Shariah Law’s Deadly Mandates & Counter-Terrorism/Western Leadership’s Willful Blindness/Ignorance. Toxic Mix…Commentary By Adina Kutnicki

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AS is said, ignorance is bliss, or so it would seem. But a distinction must be made between the willfully blind and the truly ignorant. The latter is easier to convince and educate but the former is a harder nut to crack. This is especially the case when dealing with Islamic inspired terror via Shariah law, or anything which rocks ones ideological sensibilities.

BE that as it may, despite the Johnny-come-lately’s, some truths are irrefutable, regardless of their uncomfortable nature. Deal with it. Incontrovertibly, Shariah law is deadly and its blow back on the west will rip western civilization from its roots. Yes, this IS a clash of civilizations. Impossible to negate.

Samuel Huntington on the ‘Clash of Civilizations‘ – YouTube

BEFORE anything else, it is imperative to internalize the Islamic dictates of taqiyya and kitman. In effect, a “holy” warrior  (male or female) is commanded to deceive their Shariah mandated enemies, even to the point of adopting their ways and mores. How so?

WELL, many Islamic adherents, when coming to the west, go wild, but not in the way most believe. Agreed, non-religious Muslims, apostates, surely derive pleasure from western freedoms, like many others. However, there are many more who infiltrate and ingratiate themselves, through “passing” as western-like, only to pounce when the time is efficacious. This is also a manifestation of stealth jihad, a “kissing cousin” of taqiyya and kitman. Know thy Islamic enemy as well as they know you! Indeed, it is a life and death struggle. Islamists (and their helpmates) count on the open-mindedness of westerners, basic ignorance, and, most especially, PC infused guilt-ridden attitudes towards perpetually aggrieved Muslims. Other perceived “victim” groups too.  

INHERENTLY, terrorist attacks that involve bombings and shootings are just one component of the jihad, or holy war, that Islamists are actively waging against infidels all over the world. Another component of that jihad consists of nonviolent initiatives which can be classified as stealth (or “soft”) jihad, whose goal is the imposition of Islamic law,Sharia, over every region of the earth by non-confrontational means. Under the banners of “tolerance” and “civil rights,” stealth jihadists introduce, in piecemeal fashion, elements of Sharia into Western societies and then demand that non-Muslims make allowance for those elements. Moreover, stealth jihadists smear those who dare to discuss the negative aspects of Sharia (and Islam) as “racists” and “Islamophobes.”

BUT since time is of the essence, we are sorely in need of further education. Brass tacks. So there is no better place to start than with the female persuasion. Why? Males are generally seen as jihadis on the front lines, giving the women short shrift. Not so fast. 

WITHOUT a doubt, Islamic hotties are harder to pin down, and this goes for those who are publicly known, as well as those who slide under the western radar. Let’s start with a well know Islamic diva, as exhibit number one.

Exhibit Number One:

ENTER, Huma Abedin. Who hasn’t already read all the drivel, the smokescreens, about Huma Abedin? Yes, the inseparable aide of Hill. More than meets the eye. In a nutshell, she is the most dangerous Muslim Sisterhood operative in the west. Undoubtedly. Her footprints lead straight back to Benghazigate and so much more!

Exhibit Number Two:

NOW, onto the hidden jihadis and some of them are smokin’ hot. If your heart can stand it, take a peek at their latest weapons. Male readers, pay attention, don’t get distracted. 


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The cash was discovered “further hidden inside her body.”

As reported by The Rakyat Post (of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) on July 9, 2014, and by bothThe Arab Times (Kuwait edition) and The Evening Standard (of London, United Kingdom) on July 8, 2014, a British university student is facing charges of funding terrorist activities after being busted with a small fortune found stashed away in her knickers. Yet Nawal Msaad at least gives the outward appearance more of a high fashion model than that of an Islamist money mule.

The comely 27-year-old London Metropolitan University student was taken into custody at London’s Heathrow Airport earlier this year after €20,000 (£15,800/$27,273) was discovered by police. The tightly rolled wad of cash was initially wrapped in cellophane, then hid into a condom. Reportedly, other than the cellophane and prophylactic treatment, the 38 €500 notes, four €200 and the remaining two €100 euros were “further hidden inside her body.”

With the official title of The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, Msaad appeared before England’s famed Old Bailey courtroom where prosecutors claimed Msaad is a “trusted courier” for her friend and co-defendant Amal El-Wahabi, also 27-years-old. Prosecutor Mark Dennis QC told the court that Msaad was attempting to board a flight to Istanbul, Turkey where she was to hand the cash off to El-Wahabi’s husband, Aine Davis, 30, which was alleged to fund the Syrian “jihadist cause.” Originally from the former-British colony of Gambia, Davis converted to Islam seven years ago and subsequently has taken the Muslim name of “Hamza.”

