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Robert Spencer

N Pa u a SwdTh Ga Chasm Bw

Chisiaiy ad Islam

Sa Dig2013



Not Peace but a Sword

The Great Chasm Between Christianity and Islam

© 2013 y R S

All ighs svd. Ex quais, a his k may

dud asmid i ay m y ay mas, li

mhaial, iludig hyig, dig, uladig h I,

y ay imai sag ad ival sysm, wihu wi missi

m h ulish.

Ulss hwis d, ilial iais a ak m h

Rvisd Sadad Vsi h Bil

(© 1971 y Divisi Chisia Eduai h Naial Cuil

h Chuhs Chis i h Uid Sas Amia).

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All ialis addd mhasis i iais m Siu ad ai xs a

h auh’s.



I mmy h Chisia mays Islami jihad,

kw ad ukw.

Your martyrs, O Lord, received the crown o immortality

rom you, O our God, on account o their struggle.

Armed with your strength, they have vanquished their persecutors

and crushed the powerless arrogance o demons. Through their

intercessions, O Christ God, save our souls.



This k wuld hav wi w i

Tdd M. Aglial, wh ivd i, uagdm wi i, smhd u is iliiis, ad aly saw i

hugh mli. I am gaul his ai ad

his k y. Thaks als F. Thmas P. Simz, a

is iss, ad h may Cahli ad Ohdx

livs m h Middl Eas wh disussd h issus

i his k wih m. Thugh I a am hm

uua u uavidal ass, I am dly gaul hi isighs.



Cs

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

1. Tim a “Eumial Jihad”? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2. Th Ga Aahami Faihs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

3. Th Sam Gd? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

4. Th Sam Jsus? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

5. A W All Muslims Nw? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

6. A Cmm Dsi Jusi? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

7. A Shad Sxual Ehi? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

8. A Hs Dsi Dialgu? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Conclusion: Not Peace but a Sword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Epilogue: The Kreet/Spencer Debate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Appendix: Fundamental Diferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245



Idui

Vil His, Saad Bh,

Smhig Els?

Ca’ w all jus g alg? May . Ad i , wha h?

A k au h dis, ah ha similaiis,

w ligius adiis, ad hw i ai ima waysw may not al g alg, ad idd shuld wk

lsly gh (v as w siv always sv ham-

ius lais), may sm a s gla uhaial.

I is aily agais h sii h ag.

T hs wh assum ha sak h ligis i

ayhig u a mlimay ashi is ay Vaia

II ad h divi mmad lv u igh, i mayv sm u-Chisia.

I is a ulia, ali mm, misi u ag

hik ha dissig wih h uh a a a ha-

iy. I v uly a . W mus always, as h Asl

says, sak h uh i lv—ha is, uia h aliis

ha w kw u wihu a, id, a-

ga, dmai. Bu, w mus v hik u

ligai haial a shuld vwhlm u

ssiiliy a wiss h uh.

Wh i ms l h aihs, as Cahlis w

mus always a hm wih h s hy waa as hu-

ma igs mad i h imag Gd ad dwd wih a

immal sul, a sul whm Chis did. I is , hwv,

a a ih diss lak haiy sak hsly

au wha divids us, au why w hav saa ligiusadiis i h s la, ad wha h ss a, i ligh

hs dis, llaai ad gui dialgu.



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I a, h ddiis may “iaih

dialgu” is ha all , u vzalus iiism,i glsss v, igs algh, h disagms -

w ligius adiis, as i dig ha hy did’

xis wuld mak hm g away. This aah may mak

a lasa a , u as a asis lasig -

ai ashi i is augh wih hazads. Th ms

vius hs is h ssiiliy ha h vy dis

li ad ulk ha hav dwlayd will -a i sm way dail h llaaiv : Pl a

all h im h asis h assumis ad lis

hy hav au h wld ad h l, ad h is

ld i whih assumis ad lis a m likly

m i lay ha h ligius alm.

A sul ad aua xamiai dis,

h, a mak ai w l diaihs m uiul, hlig all ais s h aams

dialgu laly ad guad agais ualisi xais.

This is aiulaly u gadig h vxig qusi

dialgu ad ai wih Muslims.

