Fatah-al Islam “Martyrs” Run And Hide Like Rats In Lebanon
The Lebanese Army has finally managed to root out the vermin who basically took over the Palestinian refugee camps near Beirut. The fighters, who loudly announced that they would die as martyrs while slaughtering innocents for the Religion Of Peace, changed their minds as the Army closed in and they scattered like the vermin they are. Their slogan was changed from “We Will Die For Allah” to “Feets Don’t Fail Me Now!” Local residents armed themselves to keep the infestation from gaining access to their homes. The Army is tracking down the martyrs and killing them as we speak. Apparently martrydom ain’t what it used to be.
The U.N. Attends Human Rights Meeting In Iran As Iran Publicly Hangs 21 Criminals </</u>b>
You have to give the thugs who run Iran points for style. Using a huge construction crane to haul someone off their feet to be hanged by the neck until they are dead is certainly an attention getter. Anyway, while all this was going on the U.N. High Commissioner For Human Rights, Louise Arbour, was at a meeting on human rights in Tehran. Chaired by Cuba, that eagle eyed watchdog for abuses of human rights, of course. According to reports the most difficult part of the meeting was trying to find something the United States is doing to condemn with all those swinging bodies obstructing their view.
And Speaking Of Useless U.N. Parasites:
Mohammed El Baradei, the U.N. always honest and objective head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has critisized the Great Satan (that’s us) for not giving Iran time to show that they are using all that enriched uranium for peaceful purposes. The fact that Iran has NOT ONE SINGLE REACTOR BUILT TO USE ALL URANIUM FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES seems to elude our industrious El Baradei. Note to El Baradei: The uranium is for bombs, stupid.
Hamas Beats Down Protestors In Gaza, Threatens Reperters With Death If They Tell On Them
In yet another shining example of the civilizing influences of Islam, Hamas beat, stomped, and shot people who were trying to asemble to protest that they don’t want their lives led by slobbering neanderthal religious zealots. At least one grenade was thrown into a group of people praying in the street. Several reporters were beaten and their cameras were taken away. For some reason the rest of the world seems to have overlooked this incident. Perhaps if Hamas had put panties on someone’s head the outrage meter would peg out.
Peace out, y’all.
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Everyone looks down his legs, for the sake of his self interests.
Politics is how to apply morals, not how to desive.
May God have mercy with us all... despite all our bad deeds.
Fatah, Hamas, Nejad, Ossama bin laden think that they will be heros...
Lol!!!
i.e. I'm a muslim, and I doubt they are muslims or I don't count them from muslims.
Who harm muslims is not from them.
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977111473
and Usman's article on:
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977108270
Rob Port, America executes criminals too and our Governor mock their pleas for mercy. Remember then Governor Bush mocking Karla Faye Tucker, in falsetto voice, arms up in defensive posture "Don't kill me, don't kill me"
What a sick puppy to laugh at someone he is about to execute. This is a Western Governor from a civilized nation. He was real proud of all the criminals he executed.
Funny how right wingers only worry about dead criminals when someone they hate is doing the executing but rejoice at the number their boy kills.
Karla Faye Tucker killed two people with a pick axe. She was given a trial and sentenced to die. She got a lethal injection and went to sleep ...... forever. She wasn't strung up by a crane and hanged in front of a huge crowd in the public square. We don't do public mass hangings in this country. The last public hanging in the US was in 1836. Only 38 of 50 states have capital punishment.
As far as you saying that Bush mocked her, I never heard about that. Prove he did that.
What were the crimes of these people who were hanged in Iran? Did they merely speak out against one of the mullahs or Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? Perhaps they told him that the Holocaust really did happen. Or perhaps they were gay. Maybe it was a young woman who went out without a male escort. Perhaps she didn't cover her face. So far this year alone there have been 189 public hangings in Iran. In the last 31 years there have been only 1,086 executions in this country.
That's may be the reason, The Arabs & Muslims in Iraq & Afghanistan hate the U.S. & what to destroy it.
Lol!!!
Everyone like to have friends except the U.S. like to have enemies.
And I think that the equality in Tyranny is Justice.
They danced and rejoiced in the streets when they learned about the World Trade Center and 3,000 Americans dying.
Have a nice day and may be peace be with you always.
On the non-funny side, why do we even need the UN anymore?
espeatially, because she help Israel which kill thousands of Arabs everyday & destroy their mosquses...
What do you think Lera, when someone destroy your house & church and kill your children or rape you? Will you love him?
Have a nice sleep, it is 8:15 a.m. now in Egypt.
may be peace be with you always.
And I'll be, because I'll fight for it.
it doesn't do anything to achieve peace.
let it go to hell.
They danced and rejoiced in the streets when they learned about the World Trade Center and 3,000 Americans dying."
Apparently that's a death penalty offense
There is a really funny (if death can ever be funny) item in the news. Apparently one of the reasons for the sharply declining death toll from insurgents or sectarians in Baghdad is nothing more than playing with the statistics. Seems the military has decided to declare any body found with a bullet in the front part of the head or body is now being classified as the result of "criminal" activity, while those shot in the back of the head are declared to be from either sectarian violence of the insurgents. I am not sure exactly what they classify assorted body parts blown apart by bombs.
"As far as you saying that Bush mocked her, I never heard about that. Prove he did that. "
Idiot.
http://www.ccadp.org/bushkills.htm
Btw, sparky, this woman was a born-again Christian. I thought "Christians" were always forgiving and willing to forget a person's past, if they became "born again?" Isn't that how the religio-wackos justified voting for a person of such low character and integrity as George W. Bush for president? His "sins" were in his past life, and since he claimed to be "born again," all was forgiven...the alcohol addiction, the cocaine addition, the lifetime of laziness, corruption, and failure, the raping and alleged forced abortion of Margie Shoedinger, his AWOL military status...all forgiven, merely by him claiming to be born again.
Yet, when Karla Faye Tucker was TRULY born again, he murdered her and then openly mocked her about it. Despicable.
Qur'an:8:12 "I shall terrorize the infidels. So wound their bodies and incapacitate them because they oppose Allah and His Apostle."
Qur'an:8:57 "If you gain mastery over them in battle, inflict such a defeat as would terrorize them, so that they would learn a lesson and be warned."
Ishaq:326 "If you come upon them, deal so forcibly as to terrify those who would follow, that they may be warned. Make a severe example of them by terrorizing Allah's enemies."
Qur'an:8:67 "It is not fitting for any prophet to have prisoners until he has made a great slaughter in the land."
Ishaq:588 "When the Apostle descends on your land none of your people will be left when he leaves."
Tabari IX:42 "We have been dealt a situation from which there is no escape. You have seen what Muhammad has done. Arabs have submitted to him and we do not have the strength to fight. You know that no herd is safe from him. And no one even dares go outside for fear of being terrorized."
Ishaq:326 "Allah said, 'No Prophet before Muhammad took booty from his enemy nor prisoners for ransom.' Muhammad said, 'I was made victorious with terror. The earth was made a place for me to clean. I was given the most powerful words. Booty was made lawful for me. I was given the power to intercede. These five privileges were awarded to no prophet before me.'"
Ishaq:327 "Allah said, 'A prophet must slaughter before collecting captives. A slaughtered enemy is driven from the land. Muhammad, you craved the desires of this world, its goods and the ransom captives would bring. But Allah desires killing them to manifest the religion.'"
Qur'an:7:3 "Little do you remember My warning. How many towns have We destroyed as a raid by night? Our punishment took them suddenly while they slept for their afternoon rest. Our terror came to them; Our punishment overtook them."
Ishaq:510 "When the Apostle looked down on Khaybar he told his Companions, 'O Allah, Lord of the Devils and what into terror they throw, and Lord of the winds and what they winnow, we ask Thee for the booty of this town and its people. Forward in the name of Allah.' He used to say this of every town he raided."
Bukhari:V5B59N512 "The Prophet offered the Fajr Prayer [Prayer of Fear] near Khaybar when it was still dark. He said, 'Allahu-Akbar!' [Allah is Greatest] Khaybar is destroyed, for whenever we approach a hostile nation to fight, then evil will be the morning for those who have been warned.' Then the inhabitants came out running on their roads. The Prophet had their men killed; their children and woman were taken as captives."
Bukhari:V9B87N127 "The Prophet said, 'I have been given the keys of eloquent speech and given victory with terror.'"
Ishaq:517 "Khaybar was stormed by the Apostle's squadron, fully armed, powerful and strong. It brought certain humiliation with Muslim men in its midst. We attacked and they met their doom. Muhammad conquered the Jews in fighting that day as they opened their eyes to our dust."
Tabari VIII:116Ishaq:511 "So Muhammad began seizing their herds and their property bit by bit. He conquered home by home. The Messenger took some people captive, including Safiyah and her two cousins. The Prophet chose Safiyah for himself."
Bukhari:V5B59N512 "The Prophet had their men killed, their children and woman taken captive."
Tabari VIII:129 "After the Messenger had finished with the Khaybar Jews, Allah cast terror into the hearts of the Jews in Fadak when they received news of what Allah had brought upon Khaybar. Fadak became the exclusive property of Allah's Messenger."
Tabari VIII:133 "The raiding party went to Tha'labah. One of Muhammad's slaves, said, 'Prophet, I know where Tha'labah can be taken by surprise.' So Muhammad sent him with 130 men. They raided the town and drove off camels and sheep, bringing them back to Medina."
Tabari VIII:138 "Muhammad carried arms, helmets, and spears. He led a hundred horses, appointing Bahir to be in charge of the weapons and Maslamah to be in charge of the horses. When the Quraysh received word of this, it frightened them."
