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Islam: Religion of peace.	8:17 You killed them not, but Allah killed them. And you (Muhammad SAW) threw not when you did throw but Allah threw, that He might test the believers by a fair trial from Him. Verily, Allah is All-Hearer, All-Knower. Tafsir:  1  2

    I visited Wikipedia to find the Republican  primary & caucus results. I tabulated the reported vote subtotals and tabulated them.  It appears that Senator McCain  received 7,908,469 votes. The total vote reported at Wikipedia is 18,199,065.
7,908,469 voted for McCain,  10,290,596 voted for someone else.

    McCain won  43.5%  of the vote.  McCain's supporters are outnumberd by 2,382,127.  Why, exactly, are we about to nominate a RINO, who

• opposed President Bush's tax cuts
• supported illegal alien amnesty
• sponsored legislation in violation of the first amendment
• enabled Democrats to Filibuster Supreme Court nominees
• wants to close the prison camp at Guantanimo and give the enemy combatants unwarranted "civil liberties"
• will not acknowledge  the identity of the enemy  who is at war with us, mislabeling it  'radical Islam'

56.5% of Republican  caucus & primary voters do not want McCain.  We allowed cross voting left wingers in the early  voting states to select our nominee. Why are we committing electoral suicide?  We need to reverse course, and nominate a Conservative Republican.  We must  raise our objections now, well in advance of the convention.  I urge you to sign and publicize the Give Us A Conservative Choice! petition.

    The petition is reproduced below for your convenience. Please copy this blog post, paste it into an email and give it the widest possible distribution.  

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To:  Republican National Committee

Have you noticed that donations are declining? That the party's base lacks enthusiasm and optimism? That turnout was low, far below that of the Democrat primaries? Have you considered possible causes?

Could it be that we have endured eight years of a RINO in the White House, who won't veto pork laden appropriations, persevere in pursuing confirmation of his nominees or fight back against obnoxious partisanship?

Could it be that we are disgusted by the selection of Liberals masquerading as Conservatives so that we are effectively denied a choice in the primaries?

Could it be that we are disgusted by seeing our President hand in hand with an enemy who smiles in his face and stabs us in the back? Perhaps we are disgusted by a constant stream of lies about the identity of the enemy responsible for three thousand deaths one bright September morning seven years ago.

Have you considered the possibility that we Conservatives do not want four or eight more years of misgovernment mislabeled as Conservatism?

* Senator John McCain sided with the Democrats in frustrating Republican efforts to stop the Filibuster of judicial nominees.
* He co-authored McCain-Feingold, in violation of the first amendment.
* He wants to give terrorists captured on the battlefield the constitutional rights afforded to American citizens charged with domestic criminal offenses.
* He wants to leave our borders open and grant amnesty to illegal aliens.
* He panders to the Socialists with blather about "global warming" and caps on carbon dioxide emissions, which will ruin our economy and throw many people out of work.

So, I am supposed to vote for that RINO just because he will somehow win the war on terror? Yeah, wrong, he does not know who the enemy is! He blathers about "radical Islamic extremists" when the enemy is Islam.
In an interview with Dan Gilgoff, Senator McCain said::

"I admire the Islam. There's a lot of good principles in it. I think one of the great tragedies of the 21st century is that these forces of evil have perverted what's basically an honorable religion."

Good principles, such as:

* imperialistic conquest: fighting Pagans until all resistance ceases and only Allah is worshiped [Al-Anfal 39 ]
* fighting Jews and Christians until we are subjugated and pay extortion [Al-Taubah 29] [Sahih Bukhari Volume 1, Book 8, Number 387]
* genocide: making a great slaughter is the entry ticket to Paradise [Al-Anfal 67] [Sunan Abu Dawud Book 38, Number 4390]
* terror sanctified as a battle tactic [Al-Anfal 12] [Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 52, Number 220]
* If the "forces of evil" "perverted" Islam, they did it 1385 years ago when Muhammad began his career of rapine with raids on camel caravans. What must a Muslim do to be saved?

O You who believe! Shall I guide you to a commerce that will save you from a painful torment. That you believe in Allâh and His Messenger (Muhammad), and that you strive hard and fight in the Cause of Allâh with your wealth and your lives, that will be better for you, if you but know! [As-Saff 10..11 Read 9...14 for full context]

He can't win a war without knowing the identity of the enemy!!!

