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Without perpetual war against the infidels, without Jihad, Islam has no driving purpose. It is therefore incumbent on all those who wish not to someday submit to an Islamic yoke to demand of Moslems that they publicly renounce the Koran Call to Jihad.

The first sentence isn't true, or at least it certainly isn't proven to be truer of Islam than of other religions by Wheeler. But if the first sentence is true, then there's no chance of the aspiration expressed in the second sentence coming true. If Islam does demand holy war, you won't get Muslims abandoning jihad.

If "Dr. Wheeler" can't even keep his own arguments straight it's hard to see why anyone else should be convinced. Tell people that their religion is the equivalent of one that demands massive human sacrifice and you won't get many converts. His article doesn't succeed as scholarship or as persuasion, so it looks like he's just venting.

[dennisw]

If so, he vents better than you. This is not meant as a scholarly work. Wheeler does enough to get his valid point across.

[dennisw]

Jihad has been called the sixth pillar of Islam. Spread your cult-religion by warfare and this is true. Please look up the Muslim conquests of Persia and North East India.