May 14, 2004

Jihad for Dhimmis

JUST IN CASE YOU ARE UNCLEAR ABOUT THE WAR BEING WAGED AGAINST US, MEMRI provides this reminder: "Hamid Golpira wrote a column in the Iranian English-language daily Tehran Times about the tenets of Jihad

"Our wise teacher explained it to us like this. First we must invite them to Islam. Even if they declare war against us, we should invite them to Islam by calling a one-day truce for them to think over our invitation. If after one day they embrace Islam, we should accept them as Muslim brothers and sisters and war has been averted.

"If they do not embrace Islam, we should invite them to pay the jizya tax and become dhimmis or to make a peace treaty with the Muslims, and we should again call a one-day truce for them to think over our proposal. If after one day they decide to pay the jizya tax and become dhimmis or to make a peace treaty with the Muslims, we should accept their decision, and again war has been averted.

"However, if they do not embrace Islam and do not decide to become non-Muslims who are not enemies of Islam but decide to make war against the Muslims, then, under such circumstances, we are allowed to wage war against them, as long as we observe all the other rules of Jihad, such as treating prisoners fairly and not attacking civilians. And Islam teaches that genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and terrorism are always haram (forbidden).

I guess we forgot to pay the tax or sign the peace treaty. That's it for us. Especially since it seems our enemies have forgotten a few things about the nature of their jihad as well -- terrorism, war crimes, murder of civilians -- just a few, yes.

Posted by Vanderleun at May 14, 2004 12:22 PM
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