“I advise you ten things. Do not kill women or children or an aged, infirm person. Do not cut down fruit-bearing trees. Do not destroy an inhabited place. Do not slaughter sheep or camels except for food. Do not burn bees and do not scatter them. Do not steal from the booty, and do not be cowardly.” Beloved Prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him. (Malik’s Muwatta’, “Kitab al-Jihad.”) Terrorism is above all murder. Murder is strictly forbidden in the Qur’an. Qur’an 6:151 says, “and do not kill a soul that God has made sacrosanct, save lawfully.” (i.e. murder is forbidden but the death penalty imposed by the state for a crime is permitted). 5:53 says, “… who so kills a soul, unless it be for murder or for wreaking corruption in the land, it shall be as if he had killed all mankind; and he who saves a life, it shall be as if he had given life to all mankind.” Furthermore The Qur’an demands of believers that they exercise justice toward people even where they have reason to be angry with them: “And do not let the hatred of a people prevent you from being just. Be just; that is nearer to righteousness.”[5:8] There are some specific verses from the Quran that are very often snipped out of context, either by critics of Islam discussing jihadism, or by misguided Muslims themselves who wish to justify their aggressive tactics.Any verse that is quoted out of context misses the whole point of the message of the Quran. Nowhere in the Quran can be found support for indiscriminate slaughter, the killing of non-combatants, or murder of innocent persons in payback for another peoples alleged crimes. So please lets first get a complete understanding of the word of Almighty Allah and then dare to blame Islam for the misguided activities of a few.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 17:56:51 +0000
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