Qur'an:33:26 "Allah made the Jews leave their homes by terrorizing them so that you killed some and made many captive. And He made you inherit their lands, their homes, and their wealth. He gave you a country you had not traversed before."
Qur'an:59:2 "It was Allah who drove the [Jewish] People of the Book from their homes and into exile. They refused to believe and imagined that their strongholds would protect them against Allah. But Allah came at them from where they did not suspect, and filled their hearts with terror. Their homes were destroyed. So learn a lesson, O men who have eyes. This is My warning...they shall taste the torment of Fire."
Qur'an:33:60 "Truly, if the Hypocrites stir up sedition, if the agitators in the City do not desist, We shall urge you to go against them and set you over them. Then they will not be able to stay as your neighbors for any length of time. They shall have a curse on them. Whenever they are found, they shall be seized and slain without mercy - a fierce slaughter - murdered, a horrible murdering."
Tabari VIII:143 "In this year a twenty-four man raiding party led by Shuja went to the Banu Amir. He launched a raid on them and took camels and sheep. The shares of booty came to fifteen camels for each man. Also a raid led by Amr went to Dhat. He set out with fifteen men. He encountered a large force whom he summoned to Islam. They refused to respond so he killed all of them."
Bukhari:V4B52N256 "The Prophet passed by and was asked whether it was permissible to attack infidels at night with the probability of exposing their women and children to danger. The Prophet replied, 'Their women and children are from them.'"
Tabari IX:20 "The captives of Hunayn, along with their possessions, were brought to the Messenger. He ordered that their captives, animals, and their possessions be taken to Ji'ranah and held there in custody."
Ishaq:576 "Allah and His servant overwhelmed every coward. Allah honored us and made our religion victorious. We were glorified and destroyed them all. Allah humiliated them in the worship of Satan. By what our Apostle recites from the Book and by our swift horses, I liked the punishment the infidels received. Killing them was sweeter than drink. We galloped among them panting for the spoil. With our loud-voiced army, the Apostle's squadron advanced into the fray."
Ishaq:580 "Our strong warriors obey his orders to the letter. By us Allah's religion is undeniably strong. You would think when our horses gallop with bits in their mouths that the sounds of demons are among them. The day we trod down the unbelievers there was no deviation or turning from the Apostle's order. During the battle the people heard our exhortations to fight and the smashing of skulls by swords that sent heads flying. We severed necks with a warrior's blow. Often we have left the slain cut to pieces and a widow crying alas over her mutilated husband. 'Tis Allah, not man we seek to please."
Tabari IX:122 "Muhammad sent Uyaynah to raid The Banu Anbar. They killed some people and took others captive. Asma was one of the women taken prisoner."
Tabari IX:123 "Muhammad sent an expedition to Ghalib and to the land of the Banu Murrah. The raid on Amr and Abi was sent to the valley of Idam. Another by Aslami was sent to Ghabah. And Abd al-Rahman was ordered by the Messenger to lead an army to the seashore."
Tabari IX:69 "He who believes in Allah and His Messenger has protected his life and possessions from us. As for those who disbelieve, we will fight them forever in the Cause of Allah. Killing them is a small matter to us."
Bukhari:V5B59N516 "When Allah's Apostle fought or raided people we raised our voices saying, 'Allahu-Akbar! Allahu-Akbar! None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.'"
Tabari VII:10 "In Ramadhan, seven months after the Hijrah, Muhammad entrusted a white war banner to Hamzah with the command of thirty Emigrants. Their aim was to intercept a Quraysh caravan."
Ishaq:281 "The Raid on Waddan was the first Maghazi [invasion]. The Expedition of Harith was second. They encountered a large number of Quraysh in the Hijaz. Abu Bakr composed a poem about the raid: 'When we called them to the truth they turned their backs and howled like bitches. Allah's punishment on them will not tarry. I swear by the Lord of Camels [Allah?] that I am no perjurer. A valiant band will descend upon the Quraysh which will leave women husbandless. It will leave men dead, with vultures wheeling round. It will not spare the infidels.'"
Ishaq:285 "Then the Apostle went raiding in the month of Rabi u'l-Awwal making for the Quraysh. Then he raided the Quraysh by way of Dinar."
Tabari VII:11 "In this year the Messenger entrusted to Sa'd a white war banner for the expedition to Kharrar. Sa'd said, 'I set out on foot at the head of twenty men. We used to lie hidden by day and march at night, until we reached Kharrar on the fifth morning. The caravan had arrived in town a day before. There were sixty men with it."
Tabari VII:11 "The Messenger of Allah went out on a raid as far as Waddan, searching for Quraysh."
Tabari VII:15 "Expeditions Led by Allah's Messenger: In this year, according to all Sira writers, the Messenger personally led the Ghazwa of Alwa. [A Ghazwa is an Islamic Invasion in Allah's Cause consisting of an army unit led by the Prophet himself.] He left Sa'd in command of Medina. On this raid his banner was carried by Hamzah. He stayed out for fifteen days and then returned to Medina. The Messenger went on a Ghazwa at the head of two hundred of his companions in October, 623 and reached Buwat. His intention was to intercept a Quraysh caravan with a hundred men and twenty-five hundred camels."
Ishaq:286 "Meanwhile the Apostle sent Sa'd on the raid of Abu Waqqas. The Prophet only stayed a few nights in Medina before raiding Ushayra and then Kurz."
Bukhari:V5B57N51 "The Apostle said, 'Tomorrow I will give the flag to a man whose leadership Allah will use to grant a Muslim victory."
Bukhari:V5B59N569 "I fought in seven Ghazwat battles along with the Prophet and fought in nine Maghazi raids in armies dispatched by the Prophet."
Bukhari:V5B57N74 "I heard Sa'd saying, 'I was the first Arab to shoot an arrow in Allah's Cause.'"
Bukhari:V5B59N401 "Allah's Wrath became severe on anyone the Prophet killed in Allah's Cause."
Bukhari:V5B59N456 "Muhammad led the Fear Prayer [Allahu Akbar!] with one batch of his army while the other (batch) faced the enemy."
Bukhari:V5B59N440 "Allah's Apostle used to say, 'None has the right to be worshipped except Allah Alone because He honored His Warriors and made His Messenger victorious. He defeated the clans; so there is nothing left.'"
Ishaq:287 "The Muslim raiders consulted one another concerning them. One of the Muslims said, 'By Allah, if we leave these people alone, they will get into the sacred territory and will be safely out of our reach. If we kill them we will have killed in the sacred month.'"
Tabari VII:19 "They hesitated and were afraid to advance, but then they plucked up courage and agreed to kill as many as they could and to seize what they had with them. Waqid shot an arrow at Amr and killed him. Uthman and al-Hakam surrendered. Then Waqid and his companions took the caravan and the captives back to Allah's Apostle in Medina. This was the first booty taken by the Companions of Muhammad."
Ishaq:289 "Our lances drank of Amr's blood and lit the flame of war."
Tabari VII:20Ishaq:287 "Abd Allah told his Companions, 'A fifth of the booty we have taken belongs to the Apostle.' This was before Allah made surrendering a fifth of the booty taken a requirement."
Tabari VII:20Ishaq:288 "The Quraysh said, 'Muhammad and his Companions have violated the sacred month, shed blood, seized property, and taken men captive.' The polytheists spread lying slander concerning him, saying, 'Muhammad claims that he is following obedience to Allah, yet he is the first to violate the holy month and to kill our people.'"
Ishaq:288 "When the Qur'an:passage concerning this matter was revealed, and Allah relieved Muslims from their fear and anxiety, Muhammad took possession of the caravan and prisoners. The Quraysh sent him a ransom and the Prophet released the prisoners on payment. When the Qur'an:authorization came down to Muhammad, Abd Allah and his Companions were relieved and they became anxious for an additional reward. They said, 'Will this raid be counted as part of the reward promised to Muslim combatants?' So Allah sent down this Qur'an: 'Those who believe and have fought in Allah's Cause may receive Allah's mercy.' Allah made the booty permissible. He divided the loot, awarding four-fifths to the men He had allowed to take it. He gave one-fifth to His Apostle."
Ishaq:288 "Allah divided the booty stolen from the first caravan after he made spoils permissible. He gave four-fifths to those He had allowed to take it and one-fifth to His Apostle."
Tabari VII:29Ishaq:289 "The Apostle heard that Abu Sufyan [a Meccan merchant] was coming from Syria with a large caravan containing their money and their merchandise. He was accompanied by only thirty men."
Ishaq:289 "Muhammad summoned the Muslims and said, 'This is the Quraysh caravan containing their property. Go out and attack it. Perhaps Allah will give it to us as prey."
Tabari VII:29 "Abu Sufyan and the horsemen of the Quraysh were returning from Syria following the coastal road. When Allah's Apostle heard about them he called his companions together and told them of the wealth they had with them and the fewness of their numbers. The Muslims set out with no other object than Sufyan and the men with him. They did not think that this raid would be anything other than easy booty."
Bukhari:V5B59N702 "Allah did not admonish anyone who had not participated in the Ghazwa [raid] of Badr, for in fact, Allah's Apostle had only gone out in search of the Quraysh caravan so that he could rob it. But Allah arranged for the Muslims and their enemy to meet by surprise. I was at the Aqaba pledge with Allah's Apostle when we gave our lives in submission, but the Badr battle is more popular amongst the people. I was never stronger or wealthier than I was when I followed the Prophet on a Ghazwa.'"
Tabari VII:29 "They did not suppose that there would be a great battle. Concerning this Allah revealed a Qur'an: Qur'an:8:7 'Behold! Allah promised you that one of the two parties would be yours. You wished for the unarmed one, but Allah willed to justify His truth according to His words and to cut off the roots of the unbelievers [wipe them out to the last].'"
