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La Ikraha Fiddeen means, “There is no compulsion in religion”. Or more to the point - ‘There is no compulsion in Islam’.

This (Sura) Verse 2:256 of the Qu’ran is an often (mis)quoted verse by the many so-called ‘moderate’ and ‘peaceful’ Muslims of the world, who continue to proclaim Islam a religion of peace.

In point of fact, no Muslim Scholar, over the past 13 centuries, has ever supported the idea that any non-muslim is free from harm or coercion, if they happen to follow their own conscience and religious convictions.

It is a myth, which even deeply devout muslims blindly believe in and adhere to, completely disregarding the clearly unambiguous words of their prophet and the many subsequent statements issued by the multitude of their Islamic scholars.

Indeed - there may not be any ‘compulsion’ in religion (that is to say, choosing another religion over Islam), but once that choice has been made…. the consequences are dire and bleak. Death or submission.

What Sura 2:256 is basically saying is…… An individual has every right to make their choice - but if you make the wrong choice, you risk death or slavery.

Verse 9:73 abrogates 2:256 with, “O prophet, struggle with the unbelievers and hypocrites, and be thou harsh with them.”

A more precise definition is to be found here:

What do Muslims believe regarding freedom of religious choice? A Koranic verse (2:256) answers: “There is no compulsion in religion.”             

That sounds clear cut, and the Islamic Center of Southern California insists it is, arguing that it shows how Islam anticipated the principles in the US constitution. The center sees the First Amendment (”Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”) as based on concepts in the Koran’s no-compulsion verse.

In a similar spirit, a former chief justice of Pakistan, S.A. Rahman, argues that the Koranic phrase contains “a charter of freedom of conscience unparalleled in the religious annals of mankind.”

To a Western sensibility, this interpretation makes intuitive sense. Thus does Alan Reynolds, an economist at the CATO Institute in ,The Washington Times that the verse signifies the Koran “counsels religious tolerance.”

Were it only so simple.

In fact, this deceptively simple phrase historically has had a myriad of meanings. Here are some of them, mostly premodern, deriving from two outstanding recent books, Patricia Crone’s God’s Rule: Government and Islam and Yohanan Friedman’s Tolerance and Coercion in Islam, augmented by my own research. 

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Daniel Pipes (www.DanielPipes.org) is director of the Middle East Forum.

The apologists for Islam assert and maintain that Muslims are called by the Qu’ran to strive for and to attain peace. But this ‘peace’ will only come about until the Abode of War (Dar al-Harb) is supplanted by the Abode of Islam (Dar al-Islam), which is essentially an all pervasive Islamic rule.

This ‘peace’ will not materialise until all infidels are killed, converted or subjugated.

Muhammad was clear; the Qu’ran is clear; and every Islamic scholar since has made it clear. Islam is a twisted concept which came into being by the sword, and continues to expand and conquer by the sword. Compulsion, within Islam is everywhere, within and without. It is the very heart, core and essence of this misguided cult, and has been throughout its’ entire history, from its’ original inception to present modern day.

It has neither progressed nor evolved over the centuries. Instead, it has remained firmly rooted in the ‘Tribal’ mentality of ‘us against them’. This most definitely includes muslim against muslim, but almost always certainly refers to anyone existing outside of the sphere of Islam. The fate of those unfortunates, are clearly outlined and are defined within the writings of the Qu’ran. And it does not paint a pretty picture of acceptance, tolerance, or inclusiveness.

The phrase, La Ikraha Fiddeen, is a skillfully concealed threat, which provides for no allowances; infringes upon the very sanctity of an individuals’ freedoms; and cares nothing for personal choice or conscience.

It is a licence to kill and to hate.

January 6th, 2008
Categories: Islam, Qur'an, Commentary . Author: Infidel . Comments: No Comments

Iran, which turned a deaf ear last year to protests over its attempt to rewrite history through a Holocaust conference, now is crying foul over what it calls a “fabrication of culture and insult” to Iranians in the Hollywood hit movie “300.”

