The issue of the Muslim’s relationship with the infidel is one of the most important in Islam. The amount of attention devoted to the infidel is huge: 64 percent of the total Qur’an addresses that relationship while 81 percent of the Sira (chronological biographies of Muhammad) and 37 percent of the Hadith (sayings attributed to Muhammad) focus on this as well. In sum, nearly two thirds of Shari’a (Islamic law) is devoted to the infidel. What comes through clearly by examining this subject is that Islam is not about universal brotherhood, as is often claimed, but about the brotherhood of believers, members of the umma. The flip-side of this is a total denunciation of the “other”(Qur. 49:10). There are more than four hundred verses in the Qur’an alone that describe the torment in hell that Allah has prepared for the infidel. The Qur’an dehumanizes infidels: They are vile animals and beasts, the worst of creatures and demons (Qur. 2:65; 5:60; 7:176; 8:55; 46:29-35; 98:6); perverted transgressors and partners of Satan (Qur. 3:10, 82, 110; 4:48, 56, 76, 91; 7:144; 9:17, 34; 11:14; 13:15, 33; 14:30; 16:28-9; 18:103-6; 21:98; 22:19-22, 55; 25:21; 33:64; 40:63; 48:13) to be fought until religion is Allah’s alone (Qur. 2:193; 8:39; 9:5,111, 123; 47:4). They are to be beheaded (Qur. 8:12; 47:4); terrorized (Qur. 3:151; 8:12, 60; 33:26; 59:2), annihilated (Qur. 2:191; 4:89, 91; 6:45; 9:5, 36, 73; 33:60-2; 66:9), crucified (Qur. 5:33), punished, and expelled (Qur. 5:33; 8:65; 9:9, 29,123; 25:77), and plotted against by deceit (Qur. 3:54; 4:142; 8:30; 86:15). Believers must be in a constant state of war with the infidel (Qur. 61:4, 10-2; 8:40; 2:193).
Posted on: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 10:45:21 +0000
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