Tabari VII:29 "When Abu Sufyan heard that Muhammad's Companions were on their way to intercept his caravan, he sent a message to the Quraysh. 'Muhammad is going to attack our caravan, so protect your merchandise.' When the Quraysh heard this, the people of Mecca hastened to defend their property and protect their men as they were told Muhammad was lying in wait for them."
Ishaq:290 "Some Meccans got up to circumambulate the Ka'aba.... Sitting around the mosque, they wondered why they had allowed this evil rascal to attack their men."
Ishaq:292 "Setting out in Ramadhan, Muhammad was preceded by two black flags. His companions had seventy camels."
Tabari VII:38 "I have been informed by authorities that Muhammad set out on 3 Ramadhan at the head of 310 of his companions. The war banner of the Messenger was carried by Ali. The banner of the Ansar was carried by Sa'd."
Ishaq:293Tabari VII:30 "The prophet marched forward and spent the night near Badr with his Companions. While the Prophet was standing in prayer [asking Allah to help him steal] some Quraysh water-carriers came to the well. Among these was a black slave. Muhammad's men seized him and brought him to the Messenger's bivouac. They ordered him to salute Allah's Apostle. Then they questioned him about Abu Sufyan. When the slave began to tell them about the protecting force, it was unwelcome news, for the only object of their raid was the caravan."
Tabari VII:30 "Meanwhile the Prophet was praying, bowing and prostrating himself, and also seeing and hearing the treatment of the slave. They beat him severely and continued to interrogate him but they found that he had no knowledge of what they were looking for."
Ishaq:294 "The Apostle was afraid the Ansar would not feel obliged to help him fight without the enemy being the aggressor and attacking in Medina. Sa'd said, 'We hear and obey. We are experienced in war, trustworthy in combat. Allah will let us show you something that will bring you joy. The Apostle was delighted at Sa'd's words which greatly encouraged him. Muhammad shouted, 'It is as if I see the enemy lying prostrate.'"
Tabari VII:32 "When the Quraysh advanced, Muhammad threw dust in the direction of their faces, and Allah put them to flight.... The Meccan [merchant] force and the Prophet's [pirates] met and Allah gave victory to His Messenger, shamed the unbelievers, and satisfied the Muslims' thirst for revenge."
Ishaq:297 "When the Apostle saw them he cried, 'Allah, they called me a liar. Destroy them this morning.'"
Bukhari:V5B59N330Ishaq:300 "Here is Gabriel holding the rein of a horse and leading the charge. He is equipped with his weapons and ready for the battle. There is dust upon his front teeth."
Bukhari:V5B59N327 "Gabriel came to the Prophet and said, 'How do you view the warriors of Badr?' The Prophet said, 'I see the fighters as the best Muslims.' On that, Gabriel said, 'And so are the Angels who are participating in the Badr battle.'"
Tabari VII:55 "Mihaja, the mawla [slave] of Umar [the future Caliph] was struck by an arrow and killed. He was the first Muslim to die."
Tabari VII:55 "Allah's Messenger went out to his men and incited them to fight. He promised, 'Every man may keep all the booty he takes.' Then Muhammad said, 'By Allah, if any man fights today and is killed fighting aggressively, going forward and not retreating, Allah will cause him to enter Paradise.' Umayr, who was holding some dates in his hand and eating them, said, 'Fine, fine. This is excellent! Nothing stands between me and my entering Paradise except to be killed by these people!' He threw down the dates, seized his sword, and fought until he was slain."
Tabari VII:56 "'Messenger of Allah, what makes the Lord laugh with joy at his servant?' He replied, 'When he plunges his hand into the midst of an enemy without armor.' So Auf took off the coat of mail he was wearing and threw it away. Then he took his sword and fought the enemy until he was killed."
Ishaq:301 "Muhammad picked up a handful of pebbles and faced the Quraysh. He shouted, 'May their faces be deformed!' He threw the pebbles at them and ordered his companions to attack. The foe was routed. Allah killed Quraysh chiefs and caused many of their nobles to be taken captive. While the Muslims were taking prisoners, the Messenger was in his hut."
Bukhari:V5B59N290 "The Prophet said, 'The believers who failed to join the Ghazwa of Badr and those who took part in it are not equal in reward."
Bukhari:V5B59N333 "Az-Zubair said, 'I attacked him with my spear and pierced his eye. I put my foot over his body to pull the weapon out, but even then I had to use great force. Later on Allah's Apostle asked me for that spear and I gave it to him.'"
Ishaq:301 "As the Muslims were laying their hands on as many prisoners as they could catch, the Prophet, saw disapproval in the face of Sa'd. He said, 'Why are you upset by the taking of captives?' Sa'd replied, 'This was the first defeat inflicted by Allah on the infidels. Slaughtering the prisoners would have been more pleasing to me than sparing them.'"
Tabari VII:59 "On the day of Badr I passed Umayyah as he was standing with his son Ali, holding his hand. I had with me some coats of mail which I had taken as plunder. Umayyah said, 'Abd al-Ilah, would you like to take me as a prisoner? I will be more valuable to you as a captive to be ransomed than the coats of mail that you are carrying.' I said, 'Yes. Come here then.' I flung away the armor and bound Umayyah and his son Ali, taking them with me. Muslims encircled us. Then they restrained us physically. One of the Muslims drew his sword and struck Ali in the leg, severing it so that he fell down. Umayyah gave a scream the like of which I have never heard. I said, 'Save yourself, for there is no escape for your son. By Allah, I cannot save him from these men.' Then the Muslims hacked Ali to pieces. Abd al-Rahman used to say, 'May Allah have mercy on Bial [a slave turned Muslim marauder]! I lost my coats of mail, and he deprived me of my captives.'"
Bukhari:V5B59N297 "The Prophet faced the Ka'aba and invoked evil on the Quraysh people."
Bukhari: V5B59N397 "Allah's Apostle raised his head after bowing the first Rak'a of the morning prayer. He said, 'O Allah! Curse so-and-so and so-and-so.' After he had invoked evil upon them, Allah revealed: 'Your Lord will send thousands of angels riding upon chargers sweeping down as a form of good tidings to reassure you that victory comes from Him. He will cut off parts of the unbelievers, overthrow them, and turn them back in frustration. For Allah is forgiving and kind.'"
Ishaq:303 "A cousin and I mounted a hill from which we could overlook Badr and see who would be defeated, so that we could join in the plundering afterwards. I was pursuing one of the Meccan polytheists in order to smite him, when his head suddenly fell off before my sword touched him. Then I knew that someone other than I had killed him."
Tabari VII:61 "When the Prophet had finished with his enemy, he gave orders that Abu Jahl should be found among the dead. He said, 'O Allah, do not let him escape!' The first man who encountered Abu Jahl yelled out and I made him my mark. When he was within my reach, I attacked him and struck him a blow which severed his foot and half his leg. By Allah, when it flew off I could only compare it to a date-stone which flies out of a crusher when it is struck. Then his son hit me on the shoulder and cut off my arm. It dangled at my side from a piece of skin. The fighting prevented me from reaching him after that. I fought the whole day, dragging my arm behind me. When it began to hurt me, I put my foot on it and stood until I pulled it off.'"
Ishaq:304 "Abd Allah bin Mas'ud said, 'I found Abu Jahl in the throws of death. I put my foot on his neck because he had grabbed me once at Mecca and had hurt me. Then I said, Has Allah disgraced you and put you to shame, O enemy of Allah?' 'In what way has he disgraced me?' he asked. 'Am I anything more important than a man whom you have killed?'"
Bukhari:V5B59N298 "Abu Jahl said, 'You should not be proud that you have killed me.'"
Ishaq:304Tabari VII:62 "I cut off Abu Jahl's head and brought it to the Messenger. 'O Allah's Prophet, this is the head of the enemy of Allah.' Muhammad said, 'Praise be to Allah.'"
Ishaq:305 "Ukkasha fought until he broke his sword. He came to the Apostle who gave him a wooden cudgel telling him to fight with that. He brandished it and it became a brilliant weapon. Allah gave him victory while he wielded it. He took that weapon with him to every raid he fought with Allah's Apostle until he was killed in the rebellion. These were his dying words: 'What do you think about when you kill people? Are these not men just because they are not Muslims?'"
Ishaq:315 "It was so criminal, men could hardly imagine it. Muhammad was ennobled because of the bloody fighting. I swear we shall never lack soldiers, nor army leaders. Driving before us infidels until we subdue them with a halter above their noses and a branding iron. We will drive them to the ends of the earth. We will pursue them on horse and on foot. We will never deviate from fighting in our cause. We will bring upon the infidels the fate of the Ad and Jurhum. Any people that disobey Muhammad will pay for it. If you do not surrender to Islam, then you will live to regret it. You will be shamed in Hell, forced to wear a garment of molten pitch forever!"
Ishaq:310 "A Meccan said, 'As soon as we were confronted by the raiding party, we turned our backs and they started killing and capturing us at their pleasure. Some of our men turned tail humiliated. Allah smote some of us with pustules from which we died.'"
Ishaq:311 "When the Quraysh began to bewail their dead, consumed in sorrow, one said, 'Do not do this for Muhammad and his companions will rejoice over our misfortune.'"
Ishaq:340 "Surely Badr was one of the world's great wonders. The roads to death are plain to see. Disobedience causes a people to perish. They became death's pawns. We had sought their caravan, nothing else. But they came to us and there was no way out. So we thrust our shafts and swung our swords severing their heads. Our swords glittered as they killed. The banner of error was held by Satan. He betrayed the evil ones, those prone to treachery. He led them to death crying, 'Fear Allah. He is invincible!' On that day a thousand spirits were mustered on excited white stallions. Allah's army fought with us. Under our banner, Gabriel attacked and killed them."