Already dubbed a “Jihottie” on various social media outlets, undoubtedly because of her striking good looks, it’s also being reported that Msaad’s legal problems stem from her inability to stop talking. While processing through one of Heathrow’s many security/customs checkpoints, the London born and bred accused terrorist enabler volunteered the information to police that she had 20,000 euros “around me” ostensibly to purchase gold for her mum.

It was then that the law enforcement officials took Msaad into a private room where she handed off to officers the banknotes that exited her body but remained in her underwear. Both Msaad and El-Wahabi have entered a plea of not guilty on all charges. The trial continues.

Exhibit Number Three:

INTO this deadly mix, one finds another frightening Shariah law underpinned fatwa – “jihad by sex”! Sick, twisted Islamic bastards. Their basis:Shariah law!

IS there any longer a doubt, as to why Shariah law must be eradicated from western shores?

Dave Gaubatz

It is vital to our national security that more Americans, specifically our counter-terrorism (CT) analysts begin to study Shariah law. A ‘Pure Muslim’ as labeled by Islamic scholars is one who adheres to Shariah law with his actions and mind. The more Shariah compliant a Muslim is, the more likely:

  1. They are Islamic terrorists AND/OR;
  2. They support Islamic terrorists AND/OR;
  3. They are getting closer to becoming a ‘Pure Muslim’ AND/OR;
  4. They are more likely to prepare for future terrorist attacks.

I will begin putting out educational information about Shariah law in future columns that will help one understand the Islamic mind.

Muslims are taught from an early age to be different/opposite from their enemies that Christians and Jews.

During the last few days most Americans, media, and counter-terrorism experts have been ridiculing the leader of ISIS/ISIL (Baghdadi) for wearing an expensive watch, when luxury goods are often prohibited in Islam. Ridiculing the expensive watch worn by an Islamic terrorist is a sure sign the person ridiculing does not understand Shariah law.

The watch on Baghdadi’s hand is an important aspect of understanding him and his followers. Instead of making jokes about his expensive watch, people should recognize that it is an honor for a Mujahadeen (Jihad Fighter) to wear the booty of their captors or the people they recently killed. It is unlikely Baghdadi bought this watch and as ISIS grows you (if you review closely) will begin to notice more and more of the regular Jihad fighters to begin wearing expensive watches and rings.

Another important aspect of Baghdadi’s watch is that he is wearing it on his right hand and the watch is silver. Shariah law prohibits gold for men and it demands a Muslim to do the opposite of the Jews and Christians. Most Jews and Christians wear a watch or ring on their left hand, therefore Muslims should wear on their right hand.

oblLook at the Osama bin Laden picture (left) and note the silver ring on his finger. It is worn on the right hand and the ring is silver per Shariah law.

An important matter counter-terrorist experts and U.S. law enforcement counter-terrorism specialists failed to notice was the beard changes during the months and years with Osama. One month it may be gray and soon after he has died his beard with a solid black henna.

ubl beardNews media and CT experts used to ridicule Bin Laden for looking silly because of the dark black beard (pictured right) he sometimes wore. Most CT experts do not know that the only time a Muslim can dye his beard black is when there is an upcoming Jihad fight, or that it is used by Islamic leaders to give a signal to their supporters that it is time to strike. This is all within Shariah.

There are times when a Muslim is allowed to not follow Shariah law. For instance Muslims will sometimes copy the Jews and Christians when they are deceiving their enemies. For example, Nihad Awad of CAIR National would tell his executives and staff to fit in with Westerners so they will look at them as ‘moderate’ Muslims.

It is imperative Americans study Shariah law on their own so they can begin to observe the Muslim people who are ‘Pure Muslim’. It does not mean that every compliant Muslim is a terrorist, but it is 100% guaranteed a Muslim who is 100% compliant with Shariah law is a supporter of Shariah and not the U.S. Constitution.

TRAGICALLY, ominously, a preponderance of counter-terrorism professionals have become useful idiots. Western leaders have made it known: an omerta is in place regarding Islam and this demands total silence re its underpinning – Sharia law!

EVEN intelligent high schoolers (and, they don’t even have to place in the top 5-10% of their classes) intuit that something is acutely amiss world over. On the one hand, their (western) leaders babble ad infinitum – not unlike idiot savants – about Islam being a “religion of peace”, all the while they witness (via the internet, social media and non-intimidated global sources) untold numbers of butchery in the name of Allah, Islam’s supreme “guide”. Credo quia absurdum!

SO if Islam is not at war with America – the west – then how come jihadists scream Allahu Akbar after every kill? Similarly, why are their scholars quoting countless Koranic passages, to back up Islam’s war against western infidels? Why aren’t western leaders listening to what Islamists are actually shouting from the rooftops, being that they plan to take over America and the entire west? 

