The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)Mec ca. The rai der s att ack ed the car ava n dur in g the sac red mon th of
Rajab, when fighting was forbidden. When they returned to the Muslim
camp laden with booty, Muhammad refused to share in the loot or to have
anything to do with them, saying only, "I did not order you to fight in the
sacred month,'
Bu t th en ane w re vel at io n ca me fr om Al la h, ex pl ai ni ng th at th e
Quraysh's opposition to Muhammad was a worse transgression than the
viol ati on of the sac red mon th. In othe r wor ds, the rai d was jus tif ied.
"They question thee, 0 Muhammad, with regard to warfare in the sacred
month. Say: warfare therein is a great transgression, but to turn men from
the way of Allah, and to disbelieve in Him and in the Inviolable Place of
Worship, and to expel His people thence, is a greater sin with Allah; for
per se cut io n is wor se th an kil li ng" (Q ur 'an2:2 14 ). Wha te ver si n the
Nakhla raiders had committed was overshadowed by the Quraysh's rejection
of Muhammad.
Just Like Today: Killing non-combatants
When Osa ma bin Lad en kil led inn oce nt non-com bat ant s in the Wor ldT r a d e
C e n t e r o n S e p t e m b e r 1 1 , 2 0 0 1 , a n d l a t e r h i s c o- r e l i g i o n i s t sca ptu re d
and be he ad ed ci vi li an ho st ag es in Ir aq , Am er ic an Mu sl im sp ok esme n bl and ly
ass ert ed th at th is ta rgeti ng of in no ce nt pe op le wa s fo rb idd enby Isl am, Thi s
was deb ata ble , si nce som e Isl am ic leg al aut hor iti es all ow the kil lin g of non-
com bat ant s if the y are see n as ai di ng the ene mie s of Isl am in war ,' How eve r,
eve n if the pri nci ple wer e cor re ct, it wou ld give way toanot her that aro se out
of the Nak hla rai d: "Per secu tio n is wor se tha nkil ling ."And the refo re, to fig ht
aga ins t the per sec uti onof Mus lim s,by any mea nsnecessary, is the highest good.