Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics

(Jacob Rumans) #1

exercising lethal force or suicide attacks upon infidels); and
(6) Intelligence jihad, which involves collecting information
about Christian missionaries in Islamic countries via open
public records of churches and organizations, and supplying
these records to Islamic groups for the sake of
countermeasures.


As you can see, the expansion of Islam is rooted in and
supported by a well thought out system.



  1. Since most of the world has not yet been
    converted to Islam, do Muslims still believe in universal
    jihad?


Yes. If Muslims take the Koran and Hadith seriously,
they will fight until everyone on earth is Muslim, or at least
until all are utterly subdued under Muslim rule.
Muhammad’s previously quoted words (‘‘I have been
ordered to fight with the people till they say, ‘None has the
right to be worshipped but Allah’ ’’) are openended and
appear in numerous well attested Hadiths.


However, not all Muslims today, of course, apply
Muhammad’s commands and Koranic principles to their
lives. The Prophet himself predicted that only some of his
followers would keep up the struggle: ‘‘A section of my
community will continue to fight for the right and overcome
their opponents till the last of them fights with the
Antichrist.’’[37]



  1. Given Islam’s teachings on jihad, how can
    Muslims claim it is a religion of peace?

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