“Cultural intrusion is among the tactics always used by the aliens,” a government spokesman charged in a statement made to the state FARS News Agency. “Such a fabrication of culture and insult to people is not acceptable by any nation or government and we consider this attitude as hostile.”

The Iranian press has seized on the outrage, with one newspaper, Ayandeh-No, proclaiming: “Hollywood declares war on Iranians.”

Javad Shangari, a cultural adviser to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, attacked the film as being “part of a comprehensive U.S. psychological warfare aimed at Iranian culture,” Daily Variety reported Wednesday.

“Everyone is starting to react. The DVD is already very available, and people are quite angry,” one Tehran-based producer told Daily Variety. He doubted the film will ever be distributed in the region, though boot-leg copies already had made their way into many Middle East capitals. An online petition calls the movie’s distributor, Warner Brothers, “irresponsible, unethical and unscientific actions … while announcing our disgust at such a heresy, we demand an immediate historical review and quick apology from the responsible people.”

The film depicts the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae between 300 Spartan soldiers and an invading Persian army. Iranians are descendents of Persians, who are portrayed as evil. Of particular scorn for Iranians is the depiction of Persian Emperor Xerxes, who was descended from Cyrus, and is revered in Iran for having written the first human rights declaration.

The Iranian government hosted a two-day gathering last December, billed as a legitimate conference on the historical record and invited notorious Holocaust deniers and white supremacists from around the world, including former Ku Klux Klan leader, David Duke.

The Foreign Ministry held the event after Ahmadinejad claimed several times that the Holocaust was a myth, invented by Zionists to justify the establishment of Israel.

While the Iranian government can claim we’re the “Great Satan of the West” and that the Jewish Holocaust is a myth, they portray their enemies in a negative light every chance they get. Yet when the semi-fictional film “300″ portrays Persians in a negative light, (based on historical accounts) they are suddenly “offended.” This is the same government that promotes movies and TV shows where characters mock and demonize Jews, and says Pepsi sends the proceeds of their sales to Israel. Apparently, Iranian mythology is beyond reproach or subject to scrutiny, and to say anything negative about it, is akin to Islamophobia and Muslim-bashing. Their hypocrisy is absolutely death-defying!

It is also interesting how the Libs are also pouncing all over this film because they really don’t understand the basic principles of Honour and Duty. Left leaning Libs and their film critic counterparts have joined ‘en-masse’ to condemn ‘300′ as being unnecessarily violent - Gratuitous in fact! This inherently comical commentary is the height of absurdity, while they consistantly tend to gush and fawn all over any war movie which has ever portrayed the American military as the evil villain. Their innability to comprehend the most basic spiritual and visceral emotional human concepts of the struggle between Good and Evil, forever elludes their elitist craniums.

But the Iranians got it! And they understand, full well, the far reaching implications of the powerful message contained within it. And that makes them tremble, because their own propaganda machine is up against something now which is just as big and has the potential to inspire many young American Spartans to rise up against the encroaching barbarian horde.

March 18th, 2007
Categories: Commentary . Author: Infidel . Comments: No Comments

General “Black Jack” Pershing and the Muslim Terrorists in the Philippines before WW I

Just before World War I, in 1911, there were a number of terrorist attacks on the United States forces in the Philippines by Muslim extremists. So General Pershing captured 50 terrorists, and had them tied to posts for execution. He then had his men bring in two pigs and slaughter them in front of the, now horrified, terrorists.

Muslims detest pork, because they believe pigs are filthy animals. Some of them simply refuse to eat it, while others won’t even touch pigs at all, nor any of their by-products. To them, eating or touching a pig, its meat, its blood, etc., is to be instantly barred from Paradise (and those virgins), and doomed to hell.

The soldiers then soaked their bullets in the pigs’ blood, and proceeded to execute 49 of the terrorists by firing squad. The soldiers then dug a big hole, dumped the terrorist’s bodies face down, and covered them in pig blood, entrails, etc. They let the 50th man go.