No and Hell No!!! Senator McCain is no better than Senator Hilary Clinton or Senator Barack Obama. I refuse to be a party to treason -- to the destruction of our economy, our liberty and the Constitution which protects them! I will not vote for the equal of evils. Nor will I vote for any congressional nor senatorial candidate who endorses Senator McCain.

Please copy this petition, paste it into an email, and send it to everyone in your address book, urging them to follow suit. Then send it to your local, state and national Republican party committees, and challenge them to direct the convention to nominate a genuine Conservative we can vote for in good conscience.

Sincerely,

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Islam: Religion of peace.	8:15-16 O you who believe! When you meet those who disbelieve, in a battle-field, never turn your backs to them. And whoever turns his back to them on such a day - unless it be a stratagem of war, or to retreat to a troop (of his own), - he indeed has drawn upon himself wrath from Allah. And his abode is Hell, and worst indeed is that destination! Tafsir:  1  2

The literal meaning of Jihad is striving. Who or what are Muslims striving against when they go out for Jihad? Are they striving against their egos and temptations?  How does one suffer death or injury in that struggle?

4:74. Let those (believers) who sell the life of this world for the Hereafter fight in the Cause of Allâh, and whoso fights in the Cause of Allâh, and is killed or gets victory, We shall bestow on him a great reward.

   

9:111 ...They fight in Allâh's Cause, so they kill (others) and are killed....

What is fighting in Allah's cause?

Bukhari 4.52.65 ..."He who fights that Allah's Word (i.e. Islam) should be superior, fights in Allah's Cause." ...

    Having considered Moe's recitation &  sunnah, lets examine Sharia, the Islamic law which flows from those documents. My source is The Reliance of the Traveller and Tools of the Worshipper , described in its introduction as "a summary of the school of Imam Shafi'i ".

    The meaning of Jihad is explained in Book O, Chapter 9, Paragraph  0

Jihad means to war against non-Muslims, and is etymologically derived from the word mujahada signifying warfare to establish the religion. And it is the lesser jihad. As for the greater jihad, it is spiritual warfare against the lower self (nafs), which is why the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said as he was returning from jihad. "We have returned from the lesser jihad to the greater jihad."

The scriptural basis for that definition is listed as:

"Fighting is prescribed for you" (Koran 2:216); "Slay them wherever you find them" (Koran 4:89); "Fight the idolators utterly" (Koran 9:36); and such hadiths as the one related by Bukhari and Muslim that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: "I have been commanded to fight people until they testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and perform the prayer, and pay zakat. If they say it, they have saved their blood and possessions from me, except for the rights of Islam over them. And their final reckoning is with Allah"; and the hadith reported by Muslim, "To go forth in the morning or evening to fight in the path of Allah is better than the whole world and everything in it.

    Paragraph 1 of this chapter reveals an important fact about the obligation of Jihad.

...there are two possible states in respect to non-Muslims. The first is when they are in their own countries, in which case jihad (def: o9.8) is a communal obligation, and this is what our author is speaking of when he says, "Jihad is a communal obligation," meaning upon the Muslims each year. The second state is when non-Muslims invade a Muslim country or near to one, in which case jihad is personally obligatory (def: c3.2) upon the inhabitants of that country, who must repel the non-Muslims with whatever they can).

A communal obligation  meaning upon the Muslims each year.  What must they do  annually?   Al-Misri informs us in the eighth paragraph of this chapter.

@O9.8: The Objectives of Jihad The caliph (o25) makes war upon Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians (N: provided he has first invited them to enter Islam in faith and practice, and if they will not, then invited them to enter the social order of Islam by paying the non-Muslim poll tax (jizya, def: o11.4) -which is the significance of their paying it, not the money itself-while remaining in their ancestral religions) (O: and the war continues) until they become Muslim or else pay the non-Muslim poll tax (O: in accordance with the word of Allah Most High,...Koran 9:29

@O9.9 The caliph fights all other peoples until they become Muslim (O: because they are not a people with a Book, nor honored as such, and are not permitted to settle with paying the poll tax (jizya) ) (n: though according to the Hanafi school, peoples of all other religions, even idol worshippers, are permitted to live under the protection of the Islamic state if they either become Muslim or agree to pay the poll tax, the sole exceptions to which are apostates from Islam and idol worshippers who are Arabs, neither of whom has any choice but becoming Muslim (al-Hidaya sharh Bidaya al-mubtadi' (y21), 6.48-49) ).

