İsmet Özel, a well-known Muslim poet from Turkey, said at a conference: “Muslims are terrorists. The first duty of Muslims is to be terrorists. Kafirs [infidels] should be afraid of Muslims. If they are not afraid, then a Muslim is not a Muslim.” https://t.co/oyNMAnLP7E — Uzay Bulut (@bulutuzay_) September 27, 2024 Is this guy a […]
Islamic scholar: ‘This not a war against the Zionist entity but against the infidel world in its entirety’
Try saying this in the U.S., Al-Shanqiti, and you’re liable to be accused of “Islamophobia.” “Former Vice President Of International Union Of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) Mauritanian Islamic Scholar Muhammad Al-Dadow Al-Shanqiti: The Most Noble Death A Person Can Have Is While Waging Jihad,” MEMRI, September 11, 2024: Former Vice President of the IUMS (International […]
Austria carries out 72 raids against alleged Islamic jihadis ahead of 9/11 anniversary
The impetus for Austria’s raids was the foiled jihad terror plot to attack Taylor Swift concerts, in which three suspects, ages 17, 18 and 19 — inspired by the Islamic State group — planned to kill tens of thousands of fans. All across Europe, a persistent danger exists since the beginning of the flood of […]
Islamic scholar: Oct. 7 massacre ‘transformed our history,’ ‘children should be raised on love of jihad’
Note yet again how Dr. Wasfi Ashour Abu Zeid frames the Israeli/Arab conflict entirely in Islamic theological terms, the one aspect of the conflict that analysts at all points of the political spectrum steadfastly ignore. “Member Of Qatar-Backed International Union Of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) Says Gaza War Can Be Used To Teach Children Important Lessons: […]
Libyan Fatwa House declares jihad against Russian forces, says jihad against them is religious duty for all Libyans
This fatwa aligns with traditional Islamic theology. In classic Sunni theology and law, only the caliph is authorized to declare offensive jihad. That jihad is an obligation on the community as a whole (fard kifaya); an individual is released from it if others are taking it up. But all the schools of Islamic jurisprudence agree […]
‘The West is proving that Islamist terrorism works’ — Yes, but…
Yes, Jake Wallis Simons is right: appeasement never works. The West is handing a victory to jihad terrorism. But it’s also true that Jake Wallis Simons himself is not fully coming to grips with the problem that confronts us. Why does he call the foe “Islamist” terrorism? What does he think is the difference between […]
Australia: Muslim teen who went on stabbing rampage said he was going on ‘path of jihad for the sake of Allah’
Yet authorities persist in assuming that “jihad for the sake of Allah” has nothing to do with Islam, and represents a fundamental misunderstanding of it. So this young man was in “deradicalization” programs, which never, ever work, as they’re based on the false premise that true Islam is peaceful and benign. The jihadis are not […]
Understanding Jihad
In many discussions about Hamas, Hamas is described as a “terrorist organization” (which it is), but with no reference at all to Jihad (“Holy War”) in its Islamic context. Mohammed invented Jihad in Medina in 623 C.E. after 1-1/2 years of unsuccessfully trying to convert the Jews and others there by using peaceful persuasion as […]
Were the Early Christians Nonviolent Solely Because They Didn’t Have State Power?
In pre-modern Christian history, Christians had different approaches to war and peace, such as pacifism, just war, total war and world community. Pacifism was the first approach that they took, whereas the latter three developed much later. When it comes to pacifism, Muslim polemicists often argue that Christians chose pacifism for the first few hundred […]
Michigan: Islamic scholar says ‘there can never be a permanent treaty with infidels because it cancels out jihad’
I’ve noted this for years and been called a racist, bigoted “Islamophobe” for doing so. Is Ahmad Musa Jibril a racist, bigoted “Islamophobe”? “Michigan Islamic Scholar Ahmad Musa Jibril: There Can Be No Permanent Peace Treaty With Jews, Infidels Because It Cancels Out Jihad; When Muslims Get Stronger, The Treaty Is Over,” MEMRI, March […]