Since Sura 5:32 is part of a series of verses, we must also read the next verse, Sura 5:33, which tells us what Muslims are permitted to do to corrupt mischief makers like the Jews:

   

MOST significantly, some counter-terrorism professionals are well paid whores and their shilling for Islam has reached critical mass. A clear and present danger is at the west’s door and America is at the epicenter. It is Islam’s ultimate prize. Whither America goes, Israel too, so does the rest of the west. It’s that simple.

Adina Kutnicki: Readers, one and all, relating as an American-Israeli, as someone who loves her birth country as well as her Jewish homeland, there is NO greater danger to western civilization than the Muslim Brotherhood and all its attendant jihadi offshoots. Indeed, the Iranian menace, through its Hitlerite regime, looms very large overhead, and they too are arming for nothing more than complete Islamic hegemony. Yes, once either, heaven forbid, prevails, they will merge forces (Sunni and Shia, after which they will fight each other for ultimate hegemony, as they have done for centuries) and aim straight for the west’s jugular. But whatever shakes out, the Brotherhood’s umbrella – spanning all over the globe – is Allah-bent on bringing down America. Rest assured, they are well positioned to do so, having many friends ensconced within President Obama’s White House. The situation is dire. If America falls, so too does the free world. Ditto, if Israel is, G-d forbid, destroyed. There is no room for equivocating. Like it or not, the two are twin pillars. They are, in effect, holding up western civilization.

And, even though some readers may be less than concerned about Jewish and Israeli interests, it can’t be stressed enough that Jews are simply one of their targets; a stepping stone to the Muslim Brotherhood’s ultimate obsession. Their anticipated conquest. Hands down, the biggest catch of all, is America.

Straddling the precipice…for once they are done slaughtering all their rival Muslims – be they “moderates” or what not – they are coming for Israel and America.

The new “caliphate” of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi—the Islamic State, formerly “ISIS”—recently made clear that it means to follow in the footsteps of the original caliphate of Abu Bakr al-Sadiq (632-634), specifically by directing its jihad against fellow Muslims, in Islamic parlance, the “hypocrites” and “apostates,” or in Western terminology, “moderates.”

This came out in the context of the current conflict between Israel and Hamas, with some Muslims asking the newly formed “caliphate” when it would launch a jihad on the Jewish state.

The Islamic State’s response? “Allah in the noble Koran does not command us to fight Israel or the Jews until we fight the apostates and hypocrites.”

Guaranteed.

 

A “RELIGIOUS” DEATH CULT WAGES WAR AGAINST THE WEST;LEADERS REFUSE TO IDENTIFY THE “RELIGION”.A PC/DEADLY OMERTA IMPOSED! Commentary By Adina Kutnicki


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EVEN intelligent high schoolers (and, they don’t even have to place in the top 5-10% of their classes!) intuit that something is acutely amiss world over. On the one hand, their (western) leaders babble ad infinitum – not unlike idiot savants – about Islam being a “religion of peace”, all the while they witness (via the internet, social media and non-intimidated global sources) untold numbers of butchery in the name of Allah, Islam’s supreme “guide”. Credo quia absurdum!

So, if Islam is not at war with America – the west – then how come jihadists scream Allahu Akbar after every kill? Similarly, why are their scholars quoting countless Koranic passages, to back up Islam’s war against western infidels? Why aren’t western leaders listening to what Islamists are actually shouting from the rooftops, being that they plan to take over America and the entire west? 

Since Sura 5:32 is part of a series of verses, we must also read the next verse, Sura 5:33, which tells us what Muslims are permitted to do to corrupt mischief makers like the Jews:

   

Indicting western leaders even further, it is not as if evidence is lacking, beyond any shadow of a doubt, proving, the absolute inherent truth of said charge(s). But if they still ! need remedial lessons re the death cult of Islam, this site will, once again, conduct the heavy lifting. No thanks are required. Just learn these (death cult) lessons well.

Lesson One:

By definition, when an ideology is akin to a blood-riven death cult – a totalitarian one at that – what more needs to be known, other than why the following is true:

‘Islam & Blood’ (a groundbreaking policy paper contained herein):The World Stands On The Precipice!

Lesson Two:

But once the above pre-requisite lesson is learned, its adjunct is equally noteworthy:Jihadists immortalize cannibalism:the techno age intersects with Fatwa-mandated barbarism. Obama “koshers” them. Social media gives them free rein!

Alas, is it any wonder WHY Islam is at war with America? And, is there any doubt that they ARE? Concomitantly, if one side is “at war”, shouldn’t the targeted side identity the source AND engage against it?

America is at War with Islam

By: Dave Gaubatz

19 Apr 2014

America’s number one threat and enemy is the Islamic ideology and the people who multiply this threat the world over.  It should be no secret to anyone that Islamic leaders worldwide have said Islam is at war with America, Israel, and anyone who supports either.