I is ashial i ai ss Cahlis i h U.S.

ad Eu all u h Chuh mak mm aus

li issus, ad h aas aaly shad mal -

, wih Muslims. A all, h Cahlis ad Muslims a

h sam adial sulais ; i’s im, s h i

gs, a mm livs dd h hisi

wldviw agais v m iusiv, aga, ad assiv

ulivs. A h sam im, hwv, his all a m-

m aus sms m a immdia sal i h gw-

ig Muslim aggssi agais Chisias aud h gl. F

may, his aiss sm udamal qusis: Is aiwih Muslims ally a gd ida? I s, wha x a i

d? Wha a h imliais ha ai?



IntroductIon 13

Rlad hs qusis a sidais wha

migh amlishd hugh dialgu w Cah-lis ad Muslims, ad idd whh, giv h aliis

Islam’s hlgial viw Chisias as wll as s-day

liial aliis, suh dialgu (ha is, a gui, hs,

muually sul giv-ad-ak) is v ssil.

T asw hs qusis ly, Cahlis shuld hav

a la udsadig wha hy’ gig i wh hy

i dialgu mak mm aus wih Muslims:Thy shuld kw wha Muslims aually liv au

vaius issus maliy ad his, ad wha hy hik

Cahlis ad Chisiaiy i gal. Oly h a hy

avid ialls i a ld ha is uusually sw wih hm.

***

Islam day ss a dul as. O h had, Is-

lami jihadiss, aig xliily ad udly i h am

Islam ad is xs ad ahigs, mmi as vil

ad su Chisias wih iasig viul i Egy,

Iaq, Pakisa, Nigia, Idsia, ad lswh. (I suh

xs i may usul all ha h Cusads, all

hi s ad xsss, w a dsiv ai a 450

yas uaswd Islami aggssi.)

O h h had, Muslims i Ws uis ah

u Cahlis ad h -Muslims, iig u all

h may higs ha w hav i mm. Ths Muslims

aa as di m hi -ligiiss wh a

hig huhs ad massaig Chisias as a gus-

sakig, -aizd Psal is m a lu-ldd

Eisalia wh liss NPR i his Mds.Th laishi w hs w gus Muslims,

ad h laishi Islam i gal Chisiaiy ad




h Cahli Chuh, is h uai his k.

W will xl hw Muslims udsad ly hi w ligi u als us, ad wha ha imlis h

ss llaai, dialgu, ad m. W’ll als

ma h Muslim ad Cahli udsadigs Gd,

Chis, vlai, salvai, ad maliy.

Th j hs xlais is ga m ligh

ha ha, u hs a had issus. I is u ssiiliy

as Cahlis aah Muslims, as vy ls, wihuaggig haiy.

Tha ds , hwv, qui ha w ls u ys.



1

Tim a “Eumial Jihad”?

Thy’ ius. Thy’ -li. Thy’ ummisig.

Wha’s lik?

May aihul Cahlis day lk a Muslims ad s a

midal id ad ally i h suggl agais sulais

s div ligi u h uli squa ad asall vsigs aual law m siiv law. Th Qu’a,

h hly k Islam, lls Muslims ha “hu wil suly

d h as hm i lv h livs a hs

wh say ‘W a Chisias’; ha, aus sm hm a

iss ad mks, ad hy wax ud” (5:82).1 Ad

sm Chisias hav axius shw ha sam lv

h livs i Islam. Th ms ula x his viw is h Cahli hilsh ad algis P

K, wh gagigly aiulad h d his alli-

a i his 1996 k Ecumenical Jihad ad iad ad

xadd u his all i i his 2010 llw-u, Between

Allah and Jesus.

“Th ag ligius was is dig,” laimd K

v yas h Sm 11 aaks. K iud:

“Th ag ligius war is giig: a wa all ligis

agais .”2 K issus a sg all makig mm

aus wih Muslims mal issus ad qusis laig

maiaiig a la ligi i uli li. Nig ha

h highly hagd Aai wd jihad aually mas simly

“suggl,” h maiais ha “a ‘umial jihad’ is s-

sil ad is alld , h siml ad sg as ha

Muslims ad Chisias ah ad ai h sam FisCmmadm: islam, al sud, sumissi h hu-

ma will h divi will. W gh sid y sid ly




aus w a a mm my u av all aus w

sv ad wshi h sam divi Cmmad.”3

Lavig asid a mm h qusi whh

Cahlis ad Muslims viw h sumissi h huma

will h divi will i a idial v aalgus way,

lsig K’s i is h a ha Cahlis ad Mus-

lims hav alady ugh sid y sid. A h Uid Nais

Wld C Pulai ad Dvlm, hld

i Cai i 1994, h iaial mdia mad a ga dalu a Vaia allia wih Muslim ais i sii

ai-li iiiaivs. A h Wld C Wm

hld h x ya i Bijig, Cahlis ad Muslims -

gh alld u h mhasiz h amily’s

l as siy’s asi ui.