This brought a stop to terrorism in the Philippines for the next 50 years.

Pigs to a Muslim is like garlic to Dracula. If Islam is driving terrorists to hate Americans and Jews, then use their own cult religion against them to our own advantage. Pigs on planes and in the cockpit; pigs on the battlefield and bullets greased with swine guts. If they want to die in Jihad for the sake of Allah, then deny them their ticket to paradise also.

March 17th, 2007
Categories: Commentary . Author: Infidel . Comments: No Comments

The Arab/Muslim Nazi Connection

The Führer’s Mufti: After World War I, the Great Powers of Europe jockeyed for influence in the Middle East’s oil fields and trade routes, with France and Britain holding mandates throughout most of the region. In the 1930s, the fascist regimes that arose in Italy and Germany sought greater stakes in the area, and began courting Arab leaders to revolt against their British and French custodians. Among their many willing accomplices was Jerusalem Mufti Haj Amin el-Husseini, who fled Palestine after agitating against the British during the Arab Revolt of 1936-39. He found refuge in Iraq – another of Her Majesty’s mandates – where he again topped the British most wanted list after helping pull the strings behind the Iraqi coup of 1941. The revolt in Baghdad was orchestrated by Hitler as part of a strategy to squeeze the region between the pincers of Rommel’s troops in North Africa, German forces in the Caucuses and pro-Nazi forces in Iraq. However, in June 1941 British troops put down the rebellion and the Mufti escaped via Tehran to Italy and eventually to Berlin.

Once in Berlin, the Mufti received an enthusiastic reception by the “Islamische Zentralinstitut” and the whole Islamic community of Germany, which welcomed him as the “Führer of the Arabic world.” In an introductory speech, he called the Jews the “most fierce enemies of the Muslims” and an “ever corruptive element” in the world. Husseini soon became an honored guest of the Nazi leadership and met on several occasions with Hitler. He personally lobbied the Führer against the plan to let Jews leave Hungary, fearing they would immigrate to Palestine. He also strongly intervened when Adolf Eichman tried to cut a deal with the British government to exchange German POWs for 5000 Jewish children who also could have fled to Palestine. The Mufti’s protests with the SS were successful, as the children were sent to death camps in Poland instead. One German officer noted in his journals that the Mufti would liked to have seen the Jews “preferably all killed.” On a visit to Auschwitz, he reportedly admonished the guards running the gas chambers to work more diligently. Throughout the war, he appeared regularly on German radio broadcasts to the Middle East, preaching his pro-Nazi, anti-Semitic message to the Arab masses back home.

To show gratitude towards his hosts, in 1943 the Mufti travelled several times to Bosnia, where on orders of the SS he recruited the notorious “Hanjar troopers,” a special Bosnian Waffen SS company which slaughtered 90% of Bosnia’s Jews and burned countless Serbian churches and villages. These Bosnian Muslim recruits rapidly found favor with SS chief Heinrich Himmler, who established a special Mullah Military school in Dresden.

The only condition the Mufti set for his help was that after Hitler won the war, the entire Jewish population in Palestine should be liquidated. After the war, Husseini fled to Switzerland and from there escaped via France to Cairo, were he was warmly received. The Mufti used funds received earlier from the Hilter regime to finance the Nazi-inspired Arab Liberation Army that terrorized Jews in Palestine……. Read More…..

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It is not surprising then to see images of Goose Stepping Hezbollah soldiers giving the infamous Nazi Salute, since the ideology is identical. Another similarity revealed upon closer examination in the ‘terminolgy’ - Hitlers’ Mein Kampf translates into the english as - “My Struggle”. The Muslim word Jihad also means “My Struggle”. But what struggle? Ultimately Mein Kampf was a manifesto outlining Hitlers ambition to eliminate the Jews and dominate the world. The esscence of Jihad, is similar, in-so-much as Muslims envision a world dominated by Islam (Dar al-Islam), and accomplishing the task set forth in the Final Solution for the Jews and also for all ‘unbelievers’.