 

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Movie Jihad? Muslims call for ‘holy war’ as film fury spreads to Europe
We are not at war with Al Qaeda, Hamas, The Taliban, or other Islamic terrorist groups.  We are at war with Islam itself and the groups that emerge from the violent ideology of Islam are our secondary enemies.

As long as leaders across the world accept Islam as a peaceful religion that happens to have a few mujaheddin fighters, countries will continue to fall under the fangs of Islam.  It is not a few people who call for the destruction of America and Israel, but rather Islam and Sharia law are the culprits.

THE MYTHOLOGICAL RELIGION OF PEACE

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Everyday we hear of Islamic terror attacks and murders across the world.  How can a small group of people in Afghanistan conquer two major world military powers (Russia and U.S.).  They can do it because they have millions and millions of supporters.  Many are living and working in America. 

 

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The only solution is to brand Islam as the evil it is.  When people hear the word Islam they should cringe just as they would if they heard the words ‘KKK’ or ‘Hitler’.  All are dangerous, but the difference is Islam has many countries, organizations, and powerful people behind it.

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Below are actual instructions from Islamic terrorists and their supporters to fellow Muslims:

“It’s a secret”

One of the pillars of modern day jihad is secrecy. If its members don’t practice this among themselves, it is possible for the movement to fall apart. What is meant here by secrecy is hiding from the people your personal information except for those details which the Amir has allowed. This is because if a mujahidis captured by the kuffar or murtadin and is interrogated through torture, he might give away your real name and where you come from. So for example, if I am British but of Indian descent, I tell the brothers I’m from so-and-so land (a place where you obviously not from). Or if you tell them “amniyat” which means it’s a secret trust, they will understand that it’s a secret and will avoid asking again. However, thisdoesn’t mean you turn yourself into a complete robot and not respond to the brothers when they talk to you. All you need to do is be careful when talking or responding to a question.
In addition, there are certain questions you should avoid asking. Some of these questions include, “Where are you from”, “How long have you been in the jihad”, “Where does so-and-so stay”, “When is so and so going out for the operation” and “When are we going to leave this base”. This is because we don’t want any possible spies in our ranks to take advantage of this information. Also, the more you ask these kind of questions, the more the mujahidin and its leadership will think of you as a spy and place you on their blacklist, keeping a close watch of you.
Why not the West? If you’re coming from the West, especially America, you might be asked by the leaders of the mujahidin or those who know where you’re from why you didn’t partake in jihad inside your country. If you tell them, “to help the mujahidin,” they might tell you that attacking the enemy in their backyard is one
of the best ways to help the jihad. They certainly will not force you to go back home, but they will leave that option open for you just in case you change your mind and decide to attack the enemy back home.
I strongly recommend all the brothers and sisters coming from the West to consider attacking America in its own backyard. The effect is much greater, it always embarrasses the enemy, and these type of individual decision-making attacks are nearly impossible for them to contain.
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ISLAMIC BUTCHERY SWATHES ACROSS THE GLOBE:JIHAD UBER ALLES!”PURIFYING” THE WORLD FOR ALLAH.Commentary By Adina Kutnicki

 

SANS a scintilla of a doubt, it is IMPOSSIBLE to separate Islamic doctrine from bloody jihad. Not only that, if one political commentary herein stands above all the rest, it is no doubt this one:

In brief, it is a recent policy paper by Professor Paul Eidelberg; a paper which this American-Israeli had the privilege to review and add to; duly honored and humbled to have been asked to participate in his myth shattering scholarship.

Make NO mistake, its contents are earth shaking, unbelievably thought provoking and cogently analyzed. In particular, its historical analysis and theological basis are spot on. Having read many policy papers, this praise is not offered lightly. Therefore, sit down… put your feet up… have a drink (not the inebriating kind)…. enjoy some sweets (you may need it to lighten the mood)… and start reading – https://adinakutnicki.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/islam_and_blood.pdf .

Sharing its contents may well be your most important contribution to our common struggle. Really.

One dare not separate the authentic/true doctrinal dictates of Islam from decapitations, cannibalism, rapes, shootings, bombings and whatever method gets “the job done”. It is not as if one is dealing with Christianity or Judaism, whereby one can – if they so desire – pick and choose how religious they want to be without fear of bloody retribution.

However, in respect to Islam, savagery is meted out to all those who refuse to submit to the boot of Islam, even from within the Muslim fold. Their preferred targets are “infidels”. Muslims who stay on the sidelines and refuse to take part in their savagery are very much in their cross hairs too. 

Bloody Jihad One:

What other so-called religion inspires head chopping and more? London’s Islamic-Inspired/Sanctioned Head Chopping; Cameron’s Hideous Response, and Boston’s Jihad. Cause & Effect!