Ishaq:341 "Allah favored His Apostle and humiliated the unbelievers. They were put to shame in captivity and death. The Apostle's victory was glorious. Its message is plain for all to see. The Lord brought repeated calamities upon the pagans, bringing them under the Apostle's power. Allah's angry army smote them with their trusty swords. Many a lusty youngster left the enemy lying prone. Their women wept with burning throats for the dead were lying everywhere. But now they are all in Hell."
Ishaq:342 "I wonder at foolish men like these who sing frivolously and vainly of the slain at Badr. This was nothing more than an impious and odious crime. Men fought against their brothers, fathers, and sons. Any with discernment and understanding recognize the wrong that was done here."
Ishaq:344 "I wonder at Allah's deed. None can defeat Him. Evil ever leads to death. We unsheathed our swords and testified to the unity of Allah, and we proved that His Apostle brought truth. We smote them and they scattered. The impious met death. They became fuel for Hell. All who aren't Muslims must go there. It will consume them while the Stoker [Allah] increases the heat. They had called Allah's Apostle a liar. They claimed, 'You are nothing but a sorcerer.' So Allah destroyed them."
Ishaq:348 "They retreated in all directions. They rejected the Qur'an:and called Muhammad a liar. But Allah cursed them to make his religion and Apostle victorious. They lay still in death. Their throats were severed. Their foreheads embraced the dust. Their nostrils were defiled with filth. Many a noble, generous man we slew this day. We left them as meat for the hyenas. And later, they shall burn in the fires of Hell."
Ishaq:349 "The battle will tell the world about us. Distant men will heed our warning. The infidels may cut off my leg, yet I am a Muslim. I will exchange my life for one with virgins fashioned like the most beautiful statues."
Ishaq:357 "Their leaders were left prostrate. Their heads were sliced off like melons. Many an adversary have I left on the ground to rise in pain, broken and plucked. When the battle was joined I dealt them a vicious blow. Their arteries cried aloud, their blood flowed."
Ishaq:308 "Muhammad halted on a sandhill and divided the booty Allah had given him. They congratulated him on the victory Allah had granted. But one of the warriors replied, 'What are you congratulating us about? We only met some bald old women like the sacrificial camels who are hobbled, and we slaughtered them!' The Apostle smiled because he knew that description fit ."
Tabari VII:81 "The next day I went to the Prophet. He was sitting with Abu Bakr, and they were weeping. I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, tell me, what has made you weep? If I find cause to weep, I will weep with you, and if not, I will pretend to weep because you are weeping.' The Prophet said, 'It is because of the taking of ransoms. It was laid before me that I should punish them instead.' Allah revealed: 'It is not for any Prophet to have captives until he has made slaughter in the land.' After that Allah made booty lawful for them."
Tabari VII:98 "The Messenger ordered Zayd [the prophet's former slave turned adoptive son] out on a raid in which he captured a Quraysh caravan led by Abu Sufyan at a watering place in Najd.... A number of their merchants set out with a large amount of silver since this was the main part of their merchandise. They hired a man to guide them along this route. Zayd captured the caravan and its goods but was unable to capture the men. He brought the caravan to the Prophet."[If this isn't piracy and terror the words need to be redefined.]"
Tabari VII:98 "The reason for this expedition was the Quraysh said, 'Muhammad has damaged our trade, and sits astride our road. If we stay in Mecca we will consume our capital.' ...The news of the caravan reached the Prophet, as did the information that it contained much wealth and silver vessels. Zayd therefore intercepted it and made himself master of their caravan. The fifth (khums) was twenty thousand dirhams; Allah's Apostle took it and divided the other four fifths among the members of the raiding party. Furat was taken captive. They said to him. 'If you accept Islam the Messenger will not kill you.'"
Qur'an:3:150 "Soon We shall strike terror into the hearts of the Infidels, for that they joined companions with Allah, for which He had sent no authority: their abode will be in the Fire!"
Ishaq:395 "Muslims, if you listen to the unbelievers you will retreat from the enemy and become losers. Ask Allah for victory and do not retreat, withdrawing from His religion. 'We will terrorize those who disbelieve. In that way I will help you against them.'"
Qur'an:33:9 "O ye who believe! Remember the Grace of Allah, on you, when there came down an army. But We sent against them a hurricane and forces that ye saw not. Behold! They came on you from above you and from below you, and behold, the eyes became dim and the hearts gaped up to the throats, stupefied with terror, and ye imagined various vain thoughts about Allah!"
Ishaq:461 "Muhammad besieged them for twenty-five nights. When the siege became too severe for them, Allah terrorized them. Then they were told to submit."
However, she was sentenced to die for her crimes which were especially heinous. Compared to the way she killed her victims her death was fairly peaceful. A pick ax in various parts of your body is pretty painful. So much so that her victim begged her to please hurry and get it over with. Karla Tucker claimed to have had multiple organisms during that time because she was so turned on by the experience.
I'm not going to answer any more of your hateful and ridiculous posts, Clark. I don't know anything about Bush supposedly raping anyone. Maybe you're confusing that allegation with Clinton. And I don't know how you could compare anything that Bush did with what Tucker did.
"Yet, when Karla Faye Tucker was TRULY born again, he murdered her and then openly mocked her about it."
Oh, so she TRULY was born again and he wasn't? I'd be freakin' born again, too, if I was looking at the death penalty. Most inmates find Jesus will in prison and forget about him when they get out. So, if she TRULY was born again I guess she's in heaven with her Saviour and she's happy.
Btw, I find it rather amusing that you claim Bush did all of this stuff and yet he was elacted president twice. I guess that tells you that it doesn't take much to beat a Democrat.
(Geez, get an education, or a backbone, or SOMETHING)
"I guess that tells you that it doesn't take much to beat a Democrat."
Not with folks like you voting.
If the man mocked someone in that position, he's no brother of mine.
You're an idiot, too. It's people like you that are destroying this nation, and the world. Your divisive, hate filled rhetoric does nothing but harm society.
" Why do you call me an idiot. Clark? "
Because, I'm a unruly prick sometimes, and I like messing with people.
"However, she was sentenced to die for her crimes which were especially heinous."
Nobody, including her, has ever inferred that her crimes were not heinous. The issue is that cheerleader georgie, who set the nation's record for murdering more inmates than another other governor ever, mocked her after he'd killed her. That shows a frightening disregard and contempt for human life. Is it any wonder that he later misled the nation to murder 1,000,000 innocent Iraqis?
"Karla Tucker claimed to have had multiple organisms"
I love a woman with multiple organisms.
"I'm not going to answer any more of your hateful and ridiculous posts, Clark."
Ok. I'll try to get by, somehow, although I'll miss your witty insight and enlightened commentary.
"I don't know anything about Bush supposedly raping anyone."
Google the woman's name. Few people do know of her. She mysteriously died days before her day in court, by some odd coincidence.
"Oh, so she TRULY was born again and he wasn't?"
Bush is absolutely NOT a "born again." He's a 100% fraud. Born again Christians don't lie, cheat, steal, and murder.
I saw her interviewed shortly before Bush murdered her, and I believe that she was a truly converted person.
"Btw, I find it rather amusing that you claim Bush did all of this stuff and yet he was elacted president twice"
Hate to break it to you, but both elections were stolen. Google that as well. You really should try to open your eyes a bit to what's going on around you.
"I find it rather amusing that you claim Bush did all of this stuff and yet he was elacted president twice."
Seriously, think about what you're saying; Amused is not a sensible response to such a possibility as what is being spoken of. Just assuming it is not possible, is exactly what makes it possible.
If all those who voted for him were simply assuming he was a fine fellow, then obviously he could EASILY be precisely what Clark is implying. If you are really interested in the welfare of your nation, you will cease immediately treating this as a game, and a source of amusement. To just close one's mind to the possibility they have been deceived is NOT being patriotic, since it is the very thing that a deceiver would need to steal our democracy.
You don't want peace, and you think that your strong power will protect you from God, and He is the most powerful, the God of Israel, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad peace be upon them all.
Tyranny must have an end, and thanks to God the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful who prove everyday that He is the Truth, and his promise is the truth.
Thank you for that lovely thought.
Why you do all your efforts to make us hate you?
We won't...
But we can't hate, if we hate we'll die especially Egyptians, who forget & forgive, you can't imagine how...
Why you don't want peace? because you have a strong power... So read the history to know what happened to the nations before us & they were more powerful.
Phileas make the peace is impossible for me.
Who hate my religion, hates me.
Who love my religion, loves me.
May be I can love my enemies, like Jesus have said, but I can't love my religion's enemies, and if they want to fight, I'll defend, defend my beliefs, defend my faith, defend my mosques, defend my homeland until my last breathe & my last blood drop.
But in the same time, we can't destroy your churches as you destroy our mosques, we can't insult your religions as you insult ours & we can't destroy your homland & kill your children as you do. We still have Morals.
i.e. God promise us that if we have a real strong faith, He will give us the power & victory. But from 400 years we stop to apply Islamic law, so we become as you see us now after a Great Civilization that no one in the world can built it except us.
Many here are not hateful. Many are very tired and depressed by it too. Our government has become dependant on people hating and bickering, and they keep frightening images and words spinning in the minds of the people. They treat us with no respect, like objects.
Never believe there are not many here that long for peace. There are.
But everything has limits, and not everyone can be patient all his life.
What happened to a glass bottle, when you put on it a heavy load or strong pressure?!!!
Take care of the Volcano!!!
Take care of the Tyranny which made Terrorists!!!
Repent to God before the Day of Judjment, when God give everyone his right and there is no injustice there.
But again, I am not saying that we should hate all Americans or all Israelis.