Mein Kampf ranks 6th on the best seller list in the Middle East.

March 12th, 2007
Categories: Video, Islam . Author: Infidel . Comments: No Comments

Once more, Mr. Douglas Hagmann, of the Northeast Intelligence Network, addresses and reveals the hegemonic society that is Islam. The glaring disparities and inequities possessed within Muslim countries clearly demonstrates its’ inherent prejudices. From the open persecution of Egyptian Coptic Christians to Iran’s proposed passing of a new law which seeks to force Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians to wear colored strips of cloth; yellow for Jews, Red for Christians and a blue cloth for Zoroastrians. Needless to say, such a law is reminiscent of Nazi Germany which made a conscious decision to lay the groundwork leading up to the Holocaust. Reports that this new Iranian law has not yet been instituted, is of little relevance: It is the fact that it was put forth and still awaits final approval.

Further, as detailed in Anthropologist Laurence Loeb’s book, “Outcaste: Jewish Life in Southern Iran (1977), laws pertaining to the movements of Jews and Christians living within this Islamic State, that Jewish shopkeepers selling food must declare themselves prior to the would be Muslim buyer, as a Jew is considered ‘unclean’ and may contaminate the product. Other examples cite ‘special conditions’ such as during a rainfall, that Jews and Christians must stay indoors, lest they contaminate the ground with their rain-washed thilth which would pose a health hazard to any Muslim who would happen to walk upon the same dirt in the street.

While Mr. Hagmann clearly indicates the alarming rate at which Saudi Wahabbi Mosques are being built within the United States, likewise so are numerous chapters of CAIR. That CAIR also has been exposed for actively promoting and funding terrorism should also raise the eyebrows of many and give cause for the Ire of the American people. What occurs behind the ‘closed doors’ of many of these Mosques does not truly reflect the same ‘peaceful face’ with which they stridently attempt to portray, present and persuade us into believing about the true nature and essence of Islam.

In the doctrine of Islam, the world is divided into two mutually antagonistic parts: the “Abode of Islam” (Dar al-Islam), in which God’s rule has already been established, and which is ruled according to Muslim law; and the “Abode of War” (Dar al-Harb); that portion of the world which is not yet under God’s rule, but which the Muslims must eventually bring into the Islamic sphere by force or by persuasion. What the apologists are not revealing when they talk of Islam as a religion of peace is that the “peace” they are referring to is a Pax Islamica.

The Pax Islamica is an envisioned global society, governed under Sharia Law, which is law higher than Man’s and is eternal. The deep rooted hatred and disgust for all non-muslims is intrinsic within Islamic culture, therefore it is in keeping with Islamic teachings that countries, such as the United States, Britain and Europe will be immersed in the struggle of ‘Dar al-Harb’, until the pax islamica is achieved. These sentiments are echoed and re-stated by the statements of Omar M. Ahmad, Chairman of CAIR in 1998 when he proclaimed that Islam isn’t in America to be equal to any other faith but to become dominant. He added that the Qur’an should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth.

That such a narrowly defined and clearly hateful, exclusive and hypocritical ‘religion’ is permitted to thrive within an open society such as the United States is a testament to the Founding Fathers’ vision who have bequeathed to us an equitable and balanced framework of governance. The pursuit of happiness, Life and Liberty are our unalienable rights as set forth within the Declaration of Independence. None of those unalienable rights won’t seem to matter much if the ‘Life’ part is removed from the equation. And if Sharia Law is enacted in any small way, within this land of opportunity, then it shall be a very dark road indeed, and it shall usher in our collective decent into an unenlightened age.

