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A reference thread I'm posting in its own thread instead of posting in innumerable other threads, for the sake of convenience and providing an internal link for those to refer to in other threads without having to copy and past it every time, as it requires several posts to get them all in, and then more for the last couple of years' updates some may want to add.
It's in response to those who keep repeating that silly meme about 'only 0.01% of Muslims are terrorists', as if that is a point or something, but even if true they have a large reserve pool of mass murderers and very protective community to hide in wherever they happen to want to go and blow up children and the like. Preliminary quotes of interest:
"The verses of the Qur'an and the Sunnah summon people in general (with the most eloquent expression and the clearest exposition) to jihad, to warfare, to the armed forces, and all means of land and sea fighting."-Hasan al-Banna, Jihad, 1928
The texts in Islam distinguish themselves from the texts of other religions by encouraging violence and aggression against people with other religious beliefs to a larger degree. There are also straightforward calls for terror. This has long been a taboo in the research into Islam, but it is a fact that we need to deal with.
There are 36 references in the Koran to expressions derived from the root qa-ta-la, which indicates fighting, killing or being killed. The expressions derived from the root ja-ha-da, which the word jihad stems from, are more ambiguous since they mean “to struggle” or “to make an effort” rather than killing. Yet almost all of the references derived from this root are found in stories that leave no room for doubt regarding the violent nature of this struggle. Only a single ja-ha-da reference (29:6) explicitly presents the struggle as an inner, spiritual phenomenon, not as an outwardly (usually military) phenomenon. But this sole reference does not carry much weight against the more than 50 references to actual armed struggle in the Koran, and even more in the Hadith.[/b] -Dr. Tina Magaard
It's in response to those who keep repeating that silly meme about 'only 0.01% of Muslims are terrorists', as if that is a point or something, but even if true they have a large reserve pool of mass murderers and very protective community to hide in wherever they happen to want to go and blow up children and the like. Preliminary quotes of interest:
"The verses of the Qur'an and the Sunnah summon people in general (with the most eloquent expression and the clearest exposition) to jihad, to warfare, to the armed forces, and all means of land and sea fighting."-Hasan al-Banna, Jihad, 1928
The texts in Islam distinguish themselves from the texts of other religions by encouraging violence and aggression against people with other religious beliefs to a larger degree. There are also straightforward calls for terror. This has long been a taboo in the research into Islam, but it is a fact that we need to deal with.
There are 36 references in the Koran to expressions derived from the root qa-ta-la, which indicates fighting, killing or being killed. The expressions derived from the root ja-ha-da, which the word jihad stems from, are more ambiguous since they mean “to struggle” or “to make an effort” rather than killing. Yet almost all of the references derived from this root are found in stories that leave no room for doubt regarding the violent nature of this struggle. Only a single ja-ha-da reference (29:6) explicitly presents the struggle as an inner, spiritual phenomenon, not as an outwardly (usually military) phenomenon. But this sole reference does not carry much weight against the more than 50 references to actual armed struggle in the Koran, and even more in the Hadith.[/b] -Dr. Tina Magaard
