The majority of Muslims are peaceful, but does this mean that they reject jihad violence? Or do some simply lack the courage, while others aren’t devout and just have no interest?
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)
“Francis’ New Book Hails Islam As A ‘Religion of Peace,’” by Jules Gomes, ChurchMilitant.com, October 25, 2023:
VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) – In a new book recounting the last 10 years of his pontificate, Pope Francis is defending Islam as a “religion of peace” and suggesting the possibility of making celibacy optional for Latin rite priests.
Non Sei Solo: Sfide, Risposte, Speranze (You Are Not Alone: Challenges, Answers, Hopes), published in Italian and released Tuesday, is a series of dialogues with journalists Sergio Rubin and Francesca Ambrogetti.
The pontiff calls upon Europe to integrate Muslim migrants, insisting that “radical Islam is a problem and represents a perversion of religiosity because Islam, in truth, is a religion of peace and the majority of its members are peaceful.”
“As they say, either you are a terrorist or you are a Muslim. Then, by the way, we find fundamentalism in all religions,” Francis observes. “Radical Islam is a perversion because it is a religion that talks about peace.”
The pope narrates an encounter with an apostolic nuncio destined for an African country. The nuncio described how Muslims in the cathedral of his capital would form a long queue to cross the “holy door” and obtain jubilee indulgences.
The Muslim devotees then headed for the altar “where they find the image of the Madonna because Mary is venerated in Islam,” the nuncio told Pope Francis.
“In any case, I consider myself ignorant when it comes to international politics, but I believe that the rise of ISIS [Islamic State] is based on an unfortunate Western choice,” Francis notes, blaming the West for the creation of the terrorist Muslim outfit.
“The Gulf War was a real disgrace, not to say one of the worst cruelties. Saddam Hussein was certainly no little angel, on the contrary, but Iraq was a fairly stable country. Warning: I am not defending Gaddafi or Hussein. But what did the war leave behind?” asks the pontiff.
“Organized anarchy and more war. Therefore, I believe that we must not export our democracy to other countries, but rather help them develop a process of democratic maturation according to their characteristics,” Francis notes.
“Don’t go to war to import a democracy that their people are unable to assimilate,” he warns. There are countries that have a monarchical system and that will probably never accept a democracy, but we can certainly contribute to ensuring that there is greater participation.”…
Dr. Ruud Koopmans, professor of sociology and migration research at the Humboldt University of Berlin and director of the research unit at the Berlin Social Science Centre, has debunked Francis’ claim that most Muslims are peace-loving and that those who support violence in the name of Islam are only a tiny minority.
Of the 1.5 billion adult Muslims in the world, more than 50 million are willing to sanction violence, Koopmans concludes, noting that half the world’s Muslim population is “attached to an archconservative Islam that places little worth on the rights of women, homosexuals and people of other faiths.”
Koopmans’ estimate concurs with a 2013 Pew report that found that in a majority of Muslim countries, only half of Muslims said they were concerned about religious extremism. Nearly 100 million Muslims worldwide believe the that 9/11 attacks were completely justified.
Moreover, according to the report, 14% of Muslims said that suicide attacks against civilians are justified in defending Islam.
Even though not all these Muslims would be prepared to engage directly in violence, “they support the radicals, they encourage them and provide them shelter or simply keep their mouths shut when they observe radicalization,” Koopmans stresses.
“I am very conservative with my estimate of 50 million violent Muslims,” he acknowledges….
SKA says
Bergolio is both a liar and a murderer (promoter of the clot shots.) like his father, the Devil.
jose valdemir da silva says
Este “religioso” esquerdista esta a confirmar que tanto a sua SEITA católica romana junto com a IDEOLOGIA de DEMÔNIOS chamado islã, estão no mesmo barco chamado BABILÔNIA e serão destruídos pelo FOGO Malaquias 4:1.2.3, Apocalipse capítulos 17 e 18 mais 16:19.
Hugh Fitzgerald says
A complete idiot, this Pope.
truth matters says
that’s one to believe
said no one ever
FYI says
Well Francis is certainly “no little angel” being more concerned about worldly matters
like climate change than the plight of his flock and he should indeed consider himself seriously ignorant on islam.The koran teaches muslims must not be friends with Christians koran 5:51 so integration is impossible.His reference to Mary is funny as he once infamously paraded pachamama ,a pagan idol,in Mary’s place and deeply offensive to catholics..But then he is a ..Jesuit.
