The Politically incorrect Guide to Islam {and the Crusade,reass ured his confu sed and disap point ed follo wers with the promis e of
morespoils : "Allahpromise th you much bootythat ye will captur e,and
hath given you this in advance, and hath withheld men's hands fromyou,
that it may be a token for the believers, and that He may guide you on a
right path."{Qur'an 48:18-20). The instances in which Muslims actually
captured booty in raids are numerous.
Murder: It all depends on whom you're killing
Muslimapologistslike to quote Qur'an5:32: "Whosoeverkilleth a human.
being for other than mansla ughte r or corru ption in the earth , itshallbe
as if he had killed all mankind, and whoso saveth the life of one, itshall
be asif he had saved the life of all mankind." However, this oft-quoted
verse is not actuall y the all-encomp assingprohib itionof murder that it
may seem. For onething, it is addre ssed to the-Child renofIsrael " and
set in the past; it is not addressed to Muslims. It actually comes as part of
a warningto Jews not tomakewar against Muhammad, or they will face
terrible punishment. The pointis that Allah warnedtheChildren of Israel
not to spread "mischief in the land." and yet they continued to do so;
On that accoun t Weordain ed for the Childre n of Israelthat if
any one slew a person—unless it be for murder or for spread-
ing mischief in the land—it would beasif he slew the whole
people: and if anyone saveda life, it would be as if hesaved
the lif e of the who le peo ple. The n alt hou gh the re cam e to
the m Our mess enge rs wit h cle ar sign s, yet,even aft er tha t,
many of them continued to commit excesses in the land. The
punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His
Me ss en ger , an d st ri ve wi th mi ght an d ma in fo r mis ch ie f
thro ugh the land is:exec ution , or cruc ifix ion , or the cutt ing
off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the