54 posts tagged “islam”
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| Islam: Religion of peace. | 8:72-73 So enjoy what you have gotten of booty in war, lawful and good, and be afraid of
Allâh. Certainly, Allâh is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. And those who disbelieve are allies to one another, (and) if you (Muslims of the whole world collectively) do not do so (i.e. become allies, as one united block with one Khalifah - chief Muslim ruler for the whole Muslim world to make victorious Allâh's Religion of Islâmic Monotheism), there will be Fitnah (wars, battles, polytheism, etc.) and oppression on earth, and a great mischief and corruption (appearance of polytheism). Tafsir: 1 2 3 4 5 |
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| Islam: Religion of peace. | 8:67 It is not for a Prophet that he should have prisoners of war (and free them with
ransom) until he had made a great slaughter (among his enemies) in the land. You
desire the good of this world (i.e. the money of ransom for freeing the
captives), but Allâh desires (for you) the Hereafter. And Allâh is All-Mighty,
All-Wise. Tafsir: 1 2 |
Brigitte Gabriel, founder of ACT for America, has announced a petition campaign urging Congress to investigate the Islamic hate literature distributed by Mosques in America.
In its first day on line, the petition has been signed more than 1400 times. That compares to 1,101 signatures in three years on my Congress Debate Koran petition. Congressional staffers say that there is not enough pressure from constitutents. This petition campaign is intended to remedy that condition with one million signatures.
The national opinion survey laid the foundation for the petition. Now its time to click this link to add your signature. If you have been thinking that not enough people know about this issue or not enough people care, this is your opportunity to show the world that one person knows and cares enough to urge Congress to investigate.
Brigitte Gabriel will be appearing on radio & television shows and interviewed by newspapers, spreading word of the petition. We can help by emailing the petition to our contacts. ACT had a 60% growth spurt in the first quarter of '08. With 40,000 members and growing, ACT is an important asset in the Crusade against Islamic imperialism.
This campaign will stir up controversy and rile CAIR, generating many opportunities to inform and arouse our fellow citizens I am proud to play a small role in it.
We the American people call on our U.S. Congress to conduct hearings for the purpose of examining extremist materials that have been found in American mosques that:
- exhort Muslims to engage in holy war (jihad) against us;
- incite terror and violence against us;
- call for abolishing our constitutional form of government and replacing it with the theological totalitarianism of strict Islamic law, known as “sharia.”
There have been a number of studies of materials sold or distributed in mosques in America;
These studies have uncovered materials containing information that include calls to jihad (holy war), incitement of terror and violence, and the abolition of our constitutional form of government;
One such study of 100 American mosques found that 75% of these mosques contained such material;
There have also been video and audio recordings of Islamic leaders in America calling for jihad against America, violence against America, and the replacement of America’s constitutional government with Islamic sharia law, such as these words by a leading American imam, “…and even if we go to war brothers and sisters, and one day we will…that’s why you’re commanded to jihad…When Allah demands us to fight, we’re not stopping…”;
Such incitements to jihad, terror, violence and the abolition of our constitutional form of government are illustrated by the following examples, excerpted from materials that have been distributed in mosques in recent years:
“…we [Muslims] will not stop…but will pursue this evil force to its own lands, invade its Western heartland, and struggle to overcome it until all the world shouts by the name of the Prophet and the teachings of Islam spread throughout the world. Only then will Muslims achieve their fundamental goal, and there will be no more ‘persecution’ and all religion will be exclusively for Allah….”
“To be true Muslims, we must prepare and be ready for jihad in Allah’s way. It is the duty of the citizen and the government. The military education is glued to faith and its meaning, and the duty to follow it.”
“[O]ur doctrine states that if you accept any religion other than Islam, like Judaism or Christianity, which are not acceptable, you become an unbeliever. If you do not repent, you are an apostate and you should be killed because you have denied the Koran.”
A document which states that supporting democracy amounts to “nullify[ing] one’s Islam.” Another which exhorts Muslims that changing government systems such as democratic ones is “binding in principle, in law, in self-defense, in community and as a sacred obligation of jihad.”
