The principle is neatly encapsulated in a single Qur’an verse: “And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from where they drove you out, for persecution is worse than slaughter” (2:191). The Qur’an thus gives Muslims a command from Allah to drive out non-Muslims from where Islam once ruled; hence both Spain and Israel are primary targets (despite the fact that Israel did not actually drive the Arabs out; they left voluntarily in anticipation of the annihilation of Israel that never materialized).
“Palestinian Islamic Jihad Leader Ziyad Nakhalah: Martyrdom Would Be A Gift For Me; We Will Drive The Jews Out Of Palestine, The Galilee, Everywhere,” MEMRI, June 17, 2023:
Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad Nakhalah said in a June 17, 2023 interview with Al-Alam TV (Iran) that he is awaiting martyrdom and that he considers it a “gift.” He elaborated that martyrdom is “what the mujahid is awarded when he concludes his service.” Earlier in the interview, Nakhalah said the Palestinians will drive the Jews out of Palestine, the Galilee, and everywhere.
Ziyad Nakhalah: “Palestine is the homeland of the Palestinian people, as it is part of the Arab and Islamic region. We will drive the Jews out of Palestine, inshallah. We will drive them out of the Galilee, and out of everywhere.
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“I am proud to say that I am more than seventy years old. At this age, I have no worries. I have no regrets. Becoming a martyr would be a gift, as far as I am concerned, having spent so much time in the resistance. I have been in the resistance for fifty years. After fifty years, I await the gift of becoming a martyr.”
Interviewer: “So you wait for your martyrdom…”
Nakhalah: “Yes, I do. I am not taking dangerous chances, but martyrdom dose not scare me. Martyrdom is a badge of honor for any Palestinian mujahid. It is what the mujahid is awarded when he concludes his service.”
Bexarkat says
They couldn’t drive the Jews out of Palestine, Texas; Palestine West Virgina; Palestine, Tennessee; Palestine, Ohio: Palestine, North Carolina; Palestine, Michigan; Palestine, Illinois; Palestine, Indiana; Palestine, Mississippi; or Palestine, Haiti …well, out of Palestine Haiti, maybe…..
Clem Jackson says
Great point.
Jim says
I do not know of any other world religion that preaches conquest of other countries. That god simply calls on members of his religion to engage in endless wars leading to world conquest seems a bit strange for a religion of peace. Pace George Bush. Probably the Muslims need to start giving back countries they have conquered, not to conquer more. Starting with the Eastern Roman Empire or Egypt or Pakistan. But I suppose that would be heresy. Germans do not talk about reconquering the parts of their territory ceded to Russia and other countries after WW II. If the religion of peace can talk of doing this, why cannot other countries. Or religions?
abu taleb says
‘We will drive the Jews out of Palestine, inshallah’
And yet, the Palestinians fail to drive the Jews out, so it is either Allah is not willing to drive the Jews out of Palestine, or Allah is not capable at all. So muslims must either stop trying to drive the Jews out of Palestine, or simply stop being muslims.
Oh wait, the muslim elites just want to fool stupid muslims and the west so that they can continue the suffering of their people while at the same time receive tons of money from the stupid west.
Clem Jackson says
Exactly.
Gerard says
Exactly, great points!
alexreid says
Seems strange that they’d do this. The original name of the Region was…. Judea. Besides the Jews were there some 2,000 years before any Arab wandered in!
Joe1 says
They also want to conquer places that Islam has never conquered and other places where Islam is not pure. So, no place is safe from Islam.
The Turkeychoker says
everything about islam is fake. fake god. mohaamad was all about building a gang of criminals. running around,hiding their faces so no one could recognize them. pedofiles,mother rapers,father rapers,murderers. liars. palastine doesnot and never has existed.
NoTaqiyya says
“Palestine is the homeland of the Palestinian people, as it is part of the Arab and Islamic region. We will drive the Jews out of Palestine, inshallah. We will drive them out of the Galilee, and out of everywhere.
Siyad Nakhalah
Pelestian Islamic Jihad.
There is no such entity, country or kingdom called Palestine.
The term was invented by the Romans to deride the Jews for refusing to bow before Cesar.
The Arabs calling themselves Palestinians are descendants of the invading hordes spread out of Arabia under Umar in the 7th century.
The term Palestine is being used as a political club to beat the Israelis with.
These people have rejected every single attempt at reaching a lasting peace. Why are they so stubborn?
Because they want all of the land.
“From the river to the sea.”
“We will drive the Jews out of Palestine, inshallah.”
Siyad Nakhalah
Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
With people like that, reason doesn’t work. They only understand force. That is the sad reality of the most intractable conflict in the Middle East.