Does Islam encourage Terrorism?
Terrorism is defined by the American government as the threat or the use of violence to
advance a political cause by individuals or groups, whether acting for or in opposition to
established governmental authority, when such actions are intended to shock, stun, or
intimidate a target group wider than the immediate victims. Actually such a general
definition will include all wars of liberation from the American War of Independence to
the French Revolution. The worst aspect and perhaps the most common feature of
terrorism is the unleashing of violence against innocent civilians.
The State of Israel is the most recent example of the establishment of a state by
terrorism. It was established by Jewish terrorist groups, the most infamous of which
was the Stern Gang.
The term “Muslim terrorist” is used to label Islaam as a terrorist religion. However, it
is a misnomer. When IRA bombers struck, they were not labeled as “Catholic
terrorists” even though the struggle is between Catholic Ireland and Protestant
Northern Ireland supported by Protestant England. Likewise, when Timothy
McVeigh blew up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, in Oklahoma City on April
19, 1995 killing 168 people, he was not labeled as a “Christian terrorist”, though he
was Christian and a terrorist. In fact the “Muslim terrorist” label was attached to the
activities of the PLO who were a mixture of Muslims, Christians and communists.
The PLO is not, nor was it ever, a Muslim organization. It is a nationalist organization
working for the establishment of a secular Palestinian state.
Islaam opposes any form of indiscriminate violence. The Qur’aan states: ³Anyone
who has killed another except in retaliation, it is as if he has killed the whole of
humankind.´ (32:5) There are strict rules regulating how war may be conducted.
Prophet Muhammad forbade the killing of women, children, and old people and the
destruction of Churches and Synagogues or farms. Of course, if women, children or
the elderly bear arms they may be killed in self-defense.
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