Ths allias w awlss. A h Cai -

, h Chuh alg wih Muslim lads sudd isuig ha h al dum afmd ha “i as

shuld ai md as a mhd amily la-

ig,”4 u h Vaia aild sik m h dum

all laguag suggsig ha ai was a wma’s igh,

ladig h New York Times wih vius saisa-

i ha “may dlgas said h Vaia s-

iusly misalulad is ial lu i h da, s-

ially amg . . . Islami gvms whih i had

aald su.”5 Th Muslim saivs agd

h laguag ulig u h us ai as a mas

amily laig u sd Vaia s all

a d i i all iumsas. F Islami law, ulik

Chuh ahig ad ay widsad li, ds

id ai i vy as.6

O us, Vaia fials d’ hav su 100 - agm wih vy wih whm hy llaa.

Th limiais suh ai wih Muslims, hw-



Time for an “ecumenical Jihad”? 17

v, a islad disagms au vaius ass

issus. Thy als sm m h iilailiy -w h alls Chisia-Muslim ai ad h

d ai-Chisia vil mmid y Muslims.

The jihad against modern-day Christians

I h ula mid, v a all hs uis si h

Cusads, ms Wss d hik ha i h has ay aggssi w Muslims ad Chisias, i was

h Chisias’ aul. Ad s i is ha h ih hi

ha Islami jihadiss aly hi s day is crusaders.

Cay a uli lais, h jihadiss h hy -

ju u a imag aggssiv Chisia wais ig

-Chisias v xllig hm m hi

lads ad salishig a Chisia hay.Islami jihadiss yas alld Amia s i Iaq

ad Aghaisa “Cusads” ad laimd ha hy w

h as a a wa ig wagd y Chisias agais

Islam. Cmai his am m a ulikly su

i Jauay 2011, wh h alaimd jualis Symu

Hsh, sakig i Qaa, hagd ha id Gal

Saly MChysal ad miliay sl uly sv-

ig i sial ais uis w a a s aal

wagig a w Cusad agais Muslims: “Thy d

s wha hy’ dig—ad his is a ayial aiud

amg sm miliay—i’s a usad, lially,” Hsh as-

sd. “Thy s hmslvs as h s h Chis-

ias. Thy’ ig hm m h Muslims [as i] h

hih uy. Ad his is hi ui.”7

I MChysal ad hs ally sidd hmslvs “h s h Chisias” m Islami jihad a-

aks, hy w ailig dismally a hi ask. Th is,




us, w Cusad, u Chisias i Muslim lads a

ig viimizd m llssly ad ually day hahy hav uis.

Egyia Cahli sksma F. Ra Gish ld Vai-

a Radi i Dm 2010 ha “Muslim udamaliss

. . . wa h Chisias vaua m h Middl Eas ad

lav. Ad his is wha is haig vy day.”8 Fm Egy

Nigia, m Iaq Pakisa, Chisias i majiy-Muslim

uis a a gimm s ad a m uai uuha v as Islami jihadiss s u hi s Islamiz

hm, div hm u hi lads— kill hm uigh.

Sil l, h wld gally ius av is ys. Fa-

ul dig Muslim ssiiliis, h iaial m-

muiy has lagly igd his sui, allwig i

iu ud h v dakss. Thus uhallgd,

Muslim sui Chisias has m a daily a-milia aaiv, ad wih iasigly iyig -

quy i Muslim-lld aas hughu h wld.

Mv, his ligius igy, had, ad vil a

lgiimizd y hly wi: h Qu’a ad h Islami xs

ad ahigs. Nwh ls ds ligius igy hav suh

ldy squs. Ad y, wh ls ds suh li-

gius igy ak la alms ily wihu mm,

l al dmai, m h huma ighs mmuiy.

