Infidel Quotes

Ottoman Turkish Sultan Mehmed II Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini. 6 years earlier, the Ottoman Turks, had captured Byzantium (Constantinople, later Istanbul), the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. The Pope had called together the rulers and leaders of Christendom to organize a common defense in this war of civilizations. This was the period where Christian Islamophobia began. The Muslims had a religious duty to convert the rest of the world to Islam and adopt Islamic law (Sharia). However, so did the Christians. Sultan Mehmed II, when he conquered Byzantium, did not require the conversion of the Christians in the great city. He took the greatest churches, but by and large left the Christians to worship in their own Churches. The Muslims at the time were far more tolerant of Christians (and Jews) than the Christians were of Muslims (and Jews). Like in the 21st century, there was much Islamic doctrine and reality to be worried about, but not all the Muslims were as rabid and extreme as Eastern paranoia suggested in the 15th century or the 21st.

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.

“Martyrdom” is the euphemism that fundamentalist Muslims use to denote being killed while “fighting for Islam” or on a suicide mission for same. Many believe that such people ascend directly to Paradise where they are given a bevy of virgins and other “perks.” Ironically, this was the last interview that he gave before he himself was “martyred”—he was killed by coalition troops. This mental perspective is one of the reasons that fighting fundamentalist Islamic terrorists is so difficult. They perceive victory whichever way the battle or even the war comes out.

One fascinating thing about this quotation is that the assumption is automatic that the war is for the purpose of converting the enemy to Islam. At the beginning of Islam this was the only reason for initiating a war. After the death of the Prophet, greed, jealousy, and power became causes of war for the Muslims just as with most other peoples. This quotation has been used by people in conflict with Muslims to refuse any Muslim overtures for a cease fire or truce, as it will not lead to peace unless they are willing to convert and it is likely that the Muslims are getting the worst of the battle and just want to regroup and obtain respite or reinforcements. According to this fatwa, Muslims will never agree to a truce if they are winning or even taking many casualties. Or they may make a truce with “anti-Islamic” conditions with no intention of adhering to the conditions—that is if they are following the Muslim jurisprudence which some Muslim leaders do not,

Bashir advocates adapting Sharia—Islamic Law—for all people in Indonesia—regardless of their religion or their preference for separation of church and state. This is diametrically opposite to an Islamic Syrian poet of 1000 years ago—see {624477}. Many Muslims have become more intolerant than some of their earlier scholars. Bashir also differs from most Indonesian Muslims who have historically not shared his bigotry and intolerance.

In the terrorists perverted logic, infidels are to be killed therefore all Iraqis who would vote would be targeted. Numerous Iraqi election officials were murdered by the terrorists as well as Iraqis who registered to vote.

This quotation which is so shocking to most people is classic amongst many religious fundamentalists. They regard infidels and blasphemers as so evil, that in their view it is doing the evil person a favor to kill him. While in the 21st century, most people believe that his view is that of fundamentalist Muslims, it is also the view of some fundamentalist Christians who cite the Biblical call for the death penalty for blasphemers. The difference is that there are very few Christians who believe that today, while there are many Muslims who do. However, in the past, this was a common view amongst Christians. The Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church held this view and it even prevailed into the early 20th century where Spain continued to execute heretics.

A Kafir is a non-Muslim. This statement is a distortion of a number of passages of the Koran.

Islam is the only religion which has a concept that all adherers to the religion must militarily defend any majority Muslim nation that is attacked. Within Christianity, or other major religions there is no such concept. Despite this religious concept over the years Islamic countries have warred against each other much more so than non-Muslims have attacked Islamic countries. For ovrer 400 years Islamic Turkey subjugated all the Arab Counties. Iran and Iraq have frequently been at each other’s throats. Bangladesh had to fight for its independence from Pakistan, etc. Even in the Palestinian Israeli conflict, Jordan killed more Palestinians than Israel has.

If some Islamic cleric declares a war or dispute to be an attack on Islam, the penalty is indeed severe for those Muslims who do not join the fight. In some Islamic lands, unbelievers are put to death. Note that the children become the Islamic society’s hostages for the behavior of the father.

General Prim, a Progressive Catalan, commented after the end of Isabel II’s reign that finding a king to rule constitutionally would be near impossible.