I remember, in the Prophet's era, when the funeral of a jewish man who was from Muslims' enemies passed beside the Prophet and he was sitting with his companions, he stand up "means of respect to the jewish man", his companions said to him "Do you stand up for this jewish man?", he said peace be upon him "Why not, Isn't it a soul!".
"How come the gather community didn't flag this article for hatred?
Because we who despise such hateful speech wish to try to reason with those who engage in it. We don't want them to be quiet haters. If you look at this thread, you will see that it did not win any over to that non-sense, they were shown to be foolish.
This is the battle raging.
The control and violence still survive, but the faith is dying because it offers no progress, just suppression.
Like the Human Rights that you are violating now.
I don't respect insulting evil words, so I won't reply it
God is Sufficient for us and our best Advocate.
See you in the Day of Judgment.
Stop killing each-other, and stop killing Europeans and Americans. Stop Israelis, just stop killing. than you will prove to me there is value in Islam, not before.
Unless Islam can shed its desire for blood, it is the natural enemy of all decent men.
How does Islam's record on human rights match with those of Catholic Hitler =
Hitler as Catholic
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Photos of Hitler + Catholic Clergy
For a Catholic like myself, whose ancestry is Sephardic many of who were nearly exterminated by the Spanish Inquisition, such revelations can be quite embarassing.
Another thing, is "the freedom of relegion". So don't you think it's wrong when people offend others' religions&beliefs just because they are having a free chat?
And although I don't defend Muslims or Arabs if they fight each other, kill innocents or do anything wrong, just please don't issue judgments without being sure of all facts. And before you make fun of them escaping for their lives, Port, go watch the American soldiers in their alleged war.
My, what an enlightened comment. Islam is the world's fastest growing religion, genius.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3835
Additionally, only a tiny fraction of Islam (and Christianity) are brutally fundamental, filled with hatred and intolerance, and violent. The Islamic faith is a religion of peace, just as much so as is Christianity. By spreading lies about Islam like you people are doing, you're driving wedges of division further into the soul of society. Somehow, some day, the weak have to find a way to stop casting everything in a "us vs. them" light. It's killing the world.
This word "fundamental" has been stolen, by the same thieves that stole the word "conservative". There is nothing fundamental to the teaching of Christ which leaves room for the vile slander from those that wear the cross as a badge of pride, or an emblem of war. It is a symbol of great sorrow, and patient humility; or it is a mere trinket to adorn the self-lovers, the cowards.
It is by the fruit of their lips that you can tell if one is a servant of God. If that fruit is filled with the seeds of hatred, it has nothing to do with the God of Abraham. The words of wrath in the "old Testament" are words spoken to an army, the "sword of Israel", chosen not to afflict the world with violence, but to rid the world of something dark and infectious. It is the same infection that He cleansed in the great flood; literally genetic mutants. Offspring of the "fallen angels", the followers of Satan himself, spoken of quite plainly in Genesis 6:
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose . . .
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was evil continually
God destroyed that infection with the flood, but the next wave of biologic assault on His creation had to be plucked out surgically, since it was in the midst of innocent people. All the targets assigned to Israel were not even human beings, but descendants of a most alien and foul race, intentionally injected into the world, in an attempt to destroy us. And yes, the rules of an army on the march are strict and harsh, for they must be, especially when the "enemy" is an impostor, awash with contamination right down to the beasts, and even the very soil itself.
That is what one is looking at in those early books, and that is why Christ could declare that campaign over, and introduce something far more beautiful than the Law of Moses. This is all there, in the words of the prophets, it was told from the beginning, it is just hard to tell in few words.
Muslims cannot be generically evil, that is absurd, and contrary to the whole of the teachings of God and His "Christos", the anointed one.
Now you are seeing what "fundamentalism" really is about. His love for His children, the human race.
Please excuse my "preaching", but the lies are more than I can bear.
My most recent article actually addresses this sticky question of how one can appropriately label the "Christianists", without having to use one of the many stolen terms which end up being insulting to the bystanders. The term you see me use here is my suggestion, along with Christianism, and Christionate (as in those foolishly seeking to Christionate America). Christianity is just a victim really, of these word spinners, like everyone else.
Have you never read a long list of Christian & Jewish terrorists' names, if we apply your logic, phileas, the the Christianity & Judaism are Terrorism too and completely Evil.
Forgive me God,
Read the Torah, Phileas, well, very well and compare.
All the Sanctions in Islamic Law is in the Torah.
I think you can read.
By Magdy Abd Al-Shafy
The Supervisor and the Editor in chief of the worldwide "What is Islam"
Islam never fought nations but fought only despotic authorities. Islamic war was one of liberation and not of compulsion. Muslims are prohibited from opening hostilities without properly declaring war against the enemy, unless the adversary has already started aggression against them.
It was long before the Magna Carta and Geneva resolutions came into being that Islam had set human rights in its teachings . Unmindful that Allah's word will reach every corner in the world ,media and false thinkers tried to blur these ever-shining facts of the Islam with the aim of alienating people. Long ago the world suffered from violating human rights , a recently coined expression , and still does . The United Nations , dubbed as the divided nations by the persecuted every were , decreed a group of articles that have never been fully into action . Nothing to help the wounded , nothing to help widows , nothing to help the fatherless children , nothing to bring a piece of bread to the hungry but strangled by a veto resolution . When these rights were revealed in the Holy Quran and detailed in the prophets sayings , they were put into action . This is the difference between Allah's laws and man-made laws that can be violated or changed or modified . The first and the foremost basic right in Islam is the right to live and the respect of human life.
The holy Quran and the traditional sayings and acts of the prophet strictly impose the following injunctions during the time of peace and the time of war .
•No one should be burned alive or tortured with fire.
•Wounded soldiers who are neither unfit to fight, nor actually fighting, should not be attacked.
•Prisoners of war should not be killed.
•It is prohibited to kill anyone who is tied up or in captivity.
•Residential areas should not be pillaged, plundered or destroyed, nor should the Muslims touch the property of anyone except those who are fighting against them.
•Muslims must not take anything from the general public of the conquered country without paying for it.
•The corpses of the enemy must not be disgraced or mutilated..
•Corpses of the enemy should be returned.
• Treaties must not be broken.
In Islam , taking one's life is equal to taking the life of the whole of the world , how a heinous picture ! God says in the holy Quran what means " Whosoever kills a human being without (any reason like) man slaughter, or corruption on earth, it is as though he had killed all mankind ... (5:32) . This Holy verse refers to the killing of Moslem or non-Moslem .
As far as the question of taking life in retaliation for murder or the question of punishment for spreading corruption on this earth is concerned, it can be decided only by a proper and competent court of law. If there is any war with any nation or country, it can be decided only by a properly established government. In any case, no human being has any right by himself to take human life in retaliation or for causing mischief on this earth. Therefore it is incumbent on every human being that under no circumstances should he be guilty of taking a human life. If anyone has murdered a human being, it is as if he has slain the entire human race. These instructions have been repeated in the Holy Quran in another place saying:"Do not kill a soul which Allah has made sacred except through the due process of law ... (6:151) " .No racialism in Islam , all people are equal before the Divine law . Some religions , being distorted , give every privileges to their adherents only . This is not the case in Islam , the word " soul " is significant , it refers to all people , irrespective of their religions or creeds . In Islam the human soul is sacred.
Nothing is as bad as polytheism in Islam ,the Prophet, may God's blessings be on him, has declared homicide as the greatest sin only next to polytheism. The Tradition of the Prophet reads: "The greatest sins are to associate something with God and to kill a soul (human beings.)" In all verses of the Quran and the Traditions of the Prophet the word 'soul' (nafs) has been used in general terms without any distinction or particularization which might have lent itself to the elucidation that the persons belonging to one's nation, the citizens of one's country, the people of a particular race or religion should not be killed. The injunction applies to all human beings and the destruction of human life in itself has been prohibited.
Allah has made the quality of respecting one's life among the most important qualities of the true slave whom all Moslems take him as an example to follow , Allah says in the holy Quran what means " And those who invoke not any other ilaha (god) along with Allah, nor kill such person as Allah has forbidden, except for just cause, nor commit illegal sexual intercourse - and whoever does this shall receive the punishment." (TMQ, 25:68).
when someone is offended in any way , Allah limits his retaliation and even recommends forgiveness . Allah says in the holy Quran what means " And if ye do catch them out, catch them out no worse than they catch you put: but if ye show patience, that is indeed the best (course) for those who are patient "
Also Islam allows dismissal or ransom for the prisoners , Allah says in the holy Quran what means when you meet in battle those who disbelieve, then smite the necks until when you have overcome them, then make (them) prisoners, and afterwards either set them free as a favor or let them ransom (themselves) until the war terminates." (Muhammad: 4)
The Qur'anic verse thus provides alternatives: either the Muslim commander should free those captives who can not offer ransom either in the form of money or an equivalent number of Muslim captives, or he should ransom his captives for money or for a similar number of Muslim captives. This is what is now known as an exchange of prisoners. That kind of ransoming should be adopted, as it leads to the release of two big groups of people – Muslims and non-Muslims. The Qur'anic verse does not mention a third choice, namely the enslavement of captives; the Qur'anic text explicitly forbids it by limiting the choice to only two alternatives – free dismissal or ransoming – without referring to enslavement. Thus enslavement is not involved in the choice
Islam doesn't only impose the respect to human life of the prisoner but also impose feeding them ; the sound emitting from the words of the following verse, when reading it in Arabic , is soul-stirring and extremely touching. Allah has made feeding the captive as virtuous as feeding the orphan . Allah says in the holy Quran what means " And they feed, for the love of God, the indigent, the orphan, and the captive" . To visualize this , remember the following Hadith by the prophet "" I and the person who looks after an orphan and provides for him , will be in paradise like this , " putting his index and middle fingers together .