Emlmai hw h maisam mdia, ad i u

huma ighs gaizais, glss v h hash aliy

Chisia sui is a Jauay 2011 Assiad Pss

sy. Wh mah-wildig Muslims ually mudd

six Chisias i Nigia i Jauay 2011, AP’s hadli

was “6 dad i ligi- al Nigia gi,” as i

h aus h lm was “saia si” ha was hqual ssiiliy h sids. Th lad aagah ad:

“Auhiis say mah-wildig aaks hav killd six




l i w aaks Chisia villags i al Ni-

gia.”9 Alhugh h viims w idid, h aaksw uil la i h sy, ad h ly i h x

hi aliaig agais a ali aak u Muslims

y Chisias. Ad idd, Chisias hav ugh ak i

Nigia, u Islami jihadiss a h aggsss ad ad

h i. O wuld v, hwv, g ha ida m

h Assiad Pss.

Huma ighs gaizais giv ly uy -gii suh uags, ad wld lads yaw. Chis-

ias a ashial liially viims.

B h Gul Wa, sm simas hld h um

Chisias i Iaq aahig a milli m; u

si 2003, v hal Iaq’s wa Chisias hav fld h

uy. This is suggs ha h ual gim Sad-

dam Hussi was aiulaly hsial Iaqi Chisias;v i h laivly sula Iaq Saddam, wh Duy

Pim Miis Taiq Aziz was a Chalda Cahli Chis-

ia, h small Chisia mmuiy ad adm vil

m h Muslim majiy. Asid m uaks aual

sui, iludig mud, Chisias w uily

ssud u hi ligi ad may Muslims.10

Bu w h siuai has gw xially ws.

Saddam did h ullss Islami law ma-

daig h sujugai Chisias; w, umus amd

gus a dmid d s, uish hs Chis-

ias wh d sumi. Jihadiss md y Iaqi

huhs w 2004 ad 2011—sv a sigl day,

Ohdx Chismas Ev 2007.11 Th ms ius aak

am O 31, 2010, a Suday, wh jihadiss smd

h wdd Ou Lady Salvai huh i Baghdad adga mudig wshis i ld ld. Sixy-igh

l w killd.12




Th siuai Chisias i Egy is . La i

2010 Cs i Egy xid a udd ig . A Islami suiid m mudd wy-w

l ad wudd ighy m a h Ci Chisia

Chuh h Sais i Alxadia, Egy Nw Ya’s

Ev.13 Jus days la i 2011, as Chismas (whih Cs

la Jauay 7) aahd, a Islami wsi a-

id his mius xhai: “Blw u h huhs whil

hy a laig Chismas ay h im wh hhuhs a akd.”14

Islami auhiis i Egy a gally disilid

disuss h ligh Chisias h. Wh P B-

di XVI sk u i Jauay 2011 agais h sui

Chisias i Egy ad lswh i h Middl Eas,

Al-Azha Uivsiy i Cai, h wld’s ms sigius

Sui Muslim isiui, ad agily, akig dia-lgu wih h Vaia ad ausig h P i

i ial Egyia aais. I a sam, Al-Azha d-

ud h i ’s “ad gaiv s Islam

ad his laims ha Muslims su hs livig amg

hm i h Middl Eas.”15 This was h s im Al-

Azha had mvd agais hs wh did h sui

Chisias i Egy ah ha agais h sus:

Jus wks akig issu wih h P’s sams,

Al-Azha dmadd ha Cs udia a U.S.

Ci sui.16 Th Muaak gvm Egy,

mawhil, alld is amassad h Vaia.17

I Pakisa, Chisias a hysially aakd ad alsly

ausd ud h ai’s lashmy laws s quly ha

a sady sam Chisias is vig Islam sim-

ly i d sa m lgal haassm ad amag-ig Islamis ms.18 I 2010, lashmy hags agais a

Chisia wma, Asia Bii, gaid iaial ai




ad widsad iiism Pakisa’s lashmy laws. Y,

wh h gv Puja, Salma Tas, sk u iav h al suh laws, h was assassiad y a

Islami sumais wh xlaid ha h was aig i d-

s h lashmy laws.19

Ad jus as Al-Azha ad agily wh h P sk

u agais h sui Chisias i Egy, i Pakisa

Islami sumais gus am agd wh h i

alld al h ai’s lashmy laws. Faid Paaha,h lad Jamaa-i-Islami, h lags -Shaia ay i

Pakisa, umd: “Th P’s sam is a isul Mus-

lims ass h wld.”20 Islami sumais gus hld al-

lis sig h P’s sam as “a a siay

i h wld’s ligis agais ah h,” i h wds

Pakisai aliamaia Sahizada Fazal Kaim.21

The punishment or exercising reedom o conscience: death

Cvs m Islam Chisiaiy a hud i h

Muslim wld, wh viually all ligius auhiis ag

ha suh idividuals dsv dah. Muhammad himsl

mmadd his: “Whv hagd his Islami ligi,

h kill him.”22 This is sill h sii all h shls

Islami juisud, alhugh h is sm disagm

v whh h law alis ly m wm als.

