Muhammad Quotes
Kill not the old man who can not fight, nor young children nor women; and steal not the spoils of war
This stricture would seem to prohibit the suicide bomber and other terrorists who kill civilians. However, the terrorists and those who support them observe that this quotation is not from the Koran and other passages of the Koran override this instruction in many contexts. Most American Muslims hold with this view of the Prophet’s and morally oppose indiscriminate terrorism in all cases. This volume roughly is to Islam what the Gospels are to Christianity. To most Muslims The Sunnah is a collection of holy material on the life of Mohammed. It is not of the force or importance as the Koran, but it is revered.
Muhammad, 571-632, Prophet and Founder of Islam, The Sunnah
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The Governor had introduced Sharia, Islamic Law, into his state. When a woman was sentenced to death by stoning, the Federal Government nullified the sentence on the ground that stoning was not morally right nor was a death penalty for her actions. The woman was not executed
Manava Dharma Shastra. The Hindu religion had its own form of “Geneva Convention.” This text is a part of the Hindu Holy Texts. Hindus believe that Manu was a prophet whose text is revealed or inspired.
He was the first American that who was assassinated by the Central Intelligence Agency by means of a drone attack. He was a major recruiter for Al Qaeda and he preached to 3 of the 9-11 terrorists.
This sura is interpreted in two ways. For many modern Muslims it means that in discussions and debates on religion with non-Muslims, do not back off, and if you do it is a religious transgression. Defend the faith. For the fundamentalists and extremists, they interpret the same sura in physical warlike terms. So if there is a fight or battle with disbelievers, retreating from the battlefield is not only cowardice and perhaps a crime under military regulations as it is in the West, but it is in Christian terms a mortal sin for which there one will go to hell. So the most religious of Muslims will fight to the death using this sura as their guidance. On the other hand, Muhammad himself as the military and civil leader of Islam made strategic retreats. In the history of almost all warfare between the West and Muslims—especially the Arabs—courage on the battlefield has been lacking and the Israelis, British, French, Americans, and Hindus of India all observe this military weakness and accounting for this is built into their military doctrine.
This Sura is the motto of the British-based international relief organization, Islamic Relief.
Under this interpretation of Islamic law – Sharia – virtually anything regardless of how sinful or immoral under normal circumstances is morally permissible if Islam is being defended from attack. Not all Muslim theologians agree with this principle. See {589498}. There was a similar perversion of theological logic used by Christian Popes during the Crusades.
This quotation which prohibits suicide is used by many Muslims to show that suicide bombers are anti-Islamic.
In the American democracy the tradeoff between military activity and respect for human rights has always been an issue.
This is one of the extremist justifications of suicide bombing. Note how he tried to turn suicide bombing into an individual right. Yet he and the Muslim Botherhood do not recognize the right of a person to choose his own religion, or the right of freedom of speech or the press. He also cites the Koran--the Muslim Holy Book--as justification. However, most mainstream Muslim clerics can find nothing in Muslim scripture that could possibley justify the murder of innocent people or the individual suicide. His views are extremist, both politically and theologially.
This is the basis of the immediate access to paradise that Mullahs promise would be suicide bombers or other fighters in jihad. Lest we think of Islam as more reprehensible than other religions, note that this same type of promise of immediate entry to Heaven was given to Christians who fought for Christianity. See {617185} .
Note that the weak are not to be killed in a jihad UNLESS they “fight with words.” If a woman, child, invalid, older person says something that is interpreted as contrary to Islam, they too shall be killed along with all the males. The overriding principle is that anyone who interferes with the dominance of Islam, is to be killed.
Muhammad was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet, sent to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. He is believed to be the final prophet of God in all the main branches of Islam, though some modern denominations diverge from this belief. Muhammad united Arabia into a single Muslim polity, with the Quran as well as his teachings and practices forming the basis of Islamic religious belief.
