
A false and preposterous claim … although, the intention of this patent lie (of non-jihadist Islam) is clearly to create a more peaceful world. Such preposterously false claims about ‘Mohammed-said-do-this’ have been persistent in Islam from the start of the Arabian empire. These invented legends about Mohammed became so bad that within 150 years of Mohammed’s death, there were one million hadiths (or more) each saying, ‘Mohammed-said-do-this’ … even if such fabricated hadiths were highly contradictory (they still are) … and even if they contradicted the Koran itself.
Muslims are used to hearing their mullahs contradict themselves and they simply put their minds in neutral by emptying their faculty of critical thought. Private, individual Muslims are thus trained by Islam to take no measures to inform themselves about the contradictory nature of the hadiths and Koran (the Koran also contradicts itself in many places).
With respect to their leaders and mullahs, Muslims are like children who have not yet learned to distrust a lying parent nor to detect when that parent is lying.
Michael Copeland says
It is a standard template for fooling the filthy Kuffar:
“It is a crime to attempt to justify the murder of innocent people in the name of religion.
It is wrong to link these outrageous crimes to Islam.
These terrorists don’t represent a religion followed by 1.5 billion people.”
Copy and paste after each jihad killing, which, in fact, is a case of “doing EXACTLY what this book says”, as Allen West explains.
gravenimage says
Yes–of course, pious Muslims do not consider any Infidels to be innocent.
MykeJohn says
The divine right to exterminate all the infidels is entrusted to the hand of only the Mohammedans. Woe is he who will oppose the final revelation given to the enforcer-Muslims to commit all violence, intimidation and terrorism in a world full of other persuasions by all compassionate and merciful Allah. Couldn’t Allah the Islamic deity fight his own battle and be victorious since fairness is anybody’s inalienable right?
rooare says
Terrorism isn’t terrorism when carried out by Muslims it’s divinely sanctioned jihad, just ask them they’ll taqiyya you.
Michael Copeland says
“Jihad in the way of Allah is not terrorism.”
Qazi Hussain Ahmed a former president of Jamaat-e-Islami
https://www.tr.news/china-bends-the-knee-to-radical-islamist/?mc_cid=dece45b7b2&mc_eid=9fdbda6cc8
“Jihad is not inhumane, despite its necessary violence and bloodshed, its ultimate desire is peace which is protected and enhanced by the rule of law.”
Ibrahim Sulaiman, modern-day Islamic scholar
https://quizlet.com/66382092/islam-flash-cards/
Jayell says
‘Terrorism is most offensive to the Prophet and Islam’
Really? So the Gulf News has been on the phone to him recently. has it? Because this is some of the last things he apparently said on the subject:-
“And kill them wherever you find them, and turn them out from where they have turned you out. And Al-Fitnah [disbelief or unrest] is worse than killing… but if they desist, then lo! Allah is forgiving and merciful. And fight them until there is no more Fitnah [disbelief and worshipping of others along with Allah] and worship is for Allah alone. But if they cease, let there be no transgression except against Az-Zalimun(the polytheists, and wrong-doers, etc.)”
Quran (3:56)
“And as for those who disbelieved, I will punish them with a severe punishment in this world and the Hereafter, and they will have no helpers.”
Quran (3:151)
“We will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve for what they have associated with Allah of which He had not sent down [any] authority. And their refuge will be the Fire, and wretched is the residence of the wrongdoers.”
Quran (5:33)
“Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause] corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land. That is for them a disgrace in this world; and for them in the Hereafter is a great punishment,”
Quran (8:12)
“[Remember] when your Lord inspired to the angels, ‘I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved, so strike [them] upon the necks and strike from them every fingertip.’
Quran (8:67)
“It is not for a prophet to have captives [of war] until he inflicts a massacre [upon Allah ‘s enemies] in the land. Some Muslims desire the commodities of this world, but Allah desires [for you] the Hereafter. And Allah is Exalted in Might and Wise.”
Quran (9:5)
“And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they should repent, establish prayer, and give zakah, let them [go] on their way. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.”
Quran (9:73)
“O Prophet, fight against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination.”
Quran (9:111)
“Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties [in exchange] for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so they kill and are killed. [It is] a true promise [binding] upon Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur’an. And who is truer to his covenant than Allah ? So rejoice in your transaction which you have contracted. And it is that which is the great attainment.”
Quran (17:16)
“And when We intend to destroy a city, We command its affluent but they defiantly disobey therein; so the word comes into effect upon it, and We destroy it with [complete] destruction.”
