Transcript the roots of jihad

THE ROOTS OF JIHAD
What Motivates Radical Islam
Its History and Doctrines
Presented by:
ACT! For America
Mission Viejo Chapter
www.actforamerica92691.org
first RuLE OF WAR
“Know your enemy and know
yourself and you can fight a
hundred battles without
disaster….”
Sun Tzu,
famous Chinese General and
Strategist. Author of
“The Art of War”, 500 B.C..
The Rule is ignored!
Not until 5 years after 9/11 does
our DOD undertake to study
the Islamic enemy.
“To Our Great Detriment:
Ignoring What Extremists Say
About Jihad”
Thesis by Stephen Coughlin
Published - July 2007
Largely IGNORED!!
SOURCES OF ISLAMIC DOCTRINE
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The Qur’an – Record of Muhammad’s 114
“revelations”
The Hadith – Collections of Muhammad’s words
and deeds
Sira - Biographies of Muhammad
Sharia – Islamic Law
Three English tranlations of Qur’an and 5 collections of the
hadith are available on line with indicies and search features at
http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/crcc/engagement/resources/texts/
Arabia in Muhammad’s day
570 - 632 A.D.
• Tribal warfare
•Tribal power ruled
•Violence prevailed
• Violence
prevails
•Mecca was a crossroads of
• Makkah
(Mecca)
caravan
routes – a junction
•Mecca
was routes
a center of pagan
of
caravan
religious worship
• Mecca
– worshipped
a religiousthe
center
•Quraysh
moon
ARABIA
600 A.D.
The kabbah
sacred black stone
muhammad’s early life
570-595 a.d
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Father dies before he was born.
Mother dies when he is 5 or 6
Grandfather dies when he is 8-9
Raised by Uncle Abu Talib until 25
Becomes a caravaneer
muhammad’s marriage to
khadija (595 a.d)
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Wealthy widow – 15 years his senior
Khadija’s Christian connections
Role of Waraqa bin Naufal
His first “vision” at age 40 (610 A.D.)
muhammad’s “reVelatioNs”
• First vision was a terrifying experience.
• Apparition demanded that Muhammad
recite what he is told.
• Memorized by followers.
• Recitations were written down by scribes.
• Similar to Old and New Testament
accounts and teachings.
muhammad’s meccaN period
610 - 622
• Most converts were from his family,
household, and the poor.
• Meccan revelations are benign
• Persecution by the Quraysh
• Some followers emigrate to Abbysinnia
• Khadija and Abu Talib die (619 A.D.)
• Marries 2nd wife: Aisha – age 6
• The “Hijrah”– relocation to Medina (622)
Life in medina 622-632
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Problems with 3 Jewish tribes
Caravan raiding begins
Changing tenor of revelations
Many battles are fought
10 year Treaty of Hudaybiyyah broken
Raises an army of over 10,000
Conquers Mecca (630)
The call to jihad
• Muslims must make war against unbelievers.
(9:73, 9:29)
• Jihad is obligatory for all Muslims (47:4, 9:81,
9:48-49, 2:193, 9:38-39, 2:216)
• All must obey Allah and his Messenger (3:32)
• Unbelievers invited to accept Islam (3:64)
• Victory promised against superior forces
(8:65, 3:13)
• If Muslims not victorious it is because they
have failed to follow Islam (3:149-151)
The suras of medina
• Principle of Abrogation introduced (2:106,
16:101)
• Take not Christians or Jews as friends(9:5, 5:51)
• Banditry authorized (48: 18-20)
• Holding captives for ransom OK (8:67-69)
• Striking terror is prescribed (8:60)
• Unbelievers are to be slain (47:4)
• Apostates are to be maimed or slain (5:33)
The rewards of jihad
• Warriors promised 4/5 of spoils (8:41)
• Captives may be killed, taken as slaves or
held for ransom (8:67-69)
• Sex with female captives permitted (4:24)
• Killing or being killed in jihad pleases Allah
and assures one admittance to paradise
(4:100)…(much more in the hadith)
Islam’s paradise
• Allah will reward those he chooses (17:30)
• Perpetual virgins waiting to be wed (78:31,
55:56, 56:28)
• Rivers of wine, milk, honey (47:15, 37:47-48)
• Verdant gardens, luscious fruits (43:71`-73,
76:13-14)
• Luxurious furnishings (88 :16)
• Descriptions in the hadith are even more
“lurid” and “enticing”…
summary
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ISLAMIC VIOLENCE
ISLAMIC INTOLERANCE
ISLAMIC LAW (SHARIA)
ISLAMIC AGGRESSION
ISLAMIC DECEIT
ISLAMIC REFUSAL TO ASSIMILATE
all are rooted iN the Qur’aN
HANDOUT – THE ROOTS OF JIHAD
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You can view Major Coughlin’s Thesis on line and download it.
Simply Google “Stephen Coughlin’s Thesis”
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You can read three English translations of the Qur’an and 5 major collections of the hadith at
USC’s website.
http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/crcc/engagement/resources/texts
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Attached are the slides listing some of the “troublesome” doctrines of the Qur’an showing the
sura and verse where these may be found.
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You are encourged to read the Qur’an. It is about the length of the New Testament.
But first obtain a copy of our paper “How To Read The Qur’an”.
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Revelations regarding women
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Women are inferior to men (4:34)
Woman’s testimony half as valuable as a man’s (2:282)
Wives can be beaten (4:34)
Man can marry 4 wives (4:3)…and have concubines
No such thing as spousal rape (2:223)
Women who claim rape must produce 4 male witnesses
to the act (24:13)
• Female inheritance is only half of a male’s (4:11)
• Women must be covered in public (24:31)