A Cai’s Al-Azha Uivsiy, h ms sigius ad

ifluial isiui i h Islami wld, a Islami ma-

ual ifid as a lial guid Sui Muslim hdxy,

sas: “Wh a s wh has ahd uy ad is sa

vluaily asaizs m Islam, h dsvs killd.”

Alhugh h igh kill a asa is svd i Islamilaw h lad h mmuiy ad hially h

Muslims a uishd akig his duy u hm-




slvs, i ai a Muslim wh kills a asa ds

ay idmiy ad m xiay as (as h musi h kids mud ass ud lassi Islami law).

This ammdai is mad aus killig a asa “is

killig sm wh dsvs di.”23

IslamOli, a wsi mad y a am Islam shl-

as hadd y h iaially ifluial Shikh Yusu al-

Qaadawi, xlais, “I a sa s wh has ahd u-

y vluaily asaizs m Islam, h dsvs uishd. I suh a as, i is ligay h alih ( his

saiv) ask him ad u Islam.

I h ds, i is ad m him, u i h uss, h is

immdialy killd.” Ad wha i sm ds’ wai a

alih aa ad aks mas i his w hads? Al-

hugh h kill is “disilid” “agaig h

alih’s gaiv ad ahig u his ighs,” h is“ ld my killig a asa ( ay xiai)”—

i h wds, sigifia uishm h kill.24

Tw Aghas, Said Musa ad Adul Rahma, kw all

his wll. Bh w asd h im lavig Islam

Chisiaiy.25 Th Agha Csiui siulas ha

“ law a ay h lis ad visis h

sad ligi Islam.”26 Ev a Adul Rahma’s a-

s, whih k la i 2006, Ws aalyss sm hav

had ul gasig h im his visi. A “huma

ighs x” qud y h Times o London summd u

usi widsad i Ws uis: “Th si-

ui says Islam is h ligi Aghaisa, y i als

mis h Uivsal Dlaai Huma Righs, ad

Ail 18 sifially ids his kid us. I ally

highlighs h lm h judiiay as.”27 Bu, i a, h was adii. Th siu-

i may dla is “s” h Uivsal Dlaai




Huma Righs, u i als says ha law a a-

di Islami law. Th Csiui’s dfiii ligiusdm is xlii: “Th ligi h sa h Islami

Ruli Aghaisa is h sad ligi Islam. Fl-

lws h ligis a xis hi aih ad

m hi ligius is within the limits o the provisions o

law ” (mhasis addd).

Th dah aly asasy is dly igaid i Is-

lami ulu—whih is as why i was Adul Rah-ma’s w amily ha w li fil a mlai au

his vsi. Whav iggd hi ai i 2006, hy

uld fid ha h li wuld iv suh a m-

lai wih h ums siusss. A a iaial u-

y, Adul Rahma was vually siid u Aghai-

sa laiv say i Ialy. Dsi h uliiy, his as

was hadly uiqu, as h aly idial ass—ha Said Musa i Fuay 2011 ad ha Yu Nadakhai

i aly 2012—as. Ad y, whil iaial idiga-

i aid dw u h Agha gvm h as

ad ial Adul Rahma, h wld mmuiy shwd

hadly ay is a all i Said Musa. Phas h iv-

ig yas had iud h wld’s ii maks Islami

aiis agais Chisias, alhugh Nadakhai’s aial

ial i Ia did all w iaial ai h ligh

x-Muslims i Muslim uis.