Quran (47:3-4)
“That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood, and those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus does Allah present to the people their comparisons. So when you meet those who disbelieve [in battle], strike [their] necks until, when you have inflicted slaughter upon them, then secure their bonds, and either [confer] favor afterwards or ransom [them] until the war lays down its burdens. That [is the command]. And if Allah had willed, He could have taken vengeance upon them [Himself], but [He ordered armed struggle] to test some of you by means of others. And those who are killed in the cause of Allah – never will He waste their deeds.”
Quran (66:9)
“O Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them. And their refuge is Hell, and wretched is the destination.”
Mauricio says
After reading that, my mind is left with “…fight, kill, strive, massacre, strike, kill, war, terror, if I get killed even better, kill, slaughter, destroy, kill, vengeance…(etc)”
The kuran must be filled with subliminal messages!
Sylvia Drummond says
A more modern version would be ‘The prophet says to get yourself to an English shopping centre around 3pm when the young people gather outside the Co Op. Kill them with a nail bomb, then make your way to the children’s ballet school where the little girls are leaving with their mothers. Blow them to bits also as this is most pleasing to Allah. You will only be charged with having mental problems and after a few months will be free to do it all again.
Keith O says
Sylvia, your only part right.
It should be go to the children’s ballet school and choose a bride from the little girls and if the mother objects rape and kill her.
THEN get the free pass to do it again.
Prince Eugene says
“Innocent people are being slaughtered in the name of religion by psychopaths — which Islam says is a crime against humanity.”
—a Gulf News opinion writer
Gaslighting is lying, to an individual or group, with the intent to sow confusion by inhibiting the victim’s ability to distinguish the truth or reality of a matter.
Gaslighting is a weapon of Muslim apologists. What are you going to believe, an opinion piece that dares not list any Islamic scriptures that define who is innocent, who is human or what constitutes a crime, or the dozens of Qur’an verses that command Muslims to violently subjugate the entire world?
Michael Copeland says
“Terror struck into the hearts of the enemies is not only a means, it is the end itself,”
– Pakistani Brig. S.K. Malik, “Quranic Concept of War”.
Aussie Infidel says
From Gulf News:
“French attack: Terrorism is most offensive to the Prophet and Islam,”
“It is the terrorists who are most offensive to the prophet and his peaceful universal message”.
What “peaceful universal message”? Has this reporter never read the Quran? The Islamic scriptures are the most hate filled and violent texts ever written. This is simply Muslim propagandists at work again.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin commented that “France was at war with extremism”, That reminds me of former US President George W Bush’s comment that “America was at war with terror”. None of these leaders understand this scourge and call it what it really is – ISLAMIC JIHAD OR HOLY WAR AGAINST NON-MUSLIMS.
For sure there are extremists and terrorists – they exist in all communities – but only in Muslim communities are they deeply indoctrinated with a hatred of unbelievers, and incited to commit violence against them.
Darmanin also told RTL radio, “And when you’re at war, you have to understand that unfortunately, there have been and there will be other incidents like this”. But Darmanin can be assured there will be many, many more incidents like this, until he and other world leaders get their heads out of the sand, and learn to identify their real enemy. And that enemy is ISLAM – as it is written in the Quran and the other Islamic scriptures.
The problem won’t be solved by denial, or sweeping it under the carpet, only by confronting this ruthless enemy head on. That doesn’t necessarily mean war at this stage; there are many steps which can be taken to avert further conflict. This is a classic confrontation between militancy and pacifism. However, if the problem is left to fester much longer, war will be inevitable – unless by then France and other western nations no longer have the will to defend themselves, and capitulate to this barbarous creed.
don vito says
Yeah these terrorist are sullying the islamikkk ideology
gravenimage says
Gulf News: ‘Terrorism is most offensive to the Prophet and Islam’
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I think they mean that calling Jihad terrorism is offensive to Muslim apologists…
Mauricio says
Robert Spencer wrote
“I’d be happy to jump on board with this, but these presentations are always so dishonest. If they would bother to explain passages such as these, then they might have a case. But the problem is not that I am not convinced. The problem is that many Muslims are aware of these passages and others like them will not be convinced.”
I completely understand, Mr. Spencer. You are a stone of Truth, always steadfast in your purpose of sharing your light with others. Most people would surrender in this difficult road because everything (authorities, politicians, news agencies, media, etc) is against us; but as long as you are there we will notice you and feel motivated to continue our struggle.
OLD GUY says
I was under the impression that anything offensive to Muhammad resulted in beheading. So if terrorism is offensive to the Prophet why are these muslim men and women who commit terror acts so honored by the islamic world?
gravenimage says
Grimly hilarious, OLD GUY.