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Robert Spencer
N Pa u a SwdTh Ga Chasm Bw
Chisiaiy ad Islam
Sa Dig2013
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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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ahli.m
Pid i h Uid Sas Amia
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All ialis addd mhasis i iais m Siu ad ai xs a
h auh’s.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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?
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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
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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.
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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
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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-
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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,
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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
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Time for an “ecumenical Jihad”? 19
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
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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
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Time for an “ecumenical Jihad”? 21
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-
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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
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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 -
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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.