“Muslim countries have been ruled by manmade systems ….This overlay of secular cultures makes it all the more necessary to abolish all traces of such primitive life (jahiliyya) and to reinforce the understanding and application of the eternal and universal Islamic deen [religion] until it becomes the ruling power throughout the world.”
The links between an extremist ideology and Islamic terror were reported in the 9/11 Commission Report, which stated:
“But the enemy is not just ‘terrorism,’ some generic evil. This vagueness blurs the strategy. The catastrophic threat at this moment in history is more specific. It is the threat posed by Islamist terrorism – especially al Qaeda network, its affiliates and its ideology.”
A Pew Research Center survey in 2007 found that 26% of American Muslims under the age of 30 believe suicide bombings are at times justified and legitimate;
Since the practice of religion in America does not include the right to create the imminent threat of terror or incite violence, terror, and the advocacy of the abolition of our constitutional form of government;
We, the American people, have a right to know to what extent the incitement to terror, violence and the overthrow of our constitutional form of government is being advocated through materials within Muslim tax-exempt organizations in our country, and a recent nationwide poll found that 74% of American voters agree that Congress should conduct hearings to examine such materials;
Since there is sufficient evidence to indicate that the information in some materials sold or distributed in mosques in America rises to the level of a genuine threat to our nation’s security and liberty;
Since it is the first responsibility of our federal government to safeguard the national security of our country and its citizens and guests;
And because the oath of office of a Member of Congress is an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution;
We, the undersigned, call upon Congress to conduct hearings to examine materials that have been uncovered that have been sold or distributed in mosques in the United States, to determine if these materials violate federal statutes governing tax-exempt organizations; to determine if these materials violate federal anti-terrorism statutes; and to determine if these materials violate federal statutes prohibiting sedition, the advocacy and/or effort of abolishing or overthrowing our constitutional form of government.
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| Islam: Religion of peace. | 8:57-60 So if you gain the mastery over them in war, punish them severely in order to
disperse those who are behind them, so that they may learn a lesson. And let not those who disbelieve think that they can outstrip (escape from the
punishment). Verily, they will never be able to save themselves (from Allah's
Punishment). And make ready against them all you can of
power, including steeds of war (tanks, planes, missiles, artillery, etc.)
to threaten the enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others besides whom, you may
not know but whom Allah does know. And whatever
you shall spend in the Cause of Allah shall be repaid unto you, and you shall
not be treated unjustly. Tafsir: 1 2 3 |
Check out Abdullah Yusuf Ali's translation of 8:60, the wording is dramatically different!
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| Islam: Religion of peace. | 8:42 (And remember) when you (the Muslim army) were on the near side of the valley,
and they on the farther side, and the caravan on the ground lower than you. Even
if you had made a mutual appointment to meet, you would certainly have failed in
the appointment, but (you met) that Allâh might accomplish a matter already
ordained (in His Knowledge); so that those who
were to be destroyed (for their rejecting the Faith) might be destroyed after a
clear evidence, and those who were to live (i.e. believers) might live after a
clear evidence. And surely, Allâh is All-Hearer, All-Knower. Tafsir: 1 2 3 4 |
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| Islam: Religion of peace. | 8:41 And know that whatever of war-booty that you may
gain, verily one-fifth (1/5th) of it is assigned to Allâh, and to the
Messenger, and to the near relatives [of the Messenger (Muhammad)], (and
also) the orphans, Al-Masâkin (the poor) and the wayfarer, if you have believed
in Allâh and in that which We sent down to Our slave (Muhammad) on the Day of
criterion (between right and wrong), the Day when the two forces met (the battle
of Badr) - And Allâh is Able to do all things. Tafsir: 1 2 |
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| Islam: Religion of peace. | 8:39 And fight them until there
is no more Fitnah (disbelief and polytheism: i.e. worshipping others besides
Allâh) and the religion (worship) will all be for Allâh Alone [in the whole of
the world ]. But if they cease (worshipping others besides Allâh), then
certainly, Allâh is All-Seer of what they do. Tafsir: 1 2 3 4 |
Allah has commanded Muslims to make war on pagans until only Allah is worshiped in the entire world. Abdullah Yusuf Ali's translation says "altogether and everywhere".
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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 |