Damn bored tonight so I thought I'd look up a few things, after a caution from a nice policeman outside a girls school I decided to surf the net and found a couple of things out. I wasn't too sure what this Jihad malarkey was all about so did a bit of looking and found this from a Muslim BB (UK);
< Jihad should not be confused with Holy War; the latter does not exist in Islam nor will Islam allow its followers to be involved in a Holy War. The latter refers to the Holy War of the Crusaders.>
<Jihad is not a war to force the faith on others, as many people think of it. It should never be interpreted as a way of compulsion of the belief on others, since there is an explicit verse in the Qur'an that says:"There is no compulsion in religion" Al-Qur'an: Al-Baqarah (2:256).>
<Jihad is not a defensive war only, but a war against any unjust regime. If such a regime exists, a war is to be waged against the leaders, but not against the people of that country. People should be freed from the unjust regimes and influences so that they can freely choose to believe in Allah.>
<Not only in peace but also in war Islam prohibits terrorism, kidnapping, and hijacking, when carried against civilians. Whoever commits such violations is considered a murderer in Islam, and is to be punished by the Islamic State. during wars, Islam prohibits Muslim soldiers from harming civilians, women, children, elderly, and the religious men like priests and rabies. It also prohibits cutting down trees and destroying civilian constructions.>
(Although the second to last statement seems to be a bit of a contradiction!)
Well, from the horse’s mouth as it were.
Hopefully that rules out giving Mr Abu Umar the local green grocering Muslim a good kicking. His beliefs would run similar to Christianity, not that I'm burdened by religious beliefs so what do I know. Asbach is the divine right of the chosen few. (Mistress, you know where my beliefs lay!)
Should the perpetrators be found to be 'true Muslims', the best course of action would be to hand them over to a 'true' Muslim state. No doubt Sky would do a pay per view of their "prison sentence".
Next weeks lesson will be on Mongolian goat herders; their secret Heroin addiction.
If you were/are a Muslim, how would you feel about your religion right now and how would you feel about how people judged you? Not a provocation, just a general question.