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| The Philosophical Underpinnings of Jihad |
| 2003-07-24 |
| EFL. From MEMRI. By Sheikh Yousef Al-Qaradhawi "The martyrdom operations carried out by the Palestinian factions to resist the Zionist occupation are not in any way included in the framework of prohibited terrorism, even if the victims include some civilians. This is for several reasons:" Get ready to ride the slippery slope! "First of all, due to the colonialist, occupational, racist, and [plundering] nature of Israeli society, it is, in fact, a military society. Anyone past childhood, man or woman, is drafted into the Israeli army. Every Israeli is a solider in the army, either in practical terms or because he is a reservist soldier who can be summoned at any time for war. This fact needs no proof. Those they call ’civilians’ are in effect ’soldiers’ in the army of the sons of Zion." So what about the kids, huh, al-Qawadhari? How do you justify killing them? Remember, OBL used a similar argument. It’s OK to indiscriminately kill Americans since we’re a democracy and we all voted for our racist, colonialist, oppressive policies. "Third
It has been determined by Islamic law that the blood and property of people of Dar Al-Harb [the Domain of Disbelief where the battle for the domination of Islam should be waged] is not protected. Because they fight against and are hostile towards the Muslims, they annulled the protection of his blood and his property." Now we get down to the nitty gritty. Kill the outsider. The guy in the other tribe. Oh, and take his booty and women while you’re at it. It’s OK because it says so in the Koran and Hadiths. And the Geneva Convention? That’s man-made law. Doesn’t count. "Fourth, the Muslim clerics, or most of them, have agreed that it is permissible to kill Muslims if the army that attacks the Muslims hides behind them, that is, uses them as barricades or human shields, and sets them at the front so that the fire, arrows, or spears of the Muslims will harm them first. The clerics have permitted the defenders to kill these innocent Muslims, who were forced to stand at the head of the army of their enemies
Otherwise the invading army will enter and annihilate their offspring and their harvests. There was no choice but to sacrifice some [of the Muslims] in order to defend the entire [Muslim] community
Therefore, if it is permitted to kill innocent Muslims who are under coercion in order to protect the greater Muslim community, it is all the more so permissible to kill non-Muslims in order to liberate the land of the Muslims from its occupiers and oppressors." I fail to see the connection between an Arab-Israeli sitting in a bus and a Muslim being used as a human shield. It looks like someone forgot all that Aristotlean logic that the Arabs saved from the Dark Ages. The Intifada’s not over by a long shot. The war’s still on. Iraq may have been El Alamein but there’s a lot of fighting ahead. Oh and by the way, this gem of modern philosophical and legal thought was presented at a conference on "Jihad and Denying Its Connection to Terror." In Stockholm. A couple of weeks ago. |
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