Spiro says
You certainly hit that nail on the head a Jesuit
I went to XU in Cincinnati in the 70s they were showing their true self then
FYI says
Rome{and the current Synod} and Israel are important places to watch prophetically speaking.
francis is at war with traditionalist catholics as he seems to want a more ‘progressive’ church… that excludes the faithful!
That Rome ‘will lose the Faith’ is in line with prophetic sources{la salette i believe} and so it is no surprise what francis is doing.
Kudos to the Remnant groups fighting to keep their faith.
Jerry Dobson says
I expect nothing less from Pope Karl the 1st.
FYI says
Francis the pope of the Ear
“allahu akbar”
francis:oh our muslim friends have come to visit the Vatican!
It must be their love of Jesus and Mary and their respect for Western Art.
Wherever they go they bring their peace with them!My friend ahmed al tayyeb told me that ‘allahu akbar’ means ‘why can’t we all just get along.hooray”
What an incredibly peaceful religion..not like those catholics always giving out about me…roll on the New World Religion i say when all will be one..
Tatanka says
I wonder if that Satan follower ever read the quran?
deze MN bee says
The Holy See cannot see.
Islam regards the Christ as a mere prophet inferior to Mohammed. Why doesn’t the big Papa di pappas engage in vigorous argument with Islam instead of kowtowing to those potbellied muftis and mullahs and “doctors” of Sharia.
deze MN bee says
The Holy See cannot see
pfwag says
Somebody aught to ask the Pope how all those “peaceful Muslims” get radicalized and go off raping, murdering and chopping off heads.
The answer is it’s what happens when many of them read their holy book, the Quran.
When Catholics .read their holy book, the Bible, they stop following the idiot globalist pope and leave the unbiblical RCC and become Christians.and real followers of Jesus,..
somehistory says
This guy, this creepy pretender, is a false prophet, a wolf in sheep’s clothing…holey clothing with his wolf hair and fangs showing through…
This liar is deliberately attempting to mislead the “flock”…to walk people hurriedly off the cliff. To “gather the disciples after” himself.
No one should listen to a word he says….he isn’t just “blind,” he can see that islam is not peaceful, not compatible with Christ or His followers, not “in agreement” and yet, he advocates for islam, mozlums, their invasion, and pretends that Christians need to believe this in order to be following Christ.
This guy, dressed in his finery, living off the sacrifices of people who want to do as Jesus said, protected by security personnel and high walls, lies every time he opens his mouth. He’s a snake, just as Jesus said to the Pharisees, ” Offspring of vipers,” an “unwashed cup”, “full of every sort of uncleanness,” and a “whitewashed grave, full of dead men’s bones.”
This foul creature is a “rotten tree producing rotten fruit.”
Jesus said that those “rotten trees are cut down and thrown into the fire.”
Time for him to “repent in dust and ashes,” if he is to “flee the Judgment of Gehenna.”
The “pope” is doing the “desires of his father,” and if he continues on this course, he will end up in the place “prepared for the devil and his angels.”
James Lincoln says
All true, somehistory.
As I’ve said, judging by his actions, this pope is not a Christian.
He’s a Marxist / commie / globalist / muslim apologist.
Other than that, he’s okay.
somehistory says
Yes, James. I have one for you. When asked, a doctor talking about the surgery he just performed, replied, “The operation was a success, but the patient died.”
If not for the fact that the creature is a liar, a fraud, a pretender, a false shepherd, engages in kissy-face with a rabid mozlum who would gladly slit any Christin’s throat, the pope is an upstanding guy.
No one who wishes to please God and Christ should pay any attention to this fraud. In fact, do the opposie.
Barbara says
If Islan were a theology of peace, then would not the Muslims stand up to the terrorists and stop them from the brutality they inflict.
pfwag says
Islam is a Borg sex cult, Resistance is futile, Surrender and join the collective and submit to Allah or die.
James Lincoln says
somehistory says,
“When asked, a doctor talking about the surgery he just performed, replied, “The operation was a success, but the patient died.”
A little off topic, but after assisting really excellent surgeons on hundreds of major surgeries, this is not a rare occurrence…
Unknown guy says
Liberal christianity in full display. Why would anyone become Catholic when pope says such stupid things?
The main reason for christianity declining is Christians not standing firm on their beliefs.