Where did Al-Misri get such an idea?

Al-Shafi'i (God have mercy on him) said: "The least that the imam must do is that he allow no year to pass without having organised a military expedition by himself, or by his raiding parties, according to the Muslims' interest, so that the jihad will only be stopped in a year for a (reasonable) excuse."

Below is what Al-Ghazali actually wrote about jihad war, and the treatment of the vanquished non-Muslim dhimmi peoples (from the Wagjiz, written in 1101 A.D.): …one must go on jihad (i.e., warlike razzias or raids) at least once a year...

    Lets review what we have learned from  our little inquiry into Sharia.

1. Jihad means to war against non-Muslims  [and is]  warfare to establish the religion.
2. Jihad has a scriptural basis in the recitation & tradition, particularly 9:29.  & Bukhari 1.8.387
3. Jihad is better than the whole world and everything in it.
4. Offensive Jihad is a communal obligation to be performed every year. 
5. The Caliph makes war upon Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians. [Annually].
6. The caliph fights all other peoples until they become Muslim.

    How will you apply your new knowledge?  Will it inform your electoral decisions?  Will you share it with others or forget about it?  I want you to share it immediately with the President and your your Representative & Senators.  You can send an email to them through www.congress.org.  Enter your Zip Code, then click the Federal Officials link.  I want you to share it with your family & friends by copying this post and pasting it into an email. Ask the recipients to forward it.  Congress.org also has a link for sending an email to your favorite Presidential aspirant. Why not share your new knowledge with him or her; if you want your grandchildren to live in  free and in peace, you will!

The literal meaning of Jihad is striving. Who or what are Muslims striving against when they go out for Jihad? Are they striving against their egos and temptations?  How does one suffer death or injury in that struggle?

4:74. Let those (believers) who sell the life of this world for the Hereafter fight in the Cause of Allâh, and whoso fights in the Cause of Allâh, and is killed or gets victory, We shall bestow on him a great reward.

   

9:111 ...They fight in Allâh's Cause, so they kill (others) and are killed....

What is fighting in Allah's cause?

Bukhari 4.52.65 ..."He who fights that Allah's Word (i.e. Islam) should be superior, fights in Allah's Cause." ...

    Having considered Moe's recitation &  sunnah, lets examine Sharia, the Islamic law which flows from those documents. My source is The Reliance of the Traveller and Tools of the Worshipper , described in its introduction as "a summary of the school of Imam Shafi'i ".

    The meaning of Jihad is explained in Book O, Chapter 9, Paragraph  0

Jihad means to war against non-Muslims, and is etymologically derived from the word mujahada signifying warfare to establish the religion. And it is the lesser jihad. As for the greater jihad, it is spiritual warfare against the lower self (nafs), which is why the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said as he was returning from jihad. "We have returned from the lesser jihad to the greater jihad."

The scriptural basis for that definition is listed as:

"Fighting is prescribed for you" (Koran 2:216); "Slay them wherever you find them" (Koran 4:89); "Fight the idolators utterly" (Koran 9:36); and such hadiths as the one related by Bukhari and Muslim that the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) said: "I have been commanded to fight people until they testify that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and perform the prayer, and pay zakat. If they say it, they have saved their blood and possessions from me, except for the rights of Islam over them. And their final reckoning is with Allah"; and the hadith reported by Muslim, "To go forth in the morning or evening to fight in the path of Allah is better than the whole world and everything in it.

    Paragraph 1 of this chapter reveals an important fact about the obligation of Jihad.

...there are two possible states in respect to non-Muslims. The first is when they are in their own countries, in which case jihad (def: o9.8) is a communal obligation, and this is what our author is speaking of when he says, "Jihad is a communal obligation," meaning upon the Muslims each year. The second state is when non-Muslims invade a Muslim country or near to one, in which case jihad is personally obligatory (def: c3.2) upon the inhabitants of that country, who must repel the non-Muslims with whatever they can).

A communal obligation  meaning upon the Muslims each year.  What must they do  annually?   Al-Misri informs us in the eighth paragraph of this chapter.

