“As for the captives, the amir [ruler] has the choice of taking the most beneficial action of four possibilities: the first to put them to death by cutting their necks; the second, to enslave them and apply the laws of slavery regarding their sale and manumission; the third, to ransom them in exchange for goods […]
Nigeria: Muslims kill 37 villagers for refusing to pay the jizya
My Nigerian contact informs me that these “bandits” were Fulani jihadis, and the “levies” they were collecting were the jizya tax imposed in the Qur’an: ““Fight against those do not believe in Allah or the last day, and do not forbid what Allah and his messenger have forbidden, and do not follow the religion of […]
Muslim cleric on accused blasphemer: ‘We just kill. For us, as it concerns the Apostle of Allah, ours is to kill.’
Islam mandates death for non-Muslim subjects of the Islamic state who mention “something impermissible about Allah, the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace), or Islam” (‘Umdat al-Salik, o11.10), and such laws are based upon passages in the Hadith and Sira in which Muhammad orders the murders of people who have insulted him. These […]