If you’re tolerant of everything, you stand for nothing.
– Andrew tate
CogitoErgoSum says
This is the truth: per the Quran, Muslims are to fight until all Infidels have either submitted to living under Islam or have been killed. I can’t believe that the Pope is too stupid to understand this; however, my only alternative is to accept that he is simply a liar. Someone who claims to follow the Truth should always speak the truth. What a shame that this man is Pope.
pfwag says
According to official Catholic doctrine, Catholics and Muslims are brothers that worship the same god.
CogitoErgoSum says
Yes, I’m aware of that and, once again, I think someone was either very stupid or not telling the truth – could be both.
Jerry says
Me: ‘Pope Francis, in truth, is an ignorant apostate Catholic and has Communist leanings and the majority of his comments make him sound like a f’ing idiot’.
Hoi Polloi says
Europe [must] integrate Muslim[s]….Why? Even muslim nations don’t want these violent savages. You yourself live under heavy guard.
“Organized anarchy and more war. Therefore, I believe that we must not export our democracy to other countries, but rather help them develop a process of democratic maturation according to their characteristics,” Francis notes.”……And why aren’t they democratizable? Because their religion is supremacist. Why is that of so little concern to you?
And, Pope Orwell, please define “majority” and “peaceful.” If the majority, as noted by Dr. Ruud Koopmans, engages in support for violent jihad, jihad of the womb, charity for muslims alone, half-human status for females, and more, who are you to claim you are Christian as you demand that Christians ignore your support for forces intent on destroying Christianity?
Hoi Polloi says
And please tell me, pope, how being a fundamentalist is the real problem? I adhere to the fundamentals of the laws of physics, but I don’t see that causing violence. It’s problematic specifically in islam; this business of fundamentals plus adherence. Fundamentals of beekeeping, not so much. What an Orwellian liar.
pfwag says
Since it was a Papal decree, the RCC can still burn Protestants at the stake and chop off their heads. Probably Jews too.They are simpatico with Islam.
John Smith says
For the last 10 years islams greatest cheerleader Pope Francis has been telling the world what a beautiful peaceful religion islam really is. In all probability when he first started perpetrating this lie, he more than likely believed it was true. But after all these years of being the pope he still can’t be that naive, someone must have surely told him what the true nature of islam is.
I believe Pope Francis now knows that islam isn’t a peaceful religion, but he continues with this lie just to save face. If what I believe is true, then this makes the pope as evil as any jihadi.
GreekEmpress says
Islam has not been a religion of peace in over 1400 years.
Thank you Pope Francis; you may now return your head into the sand.
pfwag says
Muslims practice “taqiya” – lying to the infidels to advance the cause of Islam. The biggest lie is “Islam means peace” when in fatctthe literal translation is SUBMISSION to Allah and that applies to EVERYBODY in the world.
James Lincoln says
Pope Francis is a fake, a phony, and a fraud.
Unfortunately – due to his position – some Catholics still listen to him.
Hudders. says
Thus sayeth the ‘man of sin’ himself.
saturnine says
“Radical Islam is a perversion because it is a religion that talks about peace.”
It talks about peace, sure, but it practices violence.
“If Islam is violent, how can the Pope declare ‘authentic Islam and the proper reading of the Koran are opposed to every form of violence’?” https://www.askakafir.com/#pope-authentic
pfwag says
Islam is a Borg sex cult. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated and join the collective worshiping Allah or die.
abu taleb says
In my experience, although the majority of muslims are peaceful, they are more inclined to cheating and dishonest, selfish and lazy compared to others. In my opinion, it comes from the teaching of Islam which says muslims are the best people and other are the worst creatures, so even if the muslims are doing evil things, they are still better than the non muslims. And they are entitled to getting rich because they are muslims, no need for hard work.
pfwag says
According to the Qurarn, the kafirs (infidels) owe them everything because they are Muslims..
SteveM says
Patriarch Kirill and Barthalamew in Constantinoble says same garbage. These are more Politicians nowadays than Christian leaders…
pfwag says
Muslims are peaceful until they start reading their holy book and act out in faith to kill the infidels and conquer the world for Allah as all Muslims are commanded to do.
Catholics read the Bible and become Protestants..
Protestants read the Bible and become better people. (Sermon on the Mount…)
Muslims read the Quran and then start doing what it says to do: kill the infidels.