Ibn Umayr, one of the captives of Muslims in the Battle of Badr recalled: "Whenever I sat with my captors for lunch or dinner, they would offer me bread and themselves [eat] the dates, in view of the Prophet's recommendation in our favor." Please note that in that desert situation, bread was a more luxurious item of food than dates. Another example ,When the Jewish tribe of Bani Qurayzah were captured, loads of dates were regularly carried to them, with the Prophet's instructions to shelter them from the summer sun and to provide them with water to drink.
Thumama ibn-Athal, was taken prisoner and brought to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: "Be good to him in his captivity." When the Prophet went home he instructed to collect whatever food there, and ordered it sent to the prisoner.
Moving to the Prophetic Hadiths ( traditioan sayings ) , we shall again find that the Prophet never enslaved a free man throughout his reign . His acts were moving injunctions that should be strictly followed.
Umarna Ibn-Athal was set free upon his promise not to help the enemy . This gentle treatment touched the man's heart and was then converted to Islam saying to the Prophet: "There was a time when your face was the most hated face to me, and there comes a day when it is the most loved."
The prophet's companions used to remind each other of the injunction concerning the respect of the prisoners . Contrary to what is practiced against the prisoners in the prisons , Islam gives good treatment to the prisoners . The messenger of Allah (SAWS) has forbidden harming or doing any injustice to prisoners of war . On the authority of Shihab he said," Accompanied by a prisoners of wars , Abo-Baker once passed by Sohib while he was sitting in the mosque , on seeing him , Sohib said " who is this with you ? " "He is a prisoner of war ; I am going to ask the prophet's consent to set him free " . Replied Abo-Baker . " There seems to be what could be the effect of a sword in his neck !!" Said Sohib ; Abo-Bakr got angry because of being accused of causing the prisoner some harm and as a result headed to the prophet . On seeing him as so angry , prophet Mohummed said " why are you angry ?" " I passed with my prisoner by Sohib ,who said when he saw the sign of a sword in my prisoner's neck " what is that in his neck ?" " prophet Mohummed said " Mind you didn't cause him any harm !!" Abo Bakr said " I swear by God , I didn't ." If you had harmed him , you would have disobeyed and displeased God and His messenger ." prophet Mohummed said .
Among those whom the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, granted freedom was a poet called Abu-Azza , who said to the Prophet: "I have five daughters who have no one to support them, so give me away to them as a charity and I promise never to fight you or help your enemies.
Abul-As Ibn Al Rabiae was freed for a ransom, which the Prophet later returned back to him. Later, the man embraced Islam.
Many Hadiths were said by the prophet in this regard , one of the most important Hadith is that which likens the belief in Allah as a circle in which a Moslem should confine himself ; if he kills ,he will throw himself out of this circle , prophet Mohummed says " A Moslem can remain within the sphere of belief in Allah as long as he doesn't take one's life"
Nothing is great as the following situation , it is not this time that the prophet will lead himself the army in defence of the Islamic country , so he was worried lest the limits and injunctions of Allah ( concerning the human rights during wars ) should be transgressed or violated . So he stood reminding the leaders of the army of the ever-applied war ethics of Islam.
In all his battles, the Prophet (SAWS) advised the army leaders and said, "Go ahead in the name of Allah, and by the blessing of his Messenger. Don't kill an old man, or a child, or a young person or a woman. Don't betray. Act in the Right way, and do good, truly Allah loves the good-doers".
And He (SAWS) forbade also mutilating dead bodies as he said: " I warn you of mutilating the killed, even if it was a slaughter dog".
He (SAWS) said also: " Don't kill women, or children, or those who are in the monasteries."
" Fear God regarding prisoners of war" " Take care of prisoners of war"
When the Prophet (SAWS) saw a woman killed in the battlefield, he denounced that saying "She did not fight".
"Don't fight them until you invite them to Islam. if they refuse, don't begin fighting until they kill one from you.Then, show them this killed Muslim and say, if you say La ilaha Ila Allah ( There's No God but Allah), we'll let you go…. Because, if Allah guides one man at your hands, this will be better than having all what is under the sun ."
It was Islam that made it incumbent to discriminate between combatant and non combatant in holy wars ; the west brags about this , though this article was never put into effect
The Prophet (SAWS) has forbidden burning people with fire. He said, "Lord of fire is the only One Who can punish by fire.", narrated by Abu-Dawud and al-Dârimî.
Gandhi , when contemplating on the ethics of Mohummed especially those which mirror the true picture of the prophet , was moved to say " "I become more than ever convinced that it was not the sword that won a place for Islam in those days. ) (Young India, 1922).
And also Alphonse de LaMartaine says " "If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man in history with Muhammad?... "'Historie de la Turquie,' Paris, 1854.
Neitherdid Abo-Baker nor did his successors ,who were imbued with the luminous teachings of the prophet forget to inculcate the same injunctions (after the death of the prophet) in the hearts of the war leaders.
Abo-Baker , being filled with the light of the prophet's teachings , used to remind his leaders saying " "Do not betray or be treacherous or vindictive. Do not mutilate. Do not kill the children, the aged or the women. Do not cut or bum palm trees or fruitful trees. Don't slay a sheep, a cow or camel except for your food. And you will come across people who confined themselves to worship in hermitages, leave them alone to what they devoted themselves for."
And in another situation , he ordered another army leader saying " "I give you ten commandments: don't kill a woman or a child or an old person, and don't cut trees or ruin dwellings or slay a sheep but for food. Dont burn palm trees or drown them. And don't be spiteful or unjust."
In addition, The Caliph Omar Ibnul-Khattab has advised his leader of the army saying: …… Fight and transgress not the limits, truly Allah likes not the transgressors. …….Never mutilate when you've the ability to do so. Don't exceed the limits in the matter of taking life when you're the winners. Don't kill an old man, or a woman, or a child and avoid killing them in all
In quoting this particular example, one dare say that such an attitude was quite different from the behavior characterizing the invading crusaders. When the crusaders entered Jerusalem on July 15th 1099, they slaughtered seventy thousand Muslims including women, children and old men. They broke children's skulls by knocking against the wall, threw babies from roof tops, roasted men over fire and cut up women's bellies to see if they had swallowed gold.
It was long before it was decreed by Geneva convention that Islam give shelter and medicine to the prisoners of wars .
A well-known example is that of Salahuddin Ayyubi (Saladin), who gave medical help to his opponent Richard the Lion-Hearted of England, who was seriously ill during the Crusades. He sent his own doctor and personally supervised Richard's treatment until he became well. This is in contrast with the behavior of the invading crusaders. When they entered Jerusalem on July 15, 1099, they slaughtered seventy thousand Muslims, including women, children, and the elderly: "They broke children's skulls by knocking them against the wall, threw babies from roof tops, roasted men over fires and cut open women's bellies to see if they had swallowed any gold."
This description was given by Edward Gibbon, the famous historian; and in modern warfare, this example is paralleled by the atrocious behavior of the Serb army in Bosnia, to quote just one instance.
It is interesting to mention that when Muslims fought the Romans in Egypt, the Egyptian Copts sided with and helped Muslims against the Romans who were Christians like them. This was because Christian Egypt was suffering religious oppression by the Christian Romans to compel them to adopt their religious beliefs. One of the earliest actions of the Muslims in Egypt was the assurance of religious freedom and the reinstatement of Benjamin as Bishop of Alexandria after years of hiding from the Romans in the western desert.
In five successive international law conferences , law scientists spoke vociferously about how the Islamic law meets the human needs . Having studied the Islamic law , those scientists issued the following recommendations :
The Islamic jurisprudence is to be another reference when comparing different jurisprudences.
The Islamic law is independent and irrelative to the Roman law or any other law .The Islamic law is valid for every age and place.
The Islamic law is to be represented in the international law and in International Court of Justice.
In the Comparative Law Conference of The Hague in(1932), the French jurist (Lambert) , referred to the great appreciation that began to prevail amongst European and American jurists concerning the Islamic law at the present time,
He said " I needn't quote some of the Islamic Laws to justify what I am saying about them , The Islamic law implies rules that , if formulated creatively , would be of so useful.Many western jurists admitted the favour of the Islamic law over the international law , among those are Vito Rea and Baron "Michel de Taub
George Bernard Shaw , comic dramatist, literary critic, and socialist propagandist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925., says " "I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world, he would succeed in solving the problems in a way that would bring the much needed peace and happiness. Europe is beginning to be enamored of the creed of Muhammad. In the next century it may go further in recognizing the utility of that creed in solving its problems."
By Magdy Abd Al-Shafy
Islam respect the other religions :
The Holy Quran is the word of God , every command must be obeyed , a Moslem has no other choice before the word of God , if a Moslem disobeys the commands in the Holy Quran , he will be a sinner who will draw God's wrath upon himself . A Moslem must recite the Holy Quran five times daily in his prayer , he is asked to recite the holy Quran every time whenever he could , God made the reward of reciting of the Holy Quran so great –Reciting the Holy Quran in this way makes a Moslem repeat God's commands as many as possible and hence follow them . God says in the Holy Quran what means " The apostle believeth in what hath been revealed to him from his Lord, as do the men of faith. each one (of them) believeth in God, his angels, his books, and his apostles. we make no distinction (they say) between one and another of his apostle s. and they say: we hear, and we obey: (we seek) thy forgiveness, our Lord, and to thee is the end of all journeys."
God says in the Holy Quran what means "Say ye: we believe in God, and the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Ismail Isaac, Jacob, and the tribes, and that given to Moses and jests, and that given to (all) prophets from their Lord: we make no difference between one and another of them: and we bow to God (in Islam)."
