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Terrorism & Islamic Doctrine
The United States government describes terrorism as..."...the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political, religious, or social objectives." There are valid points in there which are true, but to add something further to get the whole picture; "Terrorism is use to further one's political, religious, or social means, as a result of not having a military strong enough to carry out it's objectives." Bin Laden, a well known terrorist described his view on terrorism and why it is needed on a audiotape in November 2002. "Speaking in a literary style of Arabic favored by Bin Laden, the voice said the attacks were ''carried out by the zealous sons of Islam in defense of their religion,'' and that they were a reaction to what ''(President) Bush, the pharaoh of this age, was doing in terms of killing our sons in Iraq, and what Israel, the United States' ally, was doing in terms of bombing houses that shelter old people, women and children.'' More on this type of terrorism located on the link below... Since the terrorists attacks of Sept 11, 2001, we have witnessed President Bush, declaring at such places as the Islamic Center in Washington DC on Sept 17, 2001, "The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That's not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don't represent peace. They represent evil and war." In a Joint Session to Congress on Sept 20, 2001, President Bush continued his theme of Islam being a religion of peace by declaring to congress and the nation, "We respect your faith. It is practiced freely by many millions of Americans, and by millions more in countries that America counts as friends. Its teachings are good and peaceful, and those who commit evil in the name of Allah blaspheme the name of Allah." President Bush describes Islam as a "peaceful religion", and not only that but he goes on to say it's teachings are agreement with God... Islamic doctrine is not good as President Bush points out, because it's teachings are contrary to what the Bible teaches...One of the main reasons for painting a positive image of Islam, was the fear of a possible backlash by the American public or the United States government when it became known, the terrorists were Arabs who practice Islam...
This fear was propelled in the
public spotlight in June 2002, when Commissioner Peter Kirsanow in Detroit
said, "If there's another
terrorist attack, and if it's from a certain ethnic community or certain
ethnicities that the terrorists are from, you can forget civil rights in this
country," A week
later, Kirsanow apologized for his outburst and said his comments were
taken out of context. He doesn't believe in detention camps, he insisted, nor
should the Bush administration consider them." Months following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, many Muslims around the world in general, have been placing themselves as the doctrine of Islam, quoting the Quran in such places as Sura 2:256...and use themselves as an example on behalf of other Muslims...Yet, justify such attacks because the US supports Israel, and claim desperate people do desperate things when oppressed...They cry out, "if only the Jews would leave the Palestinian land, there would be peace." They claim similar things about Kashmir as well... Is Islam a peaceful religion? Is President Bush, and the rest of the mainstream media and Muslims who firmly want us to believe in this particular theme right, or wrong? Let's examine both the Quran and the Hadith very carefully in order to see if Islam agrees with terrorism...The Quran states, and I quote, "Let there be no compulsion in religion� 2:256...Many Muslims will use Sura 2:256, and quote history, usually after an Islamic take over of a land by force as a means of proving that Islam is a peaceful religion which never uses force or law, to impose their beliefs on others... The doctrine of Abrogation is one of the most important doctrines when it comes to understanding Islam...It states:
"And for whatever
verse we abrogate and cast into oblivion;
We bring a better or the like of it; Abrogation basically means in Islam, is that the newer Suras which are better than the older Suras, are to be be obeyed. While the older Suras are not to be obeyed, if there is a conflict of commands between them...
The importance of this particular doctrine of
abrogation cannot be
understated. In a mosque in the city of Kufa, Ali b. Abi Talib, one saw
people
gathering around the judge, Abdur-Rahman. The judge was
confusing that which is
permissible with that which is not. Ali asked him whether he
could tell the abrogative
verses from the abrogated; he said that he could not. Ali then
grabbed the man's
ear, twisted it, and said: "you perish, and you make others
perish. Do not judge
in our mosque anymore." "Make war on them until idolatry shall cease and God�s religion shall reign supreme" Sura 8:39 "Fight in the cause of Allah those
who fight you, but
do not transgress limits, for Allah does not love transgressors".