Bloody Jihad Two:

And, if decapitations are not convincing, as to the scourge from Islam, how about this: Islamic Cannibalism ROOTED In Islam’s Relationship To Blood:The Slaughter of Christians & Jews!

Bloody Jihad Three:

As is said, whatever floats your boat…and for females who are too “demure” to partake in frontal jihad, well, sexual jihad is all the rage! SEXUAL JIHAD:The Latest “Weapon” Waged To “Assist” Islamic Warriors. Where Is This Rooted?

Bloody Jihad Four:

Just how intrinsic are Islam’s underpinnings to all of the above? Explosive Religious Origins:What It Means For Western Civilization In General & Israel In Particular.

Therefore, is it any shock that Islamic jihadists are swathing across the globe and killing students/children/others hither and yon, as they scream – all under the banner of Allah – Allahu Akbar….?

Islamic militants attack Nigerian school, killing dozens of students

DAMATURU, Nigeria — Islamic militants set fire to a locked dormitory at a school in northern Nigeria, then shot and slit the throats of students who tried to escape through windows during a pre-dawn attack Tuesday. At least 58 students were killed, including many who were burned alive.

They “slaughtered them like sheep” with machetes, and gunned down those who ran away, said one teacher, Adamu Garba.

Soldiers guarding a checkpoint near the coed government school were mysteriously withdrawn hours before it was targeted by the militants, said the spokesman for the governor of northeastern Yobe state.

Female students were spared in the attack, said the spokesman, Abdullahi Bego, though girls and women have been abducted in the past by militants of the Boko Haram movement, whose name means “Western education is forbidden.”

This time, the insurgents went to the female dormitories and told the young women to go home, get married and abandon the Western education they said is anathema to Islam, Bego said. All of the dead were teenage boys or young men.

The militants, whose struggle for an Islamic state has killed thousands and made them the biggest threat to security in Africa’s top oil producer, have increasingly preyed on civilians, both Muslim and Christian. Some 300 people have died in attacks this month alone.

Local officials buried the bodies of 29 victims and another 29 were taken to Damaturu Specialist Hospital, according to the hospital records and an Associated Press reporter who went to the mortuary. Most of the victims appeared to be between 15 and 20 years old, Bego said.

Eleven wounded survivors of the attack were being treated at the hospital.

Touring the smoldering ruins Tuesday at the Federal Government College of Buni Yadi, Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam decried the federal government’s failure to protect the population.

“It is unfortunate that our children in schools are dying from lack of adequate protection from the federal government,” Gaidam told reporters.

He called on President Goodluck Jonathan to deploy more troops to the region.

Jonathan, who rarely comments on individual attacks, said in a statement that he felt “immense sadness and anguish” by the loss of life at the school, and vowed that the military would “continue to prosecute the war against terror with full vigor, diligence and determination.”

Garba said the militants locked the door of a dormitory where male students were sleeping, then set it on fire. Some students were burned alive in the attack that began around 2 a.m., he said.

The governor said it took hours for troops to arrive, giving the assailants plenty of time to set the rest of the school campus ablaze— six dormitories, the administrative building, staff quarters, classrooms, a clinic and the kitchen.

Bego, the governor’s spokesman, said the governor will be looking into why the school was left unprotected. “The community complained to the governor that yesterday the military were withdrawn and then the attack happened,” he said.

Soldiers from Damaturu, the state capital located some 45 miles (70 kilometers) away, did not arrive until noon, hours after the attackers had taken off, according to community leaders.

Military spokesman Eli Lazarus confirmed the attack, but could not give an exact death toll because soldiers were still gathering corpses. He had no immediate comment on the charge that soldiers withdrew before the attack.

Nigeria’s military has reported arresting several soldiers accused of aiding and passing information to Boko Haram extremists; a senator has also been accused of similar charges.

On Monday, Jonathan dismissed suggestions the military was losing the war to halt the 4-year-old Islamic uprising in the northeast.

Tens of thousands of Nigerians have lost family members, houses, businesses, their belongings and livelihoods to the rebellion and the fallout from a military state of emergency by soldiers accused of gross human rights violations, including setting ablaze entire villages and summary executions of suspects.

Tuesday’s attack is only the latest in a string of deadly assaults by Islamic militants.

Entire towns and villages were under the sway of Boko Haram when Jonathan declared a state of emergency in May. The military quickly forced the insurgents out of urban areas, only to have them regroup in forests and mountain caves where it has proved difficult to flush them out.