Mawhil, i Egy i Augus 2007, Mhammd Hga-

zy, a v m Islam Chisiaiy, was d g

i hidig a a dah s was ud agais

him y Islami lis. H usd fl Egy, dlaig,

“I kw h a awas shd my ld, u I will

giv u ad I will lav h uy.”28 Ealy i 2008,his ah ld Egyia wsas: “I am gig y

alk my s ad vi him u Islam. I h -




uss, I am gig kill him wih my w hads.” Hgazy

mais i hidig i Egy.29

A tradition o persecution

Th h Islam s h a all his, h

himsl mad wa agais Chisias. Muhammad’s las

miliay xdii was agais h Chisia s h

Byzai Emi i h h Aaia gais Ta-uk; ad shly a hi h’s dah, Islami jihadiss

qud ad Islamizd h Chisia lads h Mid-

dl Eas, Nh Aia, ad Sai. Th jihad h id

wad Chisia Eu ad iud uis, h

high-wa mak mig i 1453 wih h qus C-

sail. A Sm 1683, wh h Oma sig

Via was k, h Islami id i Eu ga d. Bu h dis ha uld h jihad agais Chis-

ias w v md jd y ay Islami s.

Csquly, wih h wal jihadis sims

amg Muslims i h wih uy am wd

sui Chisias. This hillig sy ld y a

wma wh livd duig h Oma Emi h la

ih uy aus h mm ha wal i

hushld:

Th igh, my husad am hm ad ld m ha

h adisha had s wd ha w w kill all h Chis-

ias i u villag, ad ha w wuld hav kill u

ighus. I was vy agy, ad ld him ha I did

a wh gav suh ds, hy w wg. Ths igh-

us had always kid us, ad i h dad killhm Allah wuld ay us u. I id all I uld s him,

u h killd hm—killd hm wih his w had.30




Th Chisia ulai i Tuky has dlid m 15

i 1920 1 day. I Syia, i has dlidm 33 10 i h sam sa. I Bhl-

hm, 85 h ulai was Chisia i 1948;

day, 12 hld h aih udd y h w’s

ms lad aiv s.31 Th ud h as lis

havy h s Chisias i h Muslim wld.

Shikh Oma Baki Muhammad, a vsial -Osa-

ma Muslim lad wh livd yas i Ga Biai uis w ad m ig ha uy, w i O-

2002, “W a simly say ha aus w hav

Khilaah [aliha] w a jus g ahad ad kill ay

-Muslim, ah, w mus sill ulfill hi Dhimmah.”32

Th Dhimmah is h Islami lgal a i

Jws, Chisias, ad sm h iis ud Islami

ul; hs wh a his i, ad h miadivai vaius ighs, a kw as dhimmis. I 1999,

Shikh Yuss Salamh, h Palsiia Auhiy’s ud-

say ligius dwm, adig Jaha

Adlma ad Aga Kuma h Fudai h

Ds Dmais, “aisd h ida ha Chisias

shuld m dhimmis ud Muslim ul, ad suh sug-

gsis hav m m mm si h sd ii-

ada ga i O 2000.”33

I a Fiday sm a a msqu i Ma, Shikh

Mazuq Salm Al-Ghamdi slld u h Shaia’s iju-

is dhimmis:

I h ifidls liv amg h Muslims, i ada wih

h diis s u y h Ph—h is hig

wg wih i vidd hy ay Jizya h Islami a-suy. Oh diis a . . . ha hy d va

a huh a masy, d uild s ha w




dsyd, ha hy d h days ay Muslim wh

asss y hi hms . . . ha hy is wh a Muslimwishs si, ha hy d imia Muslims i dss

ad sh, id hss, w swds, am

hmslvs wih ay kid wa; ha hy d sll

wi, d shw h ss, d ig huh lls, d

ais hi vis duig ay, ha hy shav hi

hai i s as mak hm asily idifial, d

ii ay agais h Muslims, ad d sika Muslim. . . . I hy vila hs diis, hy hav

i.34

Ths Shaia visis hav ully d si

h mid-ih uy, u day’s jihadiss wa -

s hs laws alg wih h s h Shaia. Th ida

ha Chisias mus “l hmslvs sudud” (Qu’a 9:29)i Islami lads is als vy muh aliv. Wh h fis Cah-

