Islam at War: A History

210 ISLAM AT WAR from the way of Allah, and to disbelieve in Him and in the Inviolable Place of Worship, and to expel his people ...

ISLAM AND JIHAD 211 The battle of Badr began with stylized duels between the champions of both sides. Each side sent forward thr ...

212 ISLAM AT WAR That He may cut off a part of those who disbelieve, or overwhelm them so that they retire, frustrated. It is n ...

ISLAM AND JIHAD 213 Surah VIII, 39–42. Say to the Infidels: If they desist from their unbelief, what is now past shall be forgiv ...

214 ISLAM AT WAR Harbi, people of the Dar ul-Harb, the Land of Warfare, any country be- longing to the infidels and not subdued ...

ISLAM AND JIHAD 215 The idea of the jihad, born at Badr, fed on Islamic confidence and a sense of righteousness of Islam’s cause ...

216 ISLAM AT WAR Surah IV, 14. Lo!The hypocrites (will be) in the lowest deep of the fire [italics added], and thou wilt find no ...

ISLAM AND JIHAD 217 of war) as defined in the Koran has been brought to Islam. Other scholars see the “duty to fight” until the ...

218 ISLAM AT WAR Lo!Those who disbelieve after their (profession of) belief, and af- terward grow violent in disbelief: their r ...

ISLAM AND JIHAD 219 indicate that they are subject to the fate of those who accept and then abandon Islam, that is, death. Clear ...

220 ISLAM AT WAR The Day when We shall roll up the heavens as a recorder rolleth up a written scroll. As We began the first cre ...

ISLAM AND JIHAD 221 that is, when captives are taken. A question arises from this. Consider the following: (1) Horror and terror ...

222 ISLAM AT WAR John, the Bishop of Nikiu, chronicled the events of the invasion of Egypt betweenA.D. 693 and 700. He described ...

ISLAM AND JIHAD 223 with religious law. But the way of granting pardon prescribed by the law is different from the one adopted b ...

224 ISLAM AT WAR the Koran is explicit about spoils. Surah VIII is entitled “Spoils of War.” Other relevant passage are Surah XL ...

ISLAM AND JIHAD 225 Mahmud was equally ferocious with those whom he considered heretics such as Dawud, the ruler of Multan. In 1 ...

226 ISLAM AT WAR all non-Muslims to the status ofdhimmis,that is second-class citizens in their own country. Aurangzeb reimposed ...

ISLAM AND JIHAD 227 and make a jest and sport of your religion. But keep your duty to Allah if ye are true believers. Surah V, 8 ...

228 ISLAM AT WAR the status ofdhimmiand burdened withjizyaandkharajtaxes that often were a crushing burden that forced non-Musli ...

ISLAM AND JIHAD 229 Throughout Persia, forced conversions from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century d ...