NO ... Thank You ...

Submitted by Oliver (United States), Sep 25, 2008 at 13:52

My dear Noor – thank you for your friendly response,

Yes – I believe you have honestly portrayed the function of Jihad, but not only for the ‘times of the prophet', but also for all times and all circumstances. Islam deems it its prerogative to forcibly ‘deliver' its message, particularly if it is rejected or not ‘received' without objection. Any suggestion that Allah is not god (almighty) or that Mohammad is not a prophet is grounds for ‘Jihad in the way of Allah'.

Is it not related in the Sunna that Mohammad would instruct the leaders of Muslim ‘raiding' parties that should they meet ‘people of the Book' (Jews & Christians) that they should be offered the following choices: 1] revert to Islam (become Muslim), 2] stay as they were (but having to pay the ‘protection tax'- become Dhimmi) or 3] fight for their lives (become dead). How can these ‘options' be correlated with ‘there is no compulsion in religion'?

Islam means ‘submission' – Muslim means ‘submitted one' – there is nothing but ‘compulsion in religion' in Islam. If one is not ‘submitted to Allah' one must be ‘subjugated to Muslim(s)' or one must ‘die'. This is the harsh reality for the non-Muslim. It matters not that your ‘perception' of spreading Islam is ‘non-destructive' of property – property is of the least importance in times of conflict (trees and crops can be re-planted) – it is of no matter that

Jihad is only waged against resistive leaders and men of fighting age (at the time of the prophet the women and children were spared so that they could be made SLAVES if they did not become Muslim) – it is people's lives that are destroyed (at worst) or disrupted (at best) by the spreading of Islam. It is people's lives that are of the least importance to those who spread Islam. I personally reject Islam's self-proclaimed prerogative to compel the world to become Muslim – to submit to Allah – to accept Mohammad as a prophet.

Peace & Love

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