The military said recent attacks are being perpetrated by militants escaping a sustained aerial bombardment and ground assaults on their forest hideouts along the border with Cameroon, an offensive begun after Jonathan fired and replaced his entire military command last month. On Saturday, the military announced it had closed hundreds of miles of the border with Cameroon to prevent militants using it as a launch pad for attacks.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday condemned the “unspeakable violence and acts of terror” and said the United States was helping Nigerian authorities “to combat the threat posed by Boko Haram, while protecting civilians and ensuring respect for human rights.”

But survivors and local officials charge they get no protection.

“Everybody is living in fear,” local government chairman Maina Ularamu told the AP after Izghe village was attacked twice in a week this month — with militants killing 109 people and burning hundreds of thatched huts in neighboring Adamawa state.

“There is no protection. We cannot predict where and when they are going to attack. People can’t sleep with their eyes closed,” Ularamu said.

Aside for some pooh-pooh declarations of “outrage” muttered by Obama Inc., it is hardly comforting that these same mouthpieces BACK UP Al-Qaeda and its offshoots, all over the Mid East and beyond. 

In effect, Obama Inc. is guilty by omission and commission, despite their feigned exclamations of shock…horror…and what not! Besides, this is an admin which employs a terrorist to be an Obamacare “navigator”. Think this is smack talk? Nope. 

The fact of the matter is that Islam cannot be separated from its bloody roots, simply because jihad by the sword is DIRECTLY ordered through the Koran and by major Islamic scholars.

CASE CLOSED!

Question:Are Muslims permitted to force others into accepting Islam?

Summary Answer
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Muslims are commanded to fight unbelievers until they are either dead, converted to Islam, or in a permanent state of subjugation under Muslim domination.  Allowing people of other faiths to live and worship independently of Islamic rule is not an option.

The Qur’an:
Qur’an (8:39) – “And fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief and polytheism: i.e. worshipping others besides Allah) and the religion (worship) will all be for Allah Alone [in the whole of the world ]. But if they cease (worshipping others besides Allah), then certainly, Allah is All-Seer of what they do.”  Translation from the Noble QuranQur’an (9:29) – “Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge 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.”  Suras 9 and 5 are the last “revelations” that Muhammad handed down – hence abrogating what came before, which includes the oft-quoted verse 2:256 -“Let there be no compulsion in religion…”.Qur’an (9:5) “But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye 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 practice regular charity, then open the way for them…”  Prayer and charity are among the Five Pillars of Islam, as salat and zakat.  See below.  Islam sanctions violence as a means of coercing religion.Qur’an (9:11) – (Continued from above) “But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then are they your brethren in religion”  This confirms that Muhammad is speaking of conversion to Islam.Quran (9:56-57) – “And they swear by Allah that they are most surely of you, and they are not of you, but they are a people who are afraid (of you).  If they could find a refuge or cave or a place to enter into, they would certainly have turned thereto, running away in all haste.”  This refers to people living among Muhammad’s own people who may not be true believers, but have to pretend to be in order to survive.  They have no safe refuge to which to escape the Muslims.  If Islam were a religion of peace, then why the fear?Qur’an (2:193) – “And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion be only for Allah. But if they desist, then let there be no hostility except against wrong-doers.”  The key phrase is to fight until “religion be only for Allah.”Qur’an (3:83) – “Are they seeking a religion other than Allah’s, when every soul in the heavens and the earth has sub mitted to Him, willingly or by compulsion?”  So much for the earlier verse (2:256) stating that there is “no compulsion in religion”.