We understand from these Holy verses that :
A Moslem can't be a true believer unless he believed in all the prophets and their Holy Books and his belief is not complete if he doesn't believe in them , the same concept is stressed in many Holy Hadiths , So a Moslem should respect the adherents of the other religions.
The first charter of human right in human history
After migrating to Madina , the prophet laid the foundation of the Islamic state which quickly became a strong country , there were many religions in Madina and the surrounding town , prophet Mohummed depended on two important principles which God has shown in his Holy book (Quran) ;these are
God says what means in the Holy Quran what means" Call unto the way of thy Lord with wisdom and fair exhortation, and reason with them in the better way. Lo! thy Lord is best aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who go aright.( Al-Nahl :125)
God says what means in the Holy Quran what means " let there be no compulsion in religion "
These are the two major principles that the prophet and his caliphs depended on spreading Islam
It was a state where democracy is best seen , people lived side by side ,cooperating . A Moslem was entitled to call for Allah on the above-mentioned Divine principles , History did not record a single incident in which the prophet compelled any one to accept Islam , most of those who embrace Islam accept it because it was in complete conformity with the law of nature , most of them accepted Islam because of the tolerance they found in it . Islam is the fast-growing religion in the world now , did any Moslem carry his sword to compel any one to accept Islam today .
Today Moslem are the weakest , misrepresented and their prophet is mocked on newspapers . Media heaps fallacies against Islam . wars are launched everywhere against Islam ,with all of these the following authenticated reports says "
Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people..." HILLARY RODMAN CLINTON, Los Angeles Times, May 31, 1996, p.3
Already more than a billion-people strong, Islam is the world's fastest-growing religion. ABCNEWS, Abcnews.com
"Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the country." NEWSDAY, March 7, 1989, p
"Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the United States..." NEW YORK TIMES, Feb 21, 1989, p.1
Moslems are the world's fastest-growing group..." USA TODAY, The population referance bureau, Feb. 17, 1989, p.4A
"Muhammed is the most successful of all Prophets and religious personalities. " Encyclopedia Britannica
"There are more Muslims in North America then Jews Now." Dan Rathers, ABCNEWS
"Islam is the fastest growing religion in North America ." TIMES MAGAZINE
Prophet Mohummed set the first human constitution for minorities
Humanity did not know such a constitution for the minorities except in modern age though still violated from time ; the difference here between any human constitution and that of prophet Mohummed is that prophet Mohumme's is sacred and any violation by any Moslem was considered a sin ; the constitutions and agreements violation ,now , are protected by Veto on the part of super power .
Part of the constitution reads as follows:
The Jews of Banu `Awf are one nation with the Muslims; the Jews have their religion and the Muslims have theirs, their freedmen and their persons shall be protected except those who behave unjustly or sinfully, for they hurt but themselves and their families. The same applies to the Jews of Banu an-Najjar, Banu al-Harith, Banu Sa'idah, Banu Jusham, Banu al-Aws, Banu Tha'labah, and the Jafnah, clan of the Tha'labah and Banu al-Shua'ibah. Doing good deeds is a protection against sinfulness. …….There is no responsibility except for one's own deeds….This document shall not constitute any protection for the unjust or the wrongdoers.
Whoever goes out to fight or stays at home is safe in the city, unless he has committed an injustice or a crime. God is the protector of whoever honors his commitment to this document, and is God-fearing and so is Muhammad, the Messenger of God. (Ibn Hisham)
The Constitution of Madinah was a historical document authored and dictated by Prophet Muhammad as the law of a land inhabited by different ethnic groups and nationalities. The document secured and promoted cooperation and fraternity among all people of any creed, color, ethnicity, and lineage, and set down the criterion of righteousness as the base of distinction.Respect for the Human Sou
In addition to the legislation that the Prophet laid down in Madinah, he also practiced the spirit of acceptance and respect for those who were different in his daily life. The Prophet used to visit the sick people among the Jews as well as the Muslims; and when on one occasion the funeral procession of a Jew passed before him, he stood up as a sign of respect for the deceased. "Why did you stand up for a Jewish funeral?" he was asked. The Prophet replied: "Is it not a human soul?" (Al-Bukhari)
Prophet Muhammad's Charter of Privileges to Christians
In 628 C.E. Prophet Muhammad (s) granted a Charter of Privileges to the monks of St. Catherine Monastery in Mt. Sinai. It consisted of several clauses covering all aspects of human rights including such topics as the protection of Christians, freedom of worship and movement, freedom to appoint their own judges and to own and maintain their property, exemption from military service, and the right to protection in war.
An English translation of that document is presented below.
This is a message from Muhammad ibn Abdullah, as a covenant to those who adopt Christianity, near and far, we are with them.
Verily I, the servants, the helpers, and my followers defend them, because Christians are my citizens; and by Allah! I hold out against anything that displeases them.
No compulsion is to be on them.
Neither are their judges to be removed from their jobs nor their monks from their monasteries.
No one is to destroy a house of their religion, to damage it, or to carry anything from it to the Muslims' houses.Should anyone take any of these, he would spoil God's covenant and disobey His Prophet. Verily, they are my allies and have my secure charter against all that they hate.
No one is to force them to travel or to oblige them to fight.The Muslims are to fight for them.
If a female Christian is married to a Muslim , it is not to take place without her approval. She is not to be prevented from visiting her church to pray.
Their churches are to be respected. They are neither to be prevented from repairing them nor the sacredness of their covenants.
No one of the nation (Muslims) is to disobey the covenant till the Last Day (end of the world).
, Prophet Muhammad forbade harming non-Muslims and asked Muslims to treat them well. He once said, He who harms a Jew or a Christian will find me his opponent on the Day of Judgment.
When a Christian delegation of Abyssinia came to Madinah, Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) put them up in the mosque and personally took care of them. Upon serving them food, he said that they had been so generous and honorable to his companions who had emigrated earlier to Abyssinia, that he would like to honor them himself.
When a Christian delegation came to Madinah from Najran, a town in southwest Arabia, the Prophet received them in his mosque and invited them to perform their prayers inside the mosque. The Muslims with the Prophet prayed on one side of the mosque and the Christians on the other side. During their visit, the prophet discussed many ideas with them in a polite and gentle manner.
Prophet concerned himself so much of treating non-Moslem so well to the extent the he stated that any attempt of violating their rights would antagonize him and as a result incurs God's wrath .
Prophet Mohumed says " Whoever kills a person who has a truce with the Muslims will never smell the fragrance of Paradise." (Saheeh Muslim)
And also says "Beware! Whoever is cruel and hard on a non-Muslim minority, or curtails their rights, or burdens them with more than they can bear, or takes anything from them against their free will; I (Prophet Muhammad) will complain against the person on the Day of Judgment." (Abu Dawud)
Islam respects the other's places of worshipping .
prophet Mohummed ordered his nation to respect the temples of worshipping and history did not record a single incident of attacking the temples or the churches during the age of the prophet and even during the ages of the caliphs
Omer Ibn AL-Khatab , the second Caliph and one of those who followed the footsteps of prophet Mohummed , materialized the spirit of tolerance in Islam in the following situation when he entered Jerusalem in the year 634, Omer had a meeting with some priests in one of the famous churches on juesulam . while he was sitting with them , the time of the Moslem prayer was declared , the priests asked him to pray in one of the corners of the church but he preferred to do the prayer at the gate of the church instead , Omer said if I prayed inside the church , the Moslem would come later and claim the ownership of the church saying " Here Omer did his prayer."
The following situation reflects the tolerance and justice towards non-Moslems :
A Coptic, Christian sect in Egypt, woman came to Omar complaining that the Muslim governor Amru-Ibn Al-`As took her house in order to add the land to an adjacent site being used for the construction of a mosque. Omar inquired into the matter and was told by Amr that the Muslims had increased in number and needed to expand the mosque. Amr explained that he had offered the Coptic woman a great deal of money, but when she refused, Amr left the money in a fund for her to take it anytime she wanted. Though many modern laws permit such a procedure, Omar did not accept it according to Islamic principles. He ordered the Muslims to stop the expansion of the mosque and rebuild the Christian woman's house, as it had been before.
The Jizya, a tax collected from non-Muslims in Islamic territories in return for military protection and other benefits provided by the state, has also been the subject of misunderstanding. When the Muslims discovered that they had withdrawn from the city of Homs and could no longer protect the people there as they had promised, they paid the Jizya back to them. Muslims themselves actually paid a tax called Zakat which was several times more than the Jizya.
One day Omar Ibnul-Khatab saw an old man begging for alms in the street. Omar asked who he was and was told he was a Jew. Omar took him by the hand to his house, gave him food and money and sent him to the Muslim Treasury, saying, Give this man from the Muslim money. Is it right to take money [the Jizya] from him as a young man, and neglect him as an old man? This is not possible in Islam.
The son of the Muslim governor of Egypt once had a horse race with a Coptic man, which the Coptic Christian won. Angry, the son of the Muslim governor lashed the Copt with his whip. The man brought his case to Omar Ibnul-Khatab at the time of Hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage. In front of the general assembly of Muslims, Omar gave his whip to the Coptic man, saying, Beat the one who beat you. Then Omar scolded Amr, the boy's father and conqueror of Egypt, saying: When did you enslave the men who were born free by birth?
Offices in the Islamic states were given to those who were best qualified, regardless of their beliefs or backgrounds. For example, Ibn Athal, a Christian physician, was the private doctor of the caliph Muawya, the founder of the Umayyad state. Another Umayyad caliph, Abdul-Malik Ibn Marwan, appointed two Christians, Athnasius and Isaac, to top positions in the state of Egypt. Adud Al-Dawla, an Abbassid caliph, made Nasr Ibn Haroun, a Christian, his prime-minister, giving him authority to rule over Iraq and southern Persia.