Sura 2:190 More quotes from the Quran
include,
"Seize them and slay them wherever you find them: and in any case take no
friends or helpers from their ranks." Sura 4:89 "And an announcement from Allah and His Messenger,
to the people (assembled) on the day of the Great Pilgrimage,- that Allah and
His Messenger dissolve (treaty) obligations with the Pagans. A collection of books known as the Hadith, which were written by Muslim scholars in attempt to record Islamic history and the prophet Muhammad. The Hadith is in agreement with the Quran on violence, and establishing an early kingdom... For example, it states and I quote, "Ibn Haban in his Sahih, vol. 14, p. 529, narrates: Muhammad said: "I swear by Him who has my soul in his hands, I was sent to you with nothing but slaughter." In his Musnad (vol. 2, p. 50) Imam Ahmed narrates by Ibn Omar: "the Prophet said: "I was sent by the sword proceeding the judgment day and my livelihood is in the shadow of my spear and humiliation and submission are on those who disobey me." Omar Ibn al-Khatab said: "I heard the prophet of Allah saying: �I will cast Jews and Christians out of the peninsula and I won�t leave any one in it but Muslims.�" (Sunan Abu Dawud, vol. 2, No. 28, from the Muhaddith program[2]). Ibn Ishaq and al-Waqidi report that the prophet said the morning after the murder (of Kab Ibn al�Ashraf), "Kill any Jew you can lay your hands on." (El beddayah wa alnihaya � Ibn Katheer � vol. 4 � in the chapter on killing Ka�ab bin al�Ashraf). The third and final question we are going to look at is, "Did major Muslim figures impose what we previously viewed in the Quran and Hadith? The answer is clearly "yes" for example, Tarik, a Muslim leader who lead the conquest of Spain addressed his troops in 711. This motivational speech to his troops shows how establishing an early kingdom as taught in the Quran and Hadith was to be accomplished in Islam... Tarik
states, "The Commander of
True Believers,
Alwalid, son of Abdalmelik, has chosen you for this attack from
among all his
Arab warriors; and he promises that you shall become his comrades
and shall hold
the rank of kings in this country. Such is his confidence in your
intrepidity.
The one fruit which he desires to obtain from your bravery is that the
word of
God shall be exalted in this country, and that the true religion shall be
established here. The spoils will belong to yourselves." Some if not most Islamic terrorists, will use this very style used in Tarik's speech to motivate their followers to kill themselves and others around them. Many Muslims would argue since the conquest of Spain by Tarik, there was more freedom of religion for a time, than when Christianity was in control...They are incorrect, it wasn't Christianity rather it was a church/state, religion, in Spain who were doing the persecuting and then murdering those outside the state religion. This church/state religion is known as the Roman Catholic Institution. There is no commandment in the New Testament doctrine for Christians to conduct force conversions on those outside of Christianity, nor a commandment using the government to spread Christianity by force. The Christian church is suppose to conduct itself in a civil manner according to Scriptures, by only preaching the Gospel to those who are unsaved, nothing more. Now back to the issue at hand. Another example is Muhammad himself. The most important prophet in Islam...Before the Hadith was written, there was another book written by Ibn Ishaq about Muhammad's life...The book is called, "Sirat Rasulallah" which is considered to be the most authentic biography of Muhammad. There is an event in there that we should take note of on page 515. It occurred about 3 years before Muhammad's death. This event has to do with Muhammad's conquest of Khaibar, a large Jewish settlement. It had one of the best palms in the area as well as prosperous merchants, craftsmen, and farmers. There was a certain treasure brought to Muhammad's attention. Muhammad then asked about it. But Kinana denied that the treasure actually existed. Muhammad then says, "Do you know that if we find you have it I shall kill you?" he said "Yes." Muhammad gave orders that the ruin be excavated and some of the treasure was found. Kinana continued to be unwilling to reveal where any of the treasure was. So Muhammad gives orders to al-Zubayr Al-Awwam, "Torture him until you extract what he has." So he kindled a fire with flint and steel on his chest until he was nearly dead. Then Muhammad delivered him to Muhammad b. Maslama and he struck off his head. Is this an indication that Islam is a "peaceful religion" as President Bush, and others like to put it as...? It's very clear, the answer is no. All of the answers to the above question comes from doctrine, and practice of Islam and Muslim scholars themselves. Their fruits indicate without question, point out that Islam is not a peaceful religion. But does that mean, all Muslims are not peaceful people? The answer is; yes and no. Yes, Muslims do have a goal to establish an earthly kingdom through various means even through violence...However, having said that there are some Muslim's who would live peacefully with others, even though they differ in religion...Sadly though, a Muslim has no peace with God. Let me explain this to you even further, firstly, Muslims in general, are in dire need of God's gift, which is, salvation through Christ and Christ alone (John 6:37,65). Not a form of works and self redemption through a formula of certain religious laws with the prospect of never knowing if your saved or not...Secondly, some Muslims will in fact give excuses for the terrorist activities conducted in such places in the Middle East, even the attacks of Sept 11, however, they wouldn't perform those acts of evil themselves...And finally, there are some Muslims who condemn completely the notion of any type of terrorism... Let's conclude now on a positive note which is the only hope a person has, no matter what race, religion, a person has, and that is.... May God open their hearts up to the Gospel according to His Will!
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