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April 30, 2024

Submission of the Kafir in Islamic Political Doctrine

Submission to Allah and Mohammed is an essential principle in Islamic doctrine. The direct translation of the word “Islam” is submission. What does the Islamic political doctrine state about submission in relation to the Kafir (non-Muslim)? First, let us...

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April 30, 2024

Jihad or "Legitimate act of resistance"?

A senior leader of the Islamic community in Victoria, Australia defended the events of October 7, 2023 as a "legitimate act of resistance“. [1] In the course of these events, 1139 people were killed and hostages were abducted from Israel to the Gaza...

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April 29, 2024

Religious Tolerance Does Not Prevent Terrorism

Non-Islamic (Kafir) societies might think that openness and tolerance toward Islam as religion might grant them protection from becoming targets of Islamic terrorism; however, that is a wrong assumption. It is important to understand that Islam is not only...

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April 29, 2024

What Does Islamic Peace Look Like?

From a non-Islamic (Kafir) perspective, the concept of “peace” is a positive state that implies the absence of war and violence. According to Islamic doctrine, however, there can only be an absence of fighting when the whole world submits