Islam:Religion of War
Mu ha mm ad
vs. Jesus"Blessedareyou whenmen
revile you and persecute
you and utter an kinds of evil against youfal sel y
on my accoun t Rej oic e and be gla d, foryour
reward k great in heaven."
Jesus (Matthew 5:11)
'An d sla y the m whe rev er ye findthe m,and
dr iv e th em ou t of th e pl ac es whe nc e th ey
drove you out, for persecution is worse than
slaughter!Qur'an
E191ofAllah) didthatand said: There is
another act which elevatesthe position
of a man in Paradisetoa gradeone
hundred (higher), and the elevati on
be tw ee n on e gr ad eand theother
is equal totheheightofthehe av en
fr om th e ea rt h. He (A bu Sa'id )
sa id :Wh at isth at ac t?Hereplied;
Jihadin theway ofAllah! Jihadinthe
way of Allah]'On another occasion "a man came to
Allah's Apostle and said, 'Instruct measto
suc hadeed as equa ls Jiha d(inrewa rd):
He replied,'Ido not find such a deed,'
Three choices
Inonekeyhadith, Muhammad delineat es three choices thatMuslimsare
tooffer tonon-Muslims:
It has bee n rep ort ed fro m Sul ai man b. Bur aid th roug hhis
fatherthat when the Messenger of Allah (may peace beupon
him] appointed anyone as leader of an army ordetachmenthe
would especially exhort himto fearAllah andtobe good tothe
Muslims who were withhim, Hewould say; Fightinthe name
of Al !ah and in the wayof Allah. Fight againstthosewhodis-
bel iev e inAllah.Mak e a hol y war , .., Wh enyou mee tyo ur
enemi eswho are poly theis ts, invi te them to three cour ses of
acti on.If the yresp ond to anyone of thes e, youalso acc eptit
and withhold yourselffromdoing!hem.any harm. Invitethem
to accept Islam; if they respondtoyou, accept it fromthem and