Jihad, Jihad

Its seems many 'Jihadist' Scholars appear to scream delightfully "Jews are apes and pigs", or "Jews are brothers of apes and pigs" (or something to that effect), and they use a number of Quranic Verses [1] to justify this slander (and libel). So what's the deal?

Well the Quranic verses refer to incidents that happened ~2500 years ago (~500BCE) that were very specific to a group amongst the Israelites. They were punished for deliberate transgressions [despite a number of Divine Warning] by being transformed into apes and pigs, and the verses were revealed:

1. to prove Al-Amin really was a Prophet (since these incidents aren't to be found in traditional Israelite Scriptures)
2. as a warning to the Madinite Israelites if they continued transgressing against Al-Amin (by spreading lies eg he was insane, a liar etc etc)

So how is this relevant in the modern context? Actually I have NO idea! If the 'Jihadist Scholars' are suggesting the modern Jews are somehow related to those Israelites, then presumably they have complete Family Charts and Histories to justify this claim. If they're simply trying to be insulting, then the Jews can simply retort "Well you're the children of rapists, mass-murderers, incest, Devil-Worshippers, Pagans, Human Sacrificers, Bestialitists", etc etc since if one goes back up the Family Chain far enough (especially during their Pre-Islamic Days) one will find all these practices prevalent amongst their people.

And I'm sorry but this is COMPLETE bullsh*t [2]. I have NO idea what sources this 'Jihadist Scholar' has used but it doesn't reflect reality. Al-Amin was asked to go to Madina to bring peace and unity to a peoples wracked by decades of constant strife and warfare. Thus his focus and responsibilities lie in identifying and solving Social Problems, and rebuilding the nation. Whilst some Madinite Israelites were the source of quite a few problems Al-Amin encountered, it would be 'Intellectual Terrorism' to categorise all of them as THE ENEMY or 'The Source of All Evil'. It is equally irresponsible to invent history that implies Al-Amin was obsessed with destroying Madinite Israelites. However it would be correct to state that those Israelite Tribes that sided with the Pagans to destroy the Muslim Ummah were attacked and defeated. Unfortunately this interpretation significantly alters the entire context, and is no longer helpful to the Palestinians in their quest to eject the Israelis from Israel.

I can't help feeling that the biggest disaster [in Modern Islamic History] was when the Palestinians [fed up with bandying around the Arab Nationalist Flag to garner support for their cause] suddenly turned to the 'Islam Bandwagon' to try and gain sympathy and support. After that they seem to have [quite cleverly] re-interpreted history to imply "Jews are the BIG enemy that needs exterminating". I'm sorry dear Palestinians, whenever I see your miserable state my heart goes to you. But ultimately [in this equation] you ARE the Terrorists. You shot yourselves in the foot [by siding with the British against the Ottomans] and now you have to accept the consequences of your actions.

However as a 'fellow' Muslim I would like to see a Two-State Solution simply because judging by events like this [4, 6] Palestinians need time to evolve to the point they can respect Jewish Neighbours [instead of screaming 'hellfire and brimstone' at the mere mention of the word 'Jew'] (I think the Palestinians have lost sight of the reasons they are fighting. 'Resistance' only makes sense if they're attacking an immediate enemy. However since they're only targetting innocent civilians, surely that makes them guilty of murder...). But since the Palestinians have NO right to demand specific pieces of land (eg Jerusalem), they should just be grateful for whatever they're given. If after that anyone from Palestine attacks the Jewish 'Cancer', then that will be [correctly interpreted as] an 'Act of War' and they're on their own

As for 'Slave Girls', 'Slavery' was [more or less] globally abolished [3] around 100 years ago. The Quranic Verses relating to Slavery and 'those whom your right hand possess' ie Slave-Girls refers to a practice that existed 1400 years ago. However there are sufficient Hadiths requiring 'freeing of Slaves' for penance to suggest Islam actually wants to destroy this despicable industry so we should congratulate and honour any global attempts to do this. Besides how can we discuss global Brotherhood and Sisterhood if [in the same breath] we also want access to slave-girls?

Also [as far as I'm aware] Islam forbids enslaving free people (the idea being "Ok you can keep the slave industry that already exists, but you can't force any 'free peoples' into it") which should have resulted in the industry [slowly] withering away over 1000 years ago.

Rape is punishable by stoning to death for married men and 100 lashes (on the bare back with a jaldah/dirrah [5]) for the unmarried. The age/religion/gender etc of the victim is irrelevant.

Paedophilia is the same as rape (even though Al-Amin married a 6 year old girl).

Whilst Polygamy is permitted, there are a number of points that need to be made about this issue:

1. The male has to honour each wife as though he were ONLY married to her. Thus if he marries four wives, he is actually responsible for four SEPARATE households (yes that can be VERY expensive, time-consuming and require very sophisiticated Human-Management Skills, since each wife also has her parents and associated family).

2. Since the most successful Islam Social Systems have ALWAYS been those based on a Matriarchal System, with each Wife effectively a 'Queen' (with quite a hefty/frightening amount of Social/Political Power), only a brave/foolish soul would consider venturing down the 'Polygamy' path.

3. 1400 years ago wealth was scarce, and polygamy offered an effective solution for females [from poorer backgrounds] to gain access to it by marrying someone wealthy. However that hurdle has effectively been eradicated (especially in the Industrialised World) thereby allowing the female to make a more measured choice when deciding on a suitable spouse.

Al-Amin actually dissuaded a female from marrying a male "because he is a wife-beater". Because wealth was scarce 1400 years ago, females were more limited in their choice of husband. Thus once they married they were pretty much stuck, and simply had to hope the husband had a 'feminine side'. Since wealth is more easy to obtain now-a-days females have more of a choice, so the focus is on the males to show a degree of 'femininity'.

As for discipline, that just sounds like an excuse for 'female abuse' ie "I will beat you if you 'disobey' me" attitude.

Whilst I'm not happy about this, I've decided to support SGRs (Same Gender Relationships) as a Marital Union (as opposed to 'civil unions') [because of some very complicated social reasons].

This is just pure 'Intellectual Terrorism' [4], and seems to have been written by someone 'inspired' by Adolf Hitler, 'Mein Kampf' and the 'Jewish Conspiracy' rubbish he was promoting. It is such demented garbage that I have no choice but to accuse ALL the 'Jihadist Scholars' [mentioned in this article] of being Heretics. And the punishment for Heresy is...Public Crucifixion.

Islam is neither peaceful nor 'unpeaceful'. Islam teaches us to solve Social Problems (and that is ultimately the purpose of Law) by whatever means necessary.

References:

1. http://answering-islam.org.uk/Authors/Arlandson/jew_apes.htm
2. http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP68304
3. http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/459886/a-muslim-who-gets-it.thtml
4. http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sr&ID=SR2504
5. http://www.answering-islam.org/Books/Hughes/d.htm
6. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7208969.stm