March 11th, 2007
Categories: CAIR, Islam, Sharia, NEIN, Commentary . Author: Infidel . Comments: 1 Comment

March 9th, 2007
Categories: Video, Islam, Sharia . Author: Infidel . Comments: 2 Comments

MEMRI (The Middle East Media Research Institute) is a fountain of wealth in terms of revealing to the whole world, what is being produced and aired on Iranian, Palestinian and Saudi television. The most recent example of the warped Arab mentality is revealed by the interview of Egyptian researcher Muhammad Al-Buheiri, which aired on Nile Culture TV on February 25, 2007.

The focus of this so-called ‘scholarly’ discussion is based upon the recent publication of a book entitled ”Bloody Passover: European Jews and Ritual Murder” written by Ariel Toaff. Toaff who teaches Medieval and Renaissance history at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel, wrote that Jews in the Middle Ages may have murdered Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals, primariliy in the making of Matzah bread for Passover.

Not-with-standing that this book was widely criticized as a work of fiction, intended solely for the purposes of reviving ancient myths and fueling the fire for anti-Semitism, the book is quickly being regarded as a factual historical account within the Arab world.

“Bloody Passover” is based on confessions, mostly extorted by torture, of Jews accused of ritual murder. The trials Toaff examines took place in Central Europe between 1100 and 1500, notably the 1475 trial in Trento, in what is today northern Italy, of 13 Jews of German origin. Under torture, they confessed to murdering and crucifying a Christian child on the eve of Passover.

This ‘blood-libel’ myth is actually not new ‘news’ at all on Arab TV, but the recent release of this book is being hailed as ‘Solid Proof’ of the activities perpetrated by the blood-lustful Jews, further making the claim that this ritual is still ongoing even to this day. Many of MEMRI’s examples, taken directly from Arab Television programs, have often portrayed in the past this blood-libel myth in many ways before, including ‘claymation’ animated programs directed at children. There is even a portrayal of Jewish Rabbi’s kidnapping an Iranian child and attempting to sap the lifeblood from him, in one of their favorite Iranian soap-operas. This incessant bombardment of hammering into the minds of their populations, the pure, unadulterated evil that is the Jew, is daily fare for the average Iranian, Saudi or Palestinian and is quite commonplace.

An example of the ‘scholarly’ exchange between the interviewer and Muhammad Al-Buheiri goes thus:

Interviewer: “Some people say that the Protocols of the Elders of Zion – and we are talking about the Israeli blood matza – is a complete fabrication about the history of the Jews and Judaism. How do you respond to this as a researcher?”

Muhammad Al-Buheiri: “By Allah, even if I did not have historical proof, like the proof obtained by the Israeli historian Ariel Toaff, the current reality proves that it is true, or, at the very least, raises the possibility that it is true. We await a generation of new Israeli historians, who are characterized by scientific objectivity, and, incidentally, deserve our respect. We’re waiting for them to look into this issue, and it will surely turn out to be true.”

Clearly, for Al-Buheiri, the verdict is already ‘in’, and he requires no further evidence. And when confronted with reports of condemnation from other historical and biblical scholars he off-handedly dismisses it with this remark: “First of all, we should be aware that the Jews always implement a rule they consider basic: A loud voice is capable of erasing the truth”.

This is so reminiscent of Nazi Germany’s method of demonization, without the slightest shred of evidence to offer. An age-old tactic conducted by the thugs, dictators and excrement, which appears in the history books of each and every generation. The only difference between Hitler and the Middle East is: Hitler hijacked Germany for a little over a decade; The Arab world lives and breathes Anti-Semitism over generations.

If there is any thought, at all, to be taken away with you after watching this video, (or any other) from MEMRI, it is this. These ‘glimpses’ into the Arab World are not anomalies. This is Mainstream thought that is pummeled repeatedly into young, fresh, impressionable young minds each day. And even in this day and age of Satellite media, a culture of hate, death and destruction is being broadcast into the living rooms of Iranians and Arabs.

State sponsored propaganda that is designed to infect, brainwash and regenerate itself.

