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After 9/11, we were inundated with the claims that by this time have become near-universal assumptions: Islam is peace. Jihadis are just a tiny minority of extremists. Jihad means a spiritual struggle and is willfully or ignorantly misinterpreted among jihadis.
Yet an Islamic scholar has just offered a succinct and telling enunciation of Islamic values that differs sharply from these claims. Is he an ignorant, racist, bigoted “Islamophobe” whose views can be easily dismissed? Hardly. He is an internationally respected Muslim Brotherhood leader whose words should be carefully pondered in Washington, but they won’t be.
The Kuwaiti Islamic scholar Tareq al-Suwaidan, who has been named among the 500 Most Influential Muslims for the last three years, recently enunciated a vision of Islamic values that differs markedly from what we have been told again and again in the West: “Preserving life is not the only objective of the shari’a – these include the preserving of religion, life, lineage, intellect, and property. These are the main objectives of the shari’a.”
That all sounds reasonable enough, but then al-Suwaidan added, “Which one of these objectives has higher priority? It is preserving religion, not preserving life. This is why there is a thing called ‘Jihad.’ If preserving life had the priority, there would be no Jihad – we would abolish it. Preserving religion takes priority over preserving life.” Thus peace, which would preserve life, is not the ultimate goal; Islamization is.
In line with this, al-Suwaidan found Hamas’ massacre of 1,200 Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023, to be positively inspiring: “By Allah,” he said, “what happened during the Al-Aqsa Flood should be taught in the most prestigious colleges.” The Al-Aqsa Flood is the name that Hamas gave to its Oct. 7 massacre. “The planning,” al-Suwaidan continued, “was unbelievable. People who are experts in planning know that what happened could only succeed with divine intervention and profound and extraordinary planning.”
Warming to his topic, al-Suwaidan added: “Can you see how many young men and women in our Arab world – forget the Arab world, in the West – consider [Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades spokesman] Abu Obeida a role model?… The Al-Aqsa Flood is the best leadership training course in the world.”
Al-Suwaidan, who spent several years in Tulsa, Okla., meant to include the West among those who could learn from Oct. 7. Like everyone else, he has seen the thoroughly indoctrinated and propagandized college and university students all over the U.S. praise Hamas and celebrate the Oct. 7 attacks.
Amid his joy and excitement, however, al-Suwaidan was troubled that Allah had not yet granted the Muslims total victory: “Blood is flowing in Gaza like rivers. Where is the victory that we were promised? Why is there no divine intervention to stop the bloodshed of children, women, the elderly, and to stop the hunger in Gaza?”
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Bexarkat says
Perhaps there IS divine intervention in Gaza…the Almighty is just not on the side of the terrorist Muslims and their cannon fodder, the women and children of Gaza.
Siddi Nasrani says
Quote, ” Amid his joy and excitement, however, al-Suwaidan was troubled that Allah had not yet granted the Muslims total victory: “Blood is flowing in Gaza like rivers. Where is the victory that we were promised? Why is there no divine intervention to stop the bloodshed of children, women, the elderly, and to stop the hunger in Gaza?”
Well Mr Al-Suwaidan, there are some things that YOU ought to know if you do due diligence to your Islamic faith. I suggest that you work backwards from your Prophet
Mohammad.
So before him it was Jesus, I suggest to you that you read The New Testament in order to get a greater understanding.
Try this one for starters.
The statement “you will know them by their fruit” (Matthew 7:16) is part of Jesus’ teaching about recognizing true followers and avoiding false prophets. Beginning with verse 15, we read this context: “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. So then, you will know them by their fruits” (Matthew 7:15–20).
I will not over load your brains at the moment, so once you have read all of the New Testament, then we shall make a start on the Old Testament ( The book of the Jews )
I wish you well.
somehistory says
Jesus told His followers that the time would come for them to be persecuted and put to death by some who would see their actions as being for God.
Not just Christians are murdered by those kinds of people, and this mozlum has said what they all believe. ..that they are required to murder those who do not follow islam.
But, he also questions ‘why’ there are still many of us standing who do not bend the backs and knees to satan. Some of us never will.
abu taleb says
This guy is so stupid, he had his moment wondering why Allah did not grant the total victory in Gaza. But he forgets completely that it has been since 1948 that Allah has been failing to keep his promise making the muslims victorious. Any person with common sense should realize that Allah is an absolute loser.
James Lincoln says
abu taleb,
It seems that allah is just “not willing”.
somehistory says
James
says islam’s god is ‘not willing.’
And neither is he ‘able.’ their false god is an ‘inciter.’ who must get others to do his dirty work.
James Lincoln says
Yes, somehistory.
OLD GUY says
I’ll bet preserving his life is a priority, he just doesn’t care about anybody else outside his close relationships. He’s using people for his personnel gain.