Contrary to the endless false claims of “moderate” Muslims and their witless non-Muslim allies in the West, the Islamic State is not “un-Islamic.” In fact, it scrupulously bases all of its actions on the Qur’an and Sunnah. Here, it makes a Qur’anic case for one of its most controversial acts.
“Dari-Language Booklet Cites Quran Verses And Islamic Jurists’ Opinions To Justify Islamic State Burning Its Enemies Alive,” MEMRI, December 4, 2024:
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A Dari-language booklet published by Maktabat-ul-Muwahideen [monotheists], a media outlet linked to the Islamic State Khurasan Province (ISKP), argues that according to shari’a, burning of apostates and enemies is justified when such a punishment is qisas (retaliation in kind, i.e., an eye for an eye) for a similar act.[1]
The 20-page booklet, titled “The Ruling On Burning With Fire,” prepared on September 10, 2024 in Kunar province of Afghanistan, and consisting of three parts and a preamble, cites Quranic verses and hadiths to illustrate the order to burn polytheists and apostates.
When the Islamic State (ISIS) seized control of parts of Iraq and Syria from mid-2014 onwards, it burned its opponents alive as a form of punishment, which it sought to justify according to shari’a rulings. The current booklet, “The Ruling On Burning With Fire,” has a short introduction with the main topic beginning on the third page. Ibn Zahid Khurasani, the author of the booklet, seeks to explain why the Islamic State burns its enemies, arguing that, while burning unbelievers is forbidden in Islam, there are many justifications for its permissibility in a case of qisas. He cites Quran 16:126, which states: “If you retaliate, then let it be equivalent to what you have suffered. But if you patiently endure, it is certainly best for those who are patient.”
He also cites Quran 2:194, which states: “So, if anyone attacks you, retaliate in the same manner. But be mindful of Allah and know that Allah is with those mindful of Him.” By citing these verses, the author argues that in a case of retaliation, Muslims can burn unbelievers.
The author cites a book by 14th-century Islamic scholar and Sheikh Al-Islam Taqi Al-Din Ibn Taymiyya,[2] who said that Islam’s first caliph Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq burned apostates with fire, and that Ali ibn Abi Talib (the fourth caliph of Islam) ordered the burning of some people who claimed divinity. Not only Ibn Taymiyyah but also many other Islamic scholars have been cited for having ruled that it is permissible to burn a person in a case of retaliation.
The book refers to Jordanian fighter pilot Muath Al-Kasasbeh, whose plane crashed near Raqqa on December 24, 2013, before ISIS fighters captured him and the group recorded a video of its burning him alive on January 3, 2015: “And indeed, what happened to the apostate pilot Muath Al-Kasasbeh was a religious matter based on religious foundations, because if they think about what the pilots do, those who execute their airstrikes on Muslims, they will see that by throwing fire from their bombs, they burn the bodies and destroy the houses. So based on that, the leaders of the Islamic State decided to do to this pilot what he did to the believing servants of Allah, a punishment in accordance with the deed he had done.”…
somehistory says
the news media and the government wanted the public to think this was an aberration. But those who know islam and its level of evil, were not taken in and realized that it was standard islam.
here is another “jordan” story, the opposite of the poor pilot.
“Youngkin: Jordanians ‘crashed’ Quantico. Feds: It was an Amazon delivery.”
Still lying, still trying to give cover to mozlums doing terror exercises.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/youngkin-jordanians-crashed-quantico-feds-it-was-an-amazon-delivery/ar-AA1vrQMH?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=d8a185c248fb43d092a1a2ff4e651f10&ei=13
Palladini says
Try come and burn me, you camel piss drinking fools will know the meaning of pain, with branch from tree shoved up your ass
Billy says
Allah in Quran 3:131 says that the Fire is prepared for the infidels, the Non-Muslims, which means that Islam is a continuous terroristic threat to women, children, and all Non-Muslims as taught in Islam’s Quran. Islam is a deceitful, totalitarian, terrorist, pedophilic Criminal Gang Enterprise against all Non-Muslims by using discrimination, deceit, rape, hatred, and violence to gain ultimate power and control as taught in Islamic Law and in Islam’s Quran. Moreover, Islam’s supremacist-genocidal Ideology, its tyrannical Muslims, its propaganda Schools, its foreign terrorist Organizations, and its ‘Convert-or-Die’ Mosques fund, teach, inspire, and promote ‘Threats and Incitement of Violence’ as well as never-ending terrorism, loathing, and segregation against women, children, and all Non-Muslims(eg. Quran 2:191-3; 4:89,100; 5:82; 8:65; 9:5,14-15,29; 33:26; 47:4; 65:4; 98:6-7 and more).