li Chuh i Qaa d i Mah 2008, i sd

ss, ll, sl, ad sig. “Th ida,” xlaid

h huh’s as, F. Tm Vai, “is dis

aus w d’ wa iflam ay ssiiviis.”35

I h Philiis, h huh i h ai’s Islami

iy, Maawi, has als d away wih h ss. A Cahli

is, F. Tsi Sgau, xlais: “T avid agums

ad avid uh misudsadigs w jus la h

ss d i u has.” F. Sgau, adig R-

us, “ds’ wa a uifix a lial lla ad ss

a ad u s his Muslim ighs.” H l-

as w wddigs, si as k is a sal wddig

is Filii Cahlis.36

I is asy s h d suh disi. Pahig ia msqu i Al-Damam, Saudi Aaia, h ula Saudi

Shikh Muhammad Salh Al-Muajjid mmdd ha-




d Chisias ad Jws as a us: “Muslims

mus dua hi hild Jihad. This is h gasfi h siuai: duaig h hild Jihad ad

had h Jws, h Chisias, ad h ifidls; du-

aig h hild Jihad ad vival h ms

Jihad i hi suls. This is wha is dd w.”37

The silence o human rights groups

Wha Jusus Rid Wi, a iaial huma ighs

lawy, sad i Dm 2007 au Chisias i Pals-

iia aas alis Chisias i h Islami wld g-

ally: “Th sysmai sui Chisia Aas livig

i Palsiia aas is ig m wih aly al sil

y h iaial mmuiy, huma ighs aiviss, h

mdia ad NGOs.” H said ha i hig w d, Chisias wuld l h i fi yas, “Chisia

lads a ig d aad hi llws h

s adial Islam.”38

Th aly al sil maiss isl i h uiusly u-

hmisi ma i whih huma ighs gus

h ligh Chisias, wh hy i ha ligh a all.

F xaml, Amsy Iaial’s 2007 h hu-

ma ighs siuai i Egy dismisss h suig C-

i Chisias i a sigl s s filld wih uhmism

ad mal quival ad s lakig i x ha i alms

ass h im i dsis: “Th w sadi uaks

saia vil w Muslims ad Chisias. I

Ail [2006], h days ligius vil i Alxadia

suld i a las h dahs ad dzs ijuis.”39 I

aliy, h si ga wh a Muslim sad a Chisia dah isid a huh, ad wh amd jihadiss aakd

h huhs i Alxadia ha sam mh.40




Th assiv vi sms h ul h day wh

jihad vil agais Chisias is d. Th 2007Amsy Iaial Idsia iluds his li:

“Miiy ligius gus ad huh uildigs iud

aakd.” By whm? AI is sil. “I Sulawsi, sadi

ligius vil ud hughu h ya.”41 Wh is

ssil ha vil? AI ds’ say. Amsy I-

aial sms m d au ig Islam ad

Islami gus m ig imliad i huma ighs aussha au ig Chisias m hs auss.

I aas ha Chisiaiy—v idigus Egyia

Chisiaiy, whih us das h adv Islam

i ha uy—is lsly idifid wih h Uid

Sas ad h Ws h muliulualis ass h

huma ighs li. Th siuai is di. Mlki Gk

Cahli Paiah Ggy III, wh livs i Damasus, d-lad i Ail 2006 ha “a 11 Sm, h is a l

limia all h Chisia miiis m h Aai

wld. . . . Ou siml xis uis h quais wh-

y Aas a’ h ha Mslms, ad Chisias u

Wss. . . . I h Chaldas, h Assyias, h Oh-

dx, h Lai Cahlis lav, i h Middl Eas is lasd

all h Aai Chisias, h Mslm Aa wld ad a

s-alld Chisia Ws wld will l a a.

I will asi vk a lash ad jusiy i wih li-

gi.”42 Sval yas la, Ggy III himsl shwd h

l h ssu las h Muslims— ls—wh h

ulily lamd h Muslim sui Chisias

Islami sumaiss u ha v-s gy

Middl Eas siay his, h Ziiss.43

Y sm Amia Cahlis ad -Chisias asuisd disv ha h a ai mmuiis

Chisias i Islami lads a all ad ha hs mmuiis




a ig sud. Ohs a idi aus h

gwig mvm ashial ahism, whih ss allligis as qually uga ad lial lad vil,

whav h dis i hi aual ahigs. Ad may

Wss, aiulaly hs i h huma ighs li, a

wddd a wldviw i whih ly -Ws -

Chisias a ssily fi i h huma ighs gus’ vi-

im aadigm: Middl Eas Chisias a idid wih

whi Ws sss ad uld viims. SmWss v idulg i a ai schadenreude a h -

sui Chisias wldwid, sig i i a mu-

a a huh ad a li sysm whih hy hav

lg had had sl-lahig guil. Tha Chisias

i Muslim lads a gally , disahisd, ad

wlds away m h ssiv ha is h Chisia-

iy Lis myh ds’ sm hi mids.Ad s Islami jihadiss ad Shaia sumaiss, wih

v iasig fid ad ualiy, ad viually

s m h Ws, iu y h Chisias i

hi mids. Ths mald mmuiis a w h

vg xii, wih sak u hm. Thi

iud xis ad say wuld qui hig sh

a mial.