March 9th, 2007
Categories: MEMRI, Video, Commentary . Author: Infidel . Comments: No Comments

Jamal Miftah wrote a letter to the editor of the Tulsa World Newspaper “Message of Islam is not jihad, fatwahs” where it was picked for publication. His story was then aired by local television news. And now national news outlets. In his letter to the editor of Tulsa World Jamal, a 45 year old Pakistani living in the United States since 2003, outlined that violence is not a part of Islam and reminded all Muslims that Islam is a nation of peace. For his efforts Jamal was forced out of his Mosque and was asked not to return until he takes back his article and issues an ‘apology’ to the Muslim community. Jamal has refused. More of Jamal’s story is also at Little Green Footballs.

The courage exhibited by Jamal Miftah is a rare exception exhibited within the world of Islam. But the question needs to be asked… why were Jamal’s proclamations of peace and non-violence so rejected by his Mosque and his Imam? Why were Jamal’s declarations of Islam being a religion of peace and tolerance, were they so reviled that his own clergy chose to banish him and ostracize him?   

Clearly, Jamal Miftah, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, being a new resident of the United States of America was just trying to help bridge the gap between Islam and the West. (The West meaning all infidels of any religious bent or strain). And in his own way, he was naively attempting to distance himself from the actions of the perceived ‘lunatic fringe’ of his own religion. His intentions were honorable, and his motives were pure. Here was a man just trying to get on with life, and get along with others while he abided by the Laws of the Land and integrate with American society. To raise a family and work hard to earn a decent living. Isn’t that what we all want too?

Apparently Mr. Miftah, was not entirely & fully briefed on the agenda of his own religion of Islam. And by voicing and expressing his own opinion, via a Column to the Tulsa World Newspaper, he had unwittingly committed the greatest sin of all…… He had ‘assumed’ that he was speaking for all Muslims and he had assumed that he was representing his Faith!

It is ironic, that CAIR (The Counsel on American-Islamic Relations), continually blasts anyone for even remotely suggesting that Islam is not peaceful and CAIR litigates relentlessly in the courts to receive damages from those who would ever dare to defame Islam. Is it not peculiar then, that when Mr. Jamal Miftah is seemingly Championing that very same cause, which CAIR so defiantly defends, he now suddenly finds himself on the ‘receiving end’ of hate from his own?

Either Mr. Miftah is not aware of his own religious belief-system, or he has been severely duped! (I tend to go along with the latter). Jamal Miftah is one of many Muslims who have been ‘going along with the flow’, and not once had ever seriously analyzed the contents of his own Qur’an. For if he had investigated it, he would have noticed that the Qur’an was a veritable wealth of inconsistencies, numerous descriptive passages on how to disembowel the Infidel, and send all unbelievers straight into Hellfire.

The conundrum which faces all Muslims of good heart and cheer, is not that a few ‘extremists’ are committing violent acts of atrocities in the name of Islam…… it is rather that, the source and inspiration for such acts of this extremism is coming directly from the teachings of Muhammad himself in the Qur’an.

This is an issue, which all Muslims must eventually face and ultimately deal with. I know of no other religion, on Earth, which teaches that you must kill anyone who does not adhere to your faith. Furthermore, I know of no other religion, which openly issues Fatwa’s when you decide to leave and unconvert. To leave Islam is much like trying to leave the Mafia. It just isn’t done!

Mr. Miftah has two choices here. He must forget his good conscience and apologize for ‘insulting Islam’; or he must abide by his convictions and suffer the threats and ostracizing by his Mosque. Neither choice is pretty, and neither choice is truly an answer. If anything, it tells us of how manipulative and heavy-handed the Imams are in dealing with their own followers.

This is Classic intimidation! And I sincerely hope that Mr. Jamal Miftah stands his ground. Unfortunately, the success rate of such moral steadfastness, in the face of Islam, usually ends up with a slit throat in the middle of the night, and your daughters being raped.

March 8th, 2007
Categories: CAIR, Islam, Commentary . Author: Infidel . Comments: No Comments