From the Hadith:
Sahih Muslim (1:33) The Messenger of Allah said: “I have been commanded to fight against people till they testify that there is no god but Allah, that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, and they establish prayer and pay zakat.”  The first part of this condition is the Shahada, or profession of faith in Islam.  Violence is sanctioned until the victims embrace Muhammad’s religion.Sahih Muslim (19:4294) – “When you meet your enemies who are polytheists (which includes Christians), invite them to three courses of action. If they respond to any one of these, you also accept it and withhold yourself from doing them any harm. Invite them to (accept) Islam; if they respond to you, accept it from them and desist from fighting against them … If they refuse to accept Islam, demand from them the Jizya. If they agree to pay, accept it from them and hold off your hands. If they refuse to pay the tax, seek Allah’s help and fight them”  Osama bin Laden echoes this order from his prophet: “Does Islam, or does it not, force people by the power of the sword to submit to its authority corporeally if not spiritually?  Yes. There are only three choices in Islam  … . Either submit, or live under the suzerainty of Islam, or die.” (source: The al-Qaeda Reader p. 19-20)Bukhari (8:387) – “Allah’s Apostle said, ‘I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.’ And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them except legally and their reckoning will be with Allah.'”Bukhari (53:392) – “While we were in the Mosque, the Prophet came out and said, “Let us go to the Jews” We went out till we reached Bait-ul-Midras. He said to them, “If you embrace Islam, you will be safe. You should know that the earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle, and I want to expel you from this land. So, if anyone amongst you owns some property, he is permitted to sell it, otherwise you should know that the Earth belongs to Allah and His Apostle.”Bukhari (2:24) – “Allah’s Apostle said: “I have been ordered (by Allah) to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah’s Apostle, and offer the prayers perfectly and give the obligatory charity, so if they perform a that, then they save their lives and property from me except for Islamic laws and then their reckoning (accounts) will be done by Allah.”Bukhari (60:80) – “The Verse:–‘You (true Muslims) are the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind.’ means, the best of peoples for the people, as you bring them with chains on their necks till they embrace Islam.”Bukhari (60:40) – “…:And fight them till there is no more affliction (i.e. no more worshiping of others along with Allah).”  ‘Affliction’ of Muslims is explicitly defined here being a condition in which others worship a different god other than Allah.  Muslims are commanded to use violence to ‘rectify’ the situation.Bukhari (59:643) – “Testify that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah, or else I will chop off your neck!”  Words of a military leader that Muhammad sent on an expedition with the mission of destroying a local religion in Yemen.Ibn Ishaq/Hisham 959 – Then the apostle sent Khalid bin Walid… to the Banu al-Harith and ordered him to invite them to Islam three days before he attacked them.  If they accepted then he was to accept it from them, and if they declined he was to fight them.  So Khalid set out and came to them, and sent out riders in all directions inviting the people to Islam, saying, “If you accept Islam you will be safe.”  So the men accepted Islam as they were invited.  The text goes on to say that Khalid taught the al-Harith about Islam after their “conversion,” proving that it was based on fear of slaughter rather than a free and intelligent decision.Ibn Kathir (Commenting on Quran 2:256, which says “let there be no compulsion in religion”) –“Therefore all people of the world should be called to Islam.  If anyone of them refuses to do so, or refuses to pay the jizya, they should be fought till they are killed.”

 


Additional Notes:
Following his flirtation with preaching relative peace and tolerance at Mecca – a 13-year disaster that netted less than 100 followers (mostly friends and family) – Muhammad changed tactics during his last ten years.  Once he obtained the power to do so, he began forcing others into accepting his claims about himself at the point of a sword.  In many places in the Hadith, he tells his followers that he has been commanded by Allah to fight unbelievers until they profess their faith in Islam (theShahada).During these later years, Muhammad did not seem at all bothered by conversions that were made under obvious duress.  These included that of his sworn enemy of Abu Sufyan and his wife Hind.  According to Muslim historians, when Abu Sufyan went to seek peace with Muhammad, he was ordered instead to embrace Islam.  The exact words spoken to him in Muhammad’s presence were,  “Submit and testify that there is no God but Allah and that Muhammad is the apostle of Allah before you lose your head” – (Ibn Ishaq/Hisham 814).  He did.The entire city of Mecca followed suit, even though the residents and leaders detested Muhammad and had resisted his preaching from the beginning.  Most of them “converted” to Islam the day that he marched through their city with an army so dominant that little resistance was offered.  Only the most credulous of believers would think that the city’s religious epiphany just happened to coincide with the sword at their necks.Meccans who would not change their religion were forcibly expelled from the city following that last Haj (Quran 9:5).  The Christians and Jews living in Arabia at the time suffered the same fate on Muhammad’s deathbed order.  They were given the choice of either accepting Islam or being forced off their land (Sahih Muslim 19:4366).The Jews at Khaybar were not at war with Muhammad when he ordered his warriors to attack them.  Even his faithful son-in-law, Ali, whom he chose to head the mission, was somewhat perplexed as to the pretext on which they were to assault this peaceful farming community so far away from Medina:

Muhammad said: ‘Proceed on and do not look about until Allah grants you victory’, and Ali went a bit and then halted and did not look about and then said in a loud voice: ‘Allah’s Messenger, on what issue should I fight with the people?’ Thereupon he (the Prophet) said: ‘Fight with them until they bear testimony to the fact that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his Messenger’  (Sahih Muslim 31:5917)

The Jews were caught entirely be surprise, of course.  Their wealth was stolen and their women and children taken and distributed as slaves by the prophet of Islam to his men.  Muhammad even took a woman for himself – after ordering the death of her husband.

Before he died, Muhammad sent his warriors against pagan Arab tribes, such as the al-Harith, demanding that they either convert to Islam or be wiped out (naturally, they opted for the Religion of Peace).  He cursed Christians and Jews to the very end (Bukhari 8:427).

According to al-Shafi in “The Ordinances of the Quran“, Muhammad “defeated the people until they entered Islam by hook or by crook.”  Muslims are taught to follow in the way of their prophet.  A devotee under the reign of Umar put it this way “Our Prophet, the Messenger of our Lord, has ordered us to fight you till you worship Allah Alone or give Jizya (i.e. tribute)” (Bukhari 53:386).

