*****THE WAR ON RADICAL ISLAM*****
ISIS (or ISIL, or IS) is not radical Islam?
ISIS (or ISIL, or IS) is not radical Islam?
Radical Islam is having the mastery now
Who can stand against this god Allah and his prophet Muhammad?
Is this a WORLDWIDE HOLY WAR?
Is this a WORLDWIDE HOLY WAR?
The Quran reads:
Quran
(2:191-193)
- "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.)" (Translation is from the
Noble Quran)
The verse prior to this (190) refers to "fighting for the cause of
Allah those who fight you" leading some to believe that the entire
passage refers to a defensive war in which Muslims are defending their
homes and families. The
historical context
of this passage is not defensive warfare, however, since Muhammad and his Muslims
had just relocated to Medina and were not under attack by their Meccan
adversaries. In fact, the verses urge offensive warfare, in that
Muslims are to drive Meccans out of their own city (which they
later did). Verse 190 thus means to fight those who offer resistance
to Allah's rule (ie. Muslim conquest). The use of the word
"persecution" by some Muslim translators is disingenuous (the actual
Arabic words for persecution - "idtihad" - and
oppression - a variation of "z-l-m" - do not appear in the verse). The
word used instead, "fitna", can
mean disbelief, or the disorder that results from unbelief or temptation.
This is certainly what is meant in this context since the violence is
explicitly commissioned "until religion is for Allah" - ie. unbelievers desist in their
unbelief.
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