Cognitive dissonance

I ligh all his (ad muh m) vid a salaig

glal Islami jihad agais Chisias, P K’s ass-

i—ha “a ‘umial jihad’ is ssil ad is alld ,

h siml ad sg as ha Muslims ad Chisias

ah ad ai h sam Fis Cmmadm: islam,al sud, sumissi h huma will h divi

will”—sms ii. A h vy las, h imuls wag a




w wa all ligis uid agais sulaism is mig

lagly m Chisias, wihu sigia is m hMuslim sid. Th is muh m vid Muslim ha-

d ad m Chisias, as vidd y h glal

vil agais hm, ha h is Muslim is i a

mm wih Cahlis ay h Chisias. T

su, sval yas ag a lag gu Islami shlas did

wi P Bdi ad h Chisia lads, iviig

hm dialgu (a iiiaiv w’ll xami i dh la ), u hy hav maagd sai hi ldy-

midd ligiiss.

Th ass his may may ad lusiv, u h

aliy h salaig Muslim sui Chisias

ad h maaivly small um Muslims wh hav

shw is i ayhig lik h mm ha

K advas highligh h dag ha, i hi has gai a advaag i h ulu was, Ws Cahlis

may aig v vas ad susaial dis -

w Cahliism ad Islam slly i h h gaiig

a ally. Ad ha way lis dag, a ally gaid y suh

mas will hadly ddal, ad h ways i whih

ha lak ddailiy may mais isl uld hav

squs hig sh aashi.

Saladin: myth versus reality

K, ad hs lik him, visi Muslims as dvu,

Gd-aig, mal l wh wuld aually alig

hmslvs wih hs, suh as Cahlis, wh sha hi

s au gallig sulaism ad h si m-

al valus i siy. I his k The Enemy at Home, -svaiv udi Dish D’Suza advas a mm

w svaiv Amias all aihs ad sva-




iv Muslims, ayig hs Muslims, whm h ds

idiy y am, as hal, ius, huml, ad aalldy may Ws ula ulu. N du hs

qualiis dsi may Muslims. Thy aily all

aiula Muslim: h smi-lgday sula h Cu-

sad a, Saladi.

I h wlh uy, Saladi dal disiv lws

h Cusad is; u did i, adig vail-

ig hisial myh, i a magaimus ad l ma.Tday Saladi is gally gadd as a x h

s ass Islam ad ha i d a ligi

ism ad iasig. Th Aa hisia Ami

Maalu sums his u i his dsii Saladi: “H was

always aal wih visis, isisig ha hy say a,

aig hm wih ull hus, v i hy w idls,

ad saisyig all hi quss. H uld a lsm wh had m him da disaid, ad

h w hs wh did hsia ak advaag

his qualiy. O day, duig a u wih h Faj [Faks],

h ‘Bis,’ ld Aih, aivd uxdly a Sala-

di’s ad askd him u a disi ha h sula

had ak u yas ali. Ad h agd!”44

Th al Saladi hisy was qui as magily

l sii ad gus as h is usually ayd. A

his ga viy v h Cusads a Hai July 4, 1187,

h dd ha his Chisia aivs “shuld hadd [i

ada wih Qu’a 47:4: “Wh yu m h uliv-

s, smi hi ks”], hsig hav hm dad ah

ha i is. Wih him was a whl ad shlas ad

Sus ad a ai um dvu m ad asis; ah

ggd allwd kill hm, ad dw his swdad lld ak his slv. Saladi, his a jyul, was siig

his dais; h ulivs shwd lak dsai.”45




Saladi was jus as uhlss ad ldhisy h a-

sis.46 H agai, his siiv uai i h md Wsis m a ma wishul hikig ha alism. Ad s i

is wih s muh Cahli-Muslim iai wadays.

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