@O9.8: The Objectives of Jihad The caliph (o25) makes war upon Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians (N: provided he has first invited them to enter Islam in faith and practice, and if they will not, then invited them to enter the social order of Islam by paying the non-Muslim poll tax (jizya, def: o11.4) -which is the significance of their paying it, not the money itself-while remaining in their ancestral religions) (O: and the war continues) until they become Muslim or else pay the non-Muslim poll tax (O: in accordance with the word of Allah Most High,...Koran 9:29

@O9.9 The caliph fights all other peoples until they become Muslim (O: because they are not a people with a Book, nor honored as such, and are not permitted to settle with paying the poll tax (jizya) ) (n: though according to the Hanafi school, peoples of all other religions, even idol worshippers, are permitted to live under the protection of the Islamic state if they either become Muslim or agree to pay the poll tax, the sole exceptions to which are apostates from Islam and idol worshippers who are Arabs, neither of whom has any choice but becoming Muslim (al-Hidaya sharh Bidaya al-mubtadi' (y21), 6.48-49) ).

Where did Al-Misri get such an idea?

Al-Shafi'i (God have mercy on him) said: "The least that the imam must do is that he allow no year to pass without having organised a military expedition by himself, or by his raiding parties, according to the Muslims' interest, so that the jihad will only be stopped in a year for a (reasonable) excuse."

Below is what Al-Ghazali actually wrote about jihad war, and the treatment of the vanquished non-Muslim dhimmi peoples (from the Wagjiz, written in 1101 A.D.): …one must go on jihad (i.e., warlike razzias or raids) at least once a year...

    Lets review what we have learned from  our little inquiry into Sharia.

1. Jihad means to war against non-Muslims  [and is]  warfare to establish the religion.
2. Jihad has a scriptural basis in the recitation & tradition, particularly 9:29.  & Bukhari 1.8.387
3. Jihad is better than the whole world and everything in it.
4. Offensive Jihad is a communal obligation to be performed every year. 
5. The Caliph makes war upon Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians. [Annually].
6. The caliph fights all other peoples until they become Muslim.

    How will you apply your new knowledge?  Will it inform your electoral decisions?  Will you share it with others or forget about it?  I want you to share it immediately with the President and your your Representative & Senators.  You can send an email to them through www.congress.org.  Enter your Zip Code, then click the Federal Officials link.  I want you to share it with your family & friends by copying this post and pasting it into an email. Ask the recipients to forward it.  Congress.org also has a link for sending an email to your favorite Presidential aspirant. Why not share your new knowledge with him or her; if you want your grandchildren to live in  free and in peace, you will!

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Islam: Religion of peace.

8:7-8 And (remember) when Allah promised you (Muslims) one of the two parties (of the enemy i.e. either the army or the caravan) that it should be yours, you wished that the one not armed (the caravan) should be yours, but Allah willed to justify the truth by His Words and to cut off the roots of the disbelievers (i.e. in the battle of Badr). That He might cause the truth to triumph and bring falsehood to nothing, even though the Mujrimun (disbelievers, polytheists, sinners, criminals, etc.) hate it. Tafsir:  1

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Islam: Religion of peace.	8:1  They ask you (O Muhammad) about the spoils of war. Say: "The spoils are for Allâh and the Messenger." So fear Allâh and adjust all matters of difference among you, and obey Allâh and His Messenger (Muhammad), if you are believers.   Tafsir:  1 2

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Islam: Religion of peace.	5:35 O you who believe! Do your duty to Allah and fear Him. Seek the means of approach to Him, and strive hard in His Cause as much as you can. So that you may be successful.   Tafsir:  1

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Islam: Religion of peace.	5:56 And whosoever takes Allâh, His Messenger, and those who have believed, as Protectors, then the party of Allâh will be the victorious. .   Tafsir:  1 2

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Islam: Religion of peace.

5:54 O you who believe! Whoever from among you turns back from his religion (Islâm), Allâh will bring a people whom He will love and they will love Him; humble towards the believers, stern towards the disbelievers, fighting in the Way of Allâh, and never afraid of the blame of the blamers. That is the Grace of Allâh which He bestows on whom He wills. And Allâh is All­Sufficient for His creatures' needs, All­Knower.   Tafsir:  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8