Oh, Yeah, That's Him
This entry was posted on 9/13/2006 9:29 AM and is filed under Political Correctness.
In the early part of the ABC miniseries,
The Path to 9/11, part one, a judge in New York scolds the apprehended mastermind of the first attack on the World Trade Center, offering a politically correct observation that went something like,
"You are a murderer and a terrorist and your beliefs have nothing to do with Allah." I submit that the judge was not as well-read as the defendant with respect to the Qur'an. Hey, judge, it's in the Book.
"Slay them wherever you find them...Idolatry is worse than carnage...Fight against them until idolatry is no more and God's religion reigns supreme." (Surah 2:190-)
"Fighting is obligatory for you, much as you dislike it." (Surah 2:216)
"Seek out your enemies relentlessly." (Surah 4:103-)
"...make war on the leaders of unbelief...Make war on them: God will chastise them at your hands and humble them. He will grant you victory over them..." (Surah 9:12-)
"Fight against such as those to whom the Scriptures were given [Jews and Christians]...until they pay tribute out of hand and are utterly subdued." (Surah 9:27-)
"If you do not fight, He will punish you sternly, and replace you by other men." (Surah 9:37-)
And there's so much more!
Of course, the above may seem clear to us only because we are not qualified to correctly interpret the Qur'an, or so says
Ustadha Zaynab Ansari."Islam is a fourteen-hundred years old way of life. One simply can't take the scripture of Islam, which is the Qur'an ... and make sweeping generalizations about the religion, particularly when one lacks the qualifications to interpret the Qur'an."
Apparently I'm unqualified. I haven't learned that kill doesn't mean kill, fight doesn't mean fight and subdue doesn't mean subdue. Peace be unto us all, then. All is well. Read the whole spin,
here.
