verte76 said:
These terrorists can't go anywhere with this argument in secular Turkey. The Islamic concept of "jihad" is a personal struggle against sin, not holy war. Interpreting it as "holy war" is called "folk Islam" and isn't accepted by any reputable Islamic scholar.
It took me less than two minutes to find statements that killing non-Muslims who are actively involved in destroying Islam and the Muslims to be not only allowed but commendable (
source), a straight statement that Jihad is the Arabic equivalent for Holy War
link . These views are not limited to a minority at the same scale as Fred Phelps and they are obviously taken seriously by the many tens of thousands of commited jihadist fighters all over the world (Chechnya, Gaza, Afghanistan, Mindanao, Kashmir etc). There is a serious problem in the world we live in. I do not think that the solution is having to preface every other word about the Islamic faith with Religion of Peace and then setting up a blanket statement about how every religion has its fanatics (as if that excuses it somehow). I do not think such views are held by anything other than a devoted literalist minority. But I also think that that small minority has an actionable component who can and do kill for their beliefs, actively propagate their ideology and seek to bring the entire world under their anti-human ideology, they would threaten the majority of humanity believer and unbeliever across every faith and land if they had their way.
It is made clear that Jihad against naafs is a legitimate form of Jihad. There are also some severely ambiguous statements (e.g. when somebody asks about wanting to wage Physical War against the US, Israel and India they are told that it should be considered with broad consultation - not with an explicity no, violence is prohibited in Islam or sumsuch).
There are thousands of statements made by clerics including some very high profile "moderates" who are embraced warmly by western progressives when these religious leaders stand vehemently opposed to the ideals of the progressive movement.
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I wish to inquire as to what the arabic term for holy war is. In the media that I came across lately, Jihad was used as term of reference which I understand is incorrect.
The Arabic equivalent for holy war is Jihaad.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
I have a question about offensive Jihad. Does it mean that we are to attack even those non-Muslims which don't do anything against Islam just because we have to propagate Islam?
You should understand that we as Muslims firmly believe that the person who doesn't believe in Allah as he is required to, is a disbeliever who would be doomed to Hell eternally. Thus one of the primary responsibilities of the Muslim ruler is to spread Islam throughout the world, thus saving people from eternal damnation.
Thus what is meant by the passage in Tafsir Uthmani, is that if a country doesn't allow the propagation of Islam to its inhabitants in a suitable manner or creates hindrances to this, then the Muslim ruler would be justifying in waging Jihad against this country, so that the message of Islam can reach its inhabitants, thus saving them from the Fire of Jahannum. If the Kuffaar allow us to spread Islam peacefully, then we would not wage Jihad against them.
Can we do business with jews, Is it allow have business relationship with them.
To do business with Jews is permissible for a Muslim. It is not permissible to maintain a bosom relationship with them.
many muslims priase Hitler for killing jews, shoud they or are they wrong.
Islam has ordered us Muslims to fight against the enemies of Islam and not be like the Jew and make other nations fight their wars. We as Muslims may share in Hitlers hatered for the Jews but we cannot praise him for the manner in which he went about killing the jews (if the history books are correct). But rather we as Muslims are governed by the Shariah which prohibit the killing the old and the weak etc.
Is Osamah bin Laden is really a hero of Islamic Ummah? Do Taliban government of Afghanistan done right by demolishing the Buddah statues?
1. Usama ibn Laden is a practising Muslim, and thus, our brother in Islam.
He has made many sacrifices for the Deen, in particular, the Jihaad of
Afghanistan. While we respect him for this, we do not raise any person to
any position, except that which Allah Ta'ala wishes.
2. He himself has denied involvement. Why should we then doubt him? Even if
a billion Kuffaar say the opposite, the word of a single practising Muslim
is more acceptable to us.
3. It was an Islamic duty for the Taliban to have destroyed the idols.
Could you please give me a detailed analysis of what a Virgin women should do after being raped.
If a female was raped due to her not maintaining the laws of Hijaab, she is
partly to be blamed as the rapist will be considered as being seduced by her
revealing form and shape. She should make Tawbah (sincerely repent) by also
adhering to the laws of Hijaab.
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
FATWA DEPT.
Mufti Ebrahim Desai, what a bastard
he also holds that Music is a sin against God and has verse to justify it.
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They may not be reputable, but they are obviously getting a few hearts and minds and that is a very frightening thing
And you know it really pisses me off when fucks who expouse this sort of thing get protection from criticism by well intentioned people who decry it as racism or cultural insensitivity. How on earth can Islam itself be dissociated from terror and all manner of human rights abuses in the eyes of most people when an open dialogue to seperate the good from the bad is impossible? It just feels so impossibly counter-productive and insular and for the life of me I cannot think who benefits, ignorant bigots remain ignorant bigots and the middle line of the population tunes in every once in a while when some cleric mouths off about a case of pack rape being the womans fault, any positive messages and actions get lost in the background and it all becomes very misrepresented indeed.
in the face of the defender of such evil