Likewise, Abu Bakr, Muhammad’s closest companion and immediate successor, pressed Jihad aggressively in foreign territory against people who did not want war and were of no threat.  In a letter sent to the Persians, the caliph bluntly stated, “You should convert to Islam, and then you will be safe, for if you don’t, you should know that I have come to you with an army of men that love death, as you love life.”

Down through the centuries Muslims have forced Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, Zoroastrians, pagans and others to accept Islam, either by bluntly offering them death as an alternative, or by making their lives so miserable (ie. taxes, denial of rights…) that the conquered convert to Islam under the strain.

Forced conversions persist among extremists.  Recently in Egypt, a Christian girl was kidnapped and told that she would be raped if she did not convert.  In 2010, an 11-year-old Christian boy in Pakistan was kept enslaved in chains (12) by his Muslim landlord, who proudly told the world that he would liberate the lad if he embraced Islam.

Neither of these examples of attempted forced conversion was condemned by Islamic organizations, even in the West.  From the Muslim perspective, the victim in each case still technically retains the choice to convert.  In fact, some even lauded the Pakistani slave-owner for being magnanimous in offering freedom and debt relief to his subject for embracing Islam.

Since Muslims believe so sincerely that their religion is truth, they often can’t help but feel, on some level, that forced conversion is more of a favor done to the subject – a case of the end justifying the means.  As Muhammad said, “Allah marvels at those who are brought to paradise in chains” (Bukhari 52:254).

It is also important to note the critical role that jizya plays in Islamic conversion.  Paying a “tax” to Muslims is the only avenue of escape for those who don’t want to leave their religion, according to the Qur’an.  This answers the question of why Muhammad, his companions, and subsequent Muslim armies didn’t force everyone to convert to Islam.

As Muhammad realized with the Jews of Khaybar, who were allowed to keep their farming community provided they directed the profits of their labor to him, it was often more lucrative to leave local economies in place rather than killing every male who wouldn’t convert.  This became the loose rule for the Muslim armies that swept across Christian, Jewish, Persian, Hindu and Buddhist lands in the decades that followed.  The money that was collected was then used to further Islamic expansion.

As Muhammad put it: “My sustenance is under the shade of my spear, and he who disobeys my orders will be humiliated by paying Jizya” (another translation: “My provision has been placed under the shadow of my spear, and abasement and humility have been placed on the one who disobeys my command.”)  The hadith has been quoted by al-Qaeda and is found in the original version of Bukhari and Ahmad (5114 or 4869, depending on the translation).

In fairness, Muslims have generally tended to follow verse 2:256 of the Quran, which states, “Let there be no compulsion in religion.” and have not felt it right to force others into embracing Islam.  However, this does not change the fact that verse 2:256 was clearly abrogated by later verses, particularly in Sura 9 – otherwise the practice of killing apostates if they do not recant their chose faith would not have become an acceptable part of Islamic law.

Another point to keep in mind is that in Islam, practice is more important than belief.  Muslims are commanded to fight unbelievers until they say they believe in Allah (or pay the Jizya), but there seems to be a tacit understanding that belief itself can’t be forced (ie. “there is no compulsion in religion”).  Nevertheless, once a subjugated individual outwardly converts to Islam under the strain of taxes and discrimination, they are not allowed to recant upon penalty of death.  Their children must also be raised Muslim.  And, if they aren’t, then it is a sign of apostasy – subject to death.

This is how Islam managed to spread so successfully within conquered populations to ratios in the high 90th percentiles over native religion.

One last point of interest is that Muhammad’s later practice of ordering people to profess their belief in him proved disastrous both for his own family and the legacy of his religion.  By the time of his death, his empire included a great many people and tribes who had accepted his rule merely to avoid war and slavery.  Many of them wanted out after he died, and several wars were immediately fought, resulting in thousands of deaths and cementing Islam’s legacy of violent intolerance.

Incredibly, even Muhammad’s sworn enemy of Abu Sufyan may have gotten the last laugh.  So ambitious was the prophet of Islam that he accepted his former foe’s outward profession of allegiance (at the point of a sword) in order to expand his empire.  Yet, it was Abu Sufyan’s own children who ultimately benefited – at the expense of Muhammad’s.

Abu Sufyan’s son, Muawiyah, inherited the empire after defeating Muhammad’s adopted son, Ali.  He also poisoned Hasan, one of the prophet’s two favorite grandsons.  Abu Sufyan’s grandson, Yazid, became the next caliph and promptly had the head of Muhammad’s other favorite grandson, Hussein, brought to him on a platter.

Such are the perils of forcing others to say that you are a prophet when they prefer to believe otherwise.

See also: MYTH: Muhammad Rejected Conversions Made Under Duress