Westman says
Ibn Zahid Khurasani has never awakened to the smell of napalm in the morning, floating over his family, or he could never write or defend such barbarism. This is the rhetoric that even embarrasses many Muslims who know and feel that the torture of humans is evil. Likewise, there is much justified in the Bible that Christans will not do; instead, following Jesus’ example, leaving it behind in its own historical context.
Islam has a serious problem with its doctrine which contains un-cancelled edicts which have outlived their legitimacy and now violate the laws of most civilized nations. Islam needs its own “Jesus” to bring it into the modern age.
The world is now organized at a global level and those cultures which cannot end their war and exclusion mentality will ultimately be shunned to their own extinction. No one worships the Mars God anymore and any person doing so would be regarded as a lunatic.
James Lincoln says
Westman says,
“Islam has a serious problem with its doctrine which contains un-cancelled edicts which have outlived their legitimacy and now violate the laws of most civilized nations. ”
With respect, I am confused about this sentence.
Were there any edicts in islamic texts that, were at one time, “legitimate”?
Mike says
All moderate Muslims should be ashamed of this group. The main reason why the ancient Israelites forbade the consumption of pig mear, is that the smell of fried or roast pork is reminiscent of the smell of roasting human flesh, which is common in many human sacrifices, which were forbidden by the true God.
Of course, there is a controversy within Christendom as to whether or not eating pork is now acceptable, based on certain verses in the Gospels and the Pauline writings. Most Christians believe that it’s okay, but some do not.
In any case, what I.S. did to that Jordanian pilot was completely unacceptable. The pilot was attempting to accomplish certain justifiable military objectives, while minimizing civilian casualties, similar to what Israel is doing in its fight against Hamas and Hezbollah.
The true Allah is also the God of the Ten Commandments and the Two Chief Commandments, which I.S., Hamas, Hezbollah, al-Qaeda and other such jihadist groups do not follow.
Otherwise, they are following the demonic god Hubaal, who is a servant of Satan himself.
I.S. accuses the Yazidis of Satan worship, because the Yazidi peacock angel is coincidentally called “Shaytan” in the Yazidi language, which sounds the Devil’s name in Arabic.
However, such linguistic misunderstandings can occur. For example, “raisins” (“Hur” in Aramaic), and “virgins” (“Hur” in Arabic), for instance.
Mike says
“pig meat” (typo)
Skeptiker says
Und im schönen “Werte Westen” richtet sich der ganze Hass der Woken und Progressiven gegen christliche/jüdische Kultur und ihre fortschrittlichen zivilisatorischen Errungenschaften. Sie feiern das Abfackeln von Kirchen, die Verfolgung von Christen weltweit und zeigen ihre menschenverachtende Fratze bei jedem Aufmarsch zur Unterstützung von Gewalt und Intoleranz. Diesen faschistischen Unterstützern von Islamismus, Unterdrückung, sexueller Gewalt an Kindern und Frauen , Rassismus und religiöser Größenwahn muss schleunigst das Handwerk gelegt werden.
Noah Andeark says
Ask the terrorists and terror supporters at the terror org CAIR. They’ll tell you “it’s in the koran, and it’s not our job to condemn, unless its Israel (the little satan) or America (the big satan).
allahu’s snackbar!!
Ralph says
Commentors mention “Moderate Islam”, but there is no such thing. Islam is a perversion of humanity, encouraged and abated by a 7th Century pedophile who married a 6-year-old child. Muslims are the cockroaches of humanity, offering no positive values and best removed from existence. There is no “middle ground”.
James Lincoln says
Ralph,
You are correct, there is no such thing as “moderate” islam.
There is only one islam.
But muslims who are not particular devout may exhibit moderate behavior.