Answer to Guaav Goel's inquiry

Submitted by C.P. Mac Machovsky (United States), Dec 30, 2005 at 08:40

Sura 9.5: Certain months are set aside when fighting is forbidden. "But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans where ever you find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war. But if they repent, and establish regular prayers, and pay Zakat then open the way for them: for Allah is oft-forgiving, most merciful." If they repent, establish regular prayers, and pay Zakat...

This means that they are allowed to live only if they convert to Islam! This is an interesting verse. Acts of terrorism are part of any strategem of war. With Muslims, there seems to be no honorin battle. And forget about fairness, and "rules of engagement." That's for all the GI's, and other heroic Westerners. Muslims prefer to abide by the Koran, and sneak, lie, cheat, deceive, lie in wait, and do anything else to gain advantage.

That's the meaning of "stratagem." Coalition forces are even now finding that out in the aftermath of victory in Iraq. Almost every day Muslims approach U.S. soldiers on one pretense or another, and then open fire with whatever weapon they have available. Are they criminals? In our eyes, yes. But to their own, they are heroes, fighting for "Allah."

Terrorism, even suicide bombings, is justified by the Koran in that Islam, off and on, is perpetually at war with those of other faiths. They spread their Gospel with AK47's.

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