Posted on 03/31/2006 1:05:26 PM PST by Dark Skies
The Saudi fatwa reads as follows: "The Permanent Council for Scholarly Research and Religious Legal Judgment has studied the queries some individuals brought before the Chief Mufti concerning the topic of the construction of houses of worship for unbelievers in the Arabian Peninsula, such as the construction of churches for Christians and houses of worship for Jews and for other unbelievers and [the question of] the owners of companies or organizations allotting a fixed place for their unbelieving workers to perform the rites of unbelief.
"After considering the queries the Council answered as follows:
"All religions other than Islam are heresy and error. Any place designated for worship other than [that of] Islam is a place of heresy and error, for it is forbidden to worship Allah in any way other than the way that Allah has prescribed in Islam. The law of Islam (shari'a) is the final and definitive religious law. It applies to all men and jinns and abrogates all that came before it. This is a matter about which there is consensus.
"Those who claim that there is truth in what the Jews say, or in what the Christians say - whether he is one of them or not - is denying the Koran and the Prophet Muhammad's sunna and the consensus of the Muslim nation Allah said: 'The only reason I sent you was to bring good tidings and warnings to all [Koran 34:28]'; 'Oh people, I am Allah's Messenger to you all [Koran 7:158]'; 'Allah's religion is Islam [3:19]'; 'Whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it shall not be accepted from him [3:85]'; 'The unbelievers from among the people of the Book [i.e. Jews and Christians] and the polytheists are in hellfire and will be [there] forever. They are the worst of all creation [98:6].'
"Therefore, religion necessitates the prohibition of unbelief, and this requires the prohibition of worshiping Allah in any way other than that of the Islamic shari'a. Included in this is the prohibition against building houses of worship according to the abrogated religious laws, Jewish or Christian or anything else, since these houses of worship - whether they be churches or other houses of worship - are considered heretical houses of worship, because the worship that is practiced in them is in violation of the Islamic shari'a, which abrogates all religious law that came before it. Allah says about the unbelievers and their deeds: 'I will turn to every deed they have done and I will make them into dust in the wind [Koran 25:23].'
"Thus the 'ulama agreed that it is forbidden to build heretical houses of worship - such as Christian churches - in a Muslim country, and that it is forbidden for there to be two directions of prayer coexisting in a Muslim country, and that there should be no symbol of unbelief, neither churches nor anything else. They agreed that it is obligatory to destroy any church or other heretical house of worship that was built after [the advent of] Islam, and it is forbidden to oppose the ruler in the matter of its destruction, and he must be obeyed.
"The 'ulama agreed that building heretical houses of worship, such as churches, in the Arabian Peninsula is the most weighty of sins and the worst of crimes, because there are reliable and explicit sayings of the Prophet [hadith] that prohibit the existence of two religions in the Arabian peninsula [i.e. another religion in addition to Islam], among them the Prophet's words that were related by [Imam] Malik and others and were recorded in the Sahihayn [the two most authoritative collections of hadith for Sunni Muslims compiled by Al-Bukhari and by Muslim]: 'There shall not be two religions together in the Arabian Peninsula.'
"The Arabian Peninsula is Islam's sanctuary and its basis. It is forbidden to allow or permit unbelievers to penetrate it or to receive citizenship there or to buy property, not to speak of building churches for the worshipers of the cross. There is no place in the Arabian Peninsula for two religions, but only for one - the religion of Islam, sent by Allah through Muhammad, His Prophet and Messenger. There will not be two directions of worship there, but just one single direction - the direction of the Muslims, towards the Ka'ba in Mecca. Praise Allah who enabled the rulers of these lands to ward off these heretical houses of worship from the pure Islamic land.
"[We turn to] Allah, to whom we complain about the heretical houses of worship that the enemies of Islam brought, like the churches and others, to many Muslim countries. We ask Him to protect Islam from their cunning and deceit.
"If one allows or consents to the establishment of heretical houses of worship, like churches, or if one allots a fixed place in a Muslim country [for them to worship] - this is the worst sort of aid to unbelief and of bringing their rites into the open, [in defiance of what is said in Koran 5:2] 'Help one another to good deeds and fear of Heaven, and don't help one another to sin and aggression. Fear Allah, for Allah punishes harshly.'
"Sheikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya said: 'Whosoever thinks that churches are Allah's houses and serve as places for His worship, or whosoever thinks that the deeds of the Jews and the Christians are worship of Allah and obedience to His Prophet, and whosoever likes this and permits it or helps them [the unbelievers] to open [houses of worship] and to perform their religion and thinks this to be proximity or obedience [to Allah] - he is an unbeliever.'
"He also said: 'Whosoever thinks that visiting dhimmis [monotheist non-Muslims under Muslim rule] in their churches is proximity to Allah, he is an apostate. If he didn't know that this was forbidden, he should be so informed, and then if he persists, he is an apostate.'
"We find refuge in Allah in order not to backtrack from the right path
Those who turned back on their tracks after the right path was clear to them - Satan seduced them and filled their hearts with false hopes [Koran 47:25]'; 'They said to those who hated what Allah revealed: we will obey you in some matters, but Allah knows your secrets [Koran 47:26]'; 'How will it be when the angels take their souls and strike them on their faces and their backsides [Koran 47:27]'; 'This is because they followed that which angered Allah and they hated Allah's satisfaction, so he thwarts their actions [Koran 47:28]'.
Were it not for the penalties for being labeled an apostate, I would wager many "moderates" would abandon this intolerant belief system.
This is for yours.....a Presbyterian Minister that killed an abortion doctor....
http://www.askrealjesus.com/L_CURRENTAFFAIRS/POLITICAL/paulhillexecution.html
Very nice "allies" we have in the WOT. With this type of assistance, we'll be done in no time at all.
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As is the /s is needed..
Islam is the biggest heresy of all time.
The moderate muslims are ahead of you on the list, when the immoderate ones come into power, as they inevitably will.
Because we are Americans and don't think like them, Praise to Our Savior!
Do you think the Bible teaches Christians to kill abortion doctors? Your continued defense of a murderous cult says almost as much about you as it does about Islam.
I don't, but there are Christians that do believe that the Bible teaches that, just like there are Muslims that believe the Koran teaches them to kill non-believers.
The religion (Islam or Christianity) is not good or evil, it is the men who abuse it that are evil.
Its gonna be a looooooooooooooooong War.
Do you believe Mohammad was a prophet from God or do you believe he was an evil, wicked man?
I don't really know or care.
Do you believe Islam is evil because of what some men have done in its name or do you believe Islam is evil because it conflicts with your own beliefs?
I believe Islam is inherently evil as becomes more obvious every day. Are there "good" Muslims? Perhaps but they sure must be scared of the "other" Muslims because I sure don't hear them speaking up. But it is refreshing that you do understand at least some Muslims need to be killed.
Wait till the First Church Of Pamelatology starts making converts of disconsolate Muslims! The "Chief Mufti" will run out of fatwas! |
They are speaking up. Of course, you are not seeing it reported because that would be progress.
The evidence of this is that in the wake of the Golden Dome bombing, a civil war was avoided. That was not luck, it was good Muslims reasoning with their followers to reject violence.
Do we need more Muslims to speak out? Yes! But a huge part of our strategy in the war on terror is to elevate the good Muslims and pit them against the evil Muslims so we don't have to fight them all.
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Both of them?
Seriously, its gonna take more dying on our side in order to realize that Islam is as evil as Nazism or Communism were, and just as big a threat to Western values.
As if being a drunken Irishman wasn't bad enough, now I'm a heretic. |
I'm going back to bed.
bttt
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