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May 13, 2004
A few weeks after 9/11
A few weeks after 9/11 my church hosted an event designed to inform members as to the tenants of Islam. Two Muslims, husband and wife, spoke to the congregation and answered some questions.
On the question of "Jihad", they were quite emphatic that the word only meant "inner struggle", and did not mean military action or other physican fighting. I didn't buy it at the time and don't now.
I recalled this incident when reading this article posted on the MEMRI website. It's a translation of an article which explains the tenants of Jihad that appeared in an Iranian newspaper recently. Money quote:
"...if they (non-believers) 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)."
Wish our enemies in Iraq would read this.
Posted by Tom at May 13, 2004 11:21 AM
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