Islam not only maintains the non-Muslims rights and places of worships but goes far beyond this , it is that great religion that inspires love and tolerance and sense of love towards the other .
Omer was reported that he once slaughtered a sheep , when his servant began to cut the meat , Omer asked him to go to his Jewish neighbor to give him his hare (for free) , he kept asking his servant to do that . when he was asked why so many he repeated this demand , he said " the words of the prophet still echoes in my ears , he kept commanding us to do well and be kind to the neighbor that we thought he will inherit him "
Equality before the court
Islam has set equality between Moslem and non-Moslems before the court in all the different causes , The human history recorded unique incidents in this regard . Islam never overlooked the rights of non-Moslem even if the litigant is one of the Moslem elite. The litigant here is not a mere Moslem , he is one of the first pioneers in Islam . A Jew came to rise a lawsuit against Aly Ibn Aby Taleb before Caliph Omer Ibn Al-Khatab . Omer ordered Aly to sit next to his litigant . Aly's face bespoke dissatisfaction . when Omer finished he said to Aly " you seem to be dissatisfied with something –is it because I ordered you to sit next to your litigant ..Aly said " No , I was dissatisfied because you denominated me , I am afraid the Jew might think that justice is lost in Islam "
Also , the following situation is much more expressive , the Caliph Aly ibn Aby-Taleb once lost his shield which he found among the possession of a Jew . Aly ibn AbyTaleb brought a suit against the Jew before the Shoryah ,the Judge of the state , saying that the shield with the Jew is mine and I didn't sell it or grant it to him . The Jew replied saying " though Aly is not a liar but the shield is mine." The judge asked Aly to forward any evidence but Aly laughed as had no evidence against the man . So the Judge adjudicated that the shield should go to the Jew ..the Jew took the shield and walked a few steps and then came beck affected and said " this is the canon of prophets ……the caliph brings me to the judge of his state who passes a judgment against him …..I testify that no god but Allah and that Mohummed is his messenger ----O' caliph ..this shield is yours , I swear by God "
We in the US have dealt with homegrown terrorist groups in the past, including ones with religious components. The big difference with Islamic terrorism is that it is mostly a foreign-based threat. After 9/11, we can no longer ignore the nations that have allowed these groups to thrive. They all happen to be Islamic nations, but we are not attacking them because of that.
Mary, you should be hating the terrorists abusing Islam more than the US' legitimate use of force to fight terrorism.
But those Heros who defend their Homeland, having a real faith and apply islamic law, I respect them a lot and I hope I can help them.
But who violate the islamic law under the umbrella of the Islam, I won't have Mercy with him as he has no Mercy with innocents.
What a blessing to have a true believer here. So many misconceptions abound, just as about we Christians, who are assumed to be intolerant, and judgmental, when of course, that man was the very essence of tolerance, and acceptance as we know it. These histories you relate are so very different from what people imagine and hear, one cannot help but moan in grief at what has transpired in the world.
I know that Islam has done so very much to preserve both Christian and Jewish heritage and communities over the centuries, that I shudder to hear people speak of it as an enemy of it's siblings in God's house. I know that Muslims are tolerant and kind to all peoples, just as true Christians and Jews. Our Father does not allow petty differences in how we see the stature of the key figures in our foundings, to destroy the order of His family.
Then, they violate God's orders in th Quran and fight Fateh in the Sacred Months... Wow! what's beautiful Muslims.
God said "in Suret Al Bakara" what can be translated as: " They ask you concerning the sacred month about fighting in it. Say: Fighting in it is a grave matter, and hindering (men) from Allah's way and denying Him, and (hindering men from) the Sacred Mosque and turning its people out of it, are still graver with Allah, and persecution is graver than slaughter..." (217)
That's mean fighting in Scared months is forbidden... Wow!
Then they violate the Quranic verses and say "Victory to Islam".. lairs.
How it can be?!!!
"All Humans do sins, But the best ones who repent".
What merciful father would not forgive a sorry child? He is God of love.
When you pray, islamic spirituality is to feel that you are alone with God, there is nothing around you, as if you see him and if you don't see him, God sees you everytime and everywhere.
I tend to reach that.
By Magdy Abd Al-Shafy
God's mercy and forgiving is limitless, His mercy goes beyond the limits of any imagination . There are many verses that speak about God's infinit tolerance and mercy.
God forgives and rewards with much in exchanges of the little . His door of forgiveness is always open to those who wish his forgiveness .
A Moslem should not lose hope and throw himself in despair if he commits any sin, also a Moslem should not belittle the act of goodness whatever it is
God says in the Holy Quran what means " Say: My slaves who have been prodigal to their own hurt! Despair not of the mercy of Allah, Who forgiveth all sins. Lo! He is the Forgiving, the Merciful." ( Al-Zamur :53)
In Islam , good deeds towards animals ,Moslems and even non-Moslems could be the reason for forgiving heinous sins .
It is well-known that adultery is banned in all religions , it is a heinous sin that results in many dangerous social ills .The following real story reflects how spacious the scope of His mercy is .
Prophet Mohummed says " Once a thirsty dog was going around a well trying hard to drink from it but couldn't . A whore from a Jewish tribe , on seeing this , took off her shoes and filled it with water to quench the thirst of the dog . Though she was a whore , God remitted her sins for quenching the thirst of the dog ."
Also the prophet says in a hadith " A woman entered the hell because she imprisoned a cat , neither did she feed it nor did she leave it to go to find what it can eat "
Also the following real story that was told by the prophet reflects how great God's mercy is " while a man was walking, he got so thirsty , so he decided to go down to a well to drink , when he went up he found a dog standing near the dog out of breath because of thirst . "This dog is within an ace of death because of thirst just like me " , The man thought . He went down again to the well and filled his shoe with water and went up to quench the thirst of the dog . God , as a result , remitted the man's sins "
These two real stories reflect how great God's mercy is .
God's mercy encompasses all the living beings , the prophet tells these two stories which have different meanings ; A Moslem's love and help should not be confined to his human race or his co-religionists .
The first story is about a woman who took adultery as a craft , a sin that displeases God , a sin that will surely incur God's wrath . But all the sins of the world are nothing if compared with God's mercy . Though quenching the thirst of a dog is something that is not so much , she got a reward that is so much . God stresses this fact in the Holy Quran , God says what means "Is there any Reward for Good other than Good?" (AL-Rahman-60)
This is a lesson from which we understand that we should be positive in our society , we should be helpful to non-Moslems in time of need ,if this was the result of quenching the thirst of a dog ,what could be reward if you saved any person , be a Moslem or Non-Moslem.
Prophet Mohummed said when he was asked by his companions " Can we be rewarded for animals? " the prophet answered saying surely you will be rewarded for every living creature ."
A Moslem should help and should be merciful to others and even animals .
Prophet Mohummed says that the prophet Abraham used to walk the mile or the two in search for a poor to host him and feed him , he used to do that every day . Once a Magus came to Abraham asking him to host him for food ,
"I won't host you unless you change your religion ." said Abraham.
The man went away depressed . At this moment , Abraham received revelation from God which blamed him saying " O' Abraham you refused to feed him unless he changes his religion . We have been feeding him for seventy years thought he is infidel ….what will happen , if you host him? . Abraham rushed after the man and invited him to food , the man said to Abraham " what is up ". Abraham told him about revelation . The man nodding his head said " Does He treat me this way ?!!!
At once the man asked Abraham to show him Islam and the man embraced Islam .
Allah says in the Holy Quran what means "God forbids you not, with regard to those who fight you not for (your) Faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with them: for God loveth those who are just. (Al-Mom-Tahena :8]
Another story that stresses the same meaning is that a man came to the prophet asking him for a pious act that would lead him to the paradise . The prophet said " Is that the reason why you came here?"
The man said " yes " so the prophet said to him " Tell nothing but the truth and give in charity the surplus" "I can't" , said the man .
"Feed the poor and spread the greeting of Islam " I can't" , said the man . Choose one of your camels and choose one of your containers and go to some weak poor people and bring them water and do that constantly till you get what you want "
I can't" , said the man .
Imagine He gives me all his bliss, then I disobey Him then He also forgive me.
And after He forgive me, in the Day of Judgment, He may send me to Heavens, of course I hope.
But if you think by cost/benefit principle of economics in this matter, just compare between God's bliss and your deeds, you will find that you do nothing to pay Him for his bliss on you.
Then God says that He don't want from us except to believe and do some good deeds and even if you did bad deeds just ask Him to forgive you and He will forgive you.
What's a Mercy and Forgivness!
Don't you, John feel that you are guilty when you hear these words about God?
Don't you feel that you want to do anything..anything to make Him happy from your deeds?
Or don't you feel that you don't want to do any bad deeds in order just not to make Him upset from you?
I feel that, don't you?!
Of course I would wish to please God, but the thought of pleasing Him does not come to me often. I don't really think of God it terms of my standing with God, or how I influence Him, but more in terms of doing what I can to play a constructive part in the whole process of freeing mankind from the bonds of selfishness and foolishness. That of course includes myself. I am so very impressed with God's nature and message, that I see God and good as inseperable truths. To do God's will is to do good in such an elemental way, that it is simply good to do God's will, and no other reason is sought. It is good for mankind, it is good for me, and it is good for God. It is simply what ought to be done.
In a strange way, by which I mean no disrespect of any kind, God is irrelevent. Even if He is not real (which I don't believe in any way), what I have learned from that Book is so clearly right, that I would do the same things it teaches anyway. Of course I know that Book would not exist to have shown me that, if He did not exist, but my point is that it is by far the wisest approach to the world and it's inhabitants, with the most penetrating insight into myself and my kind, that I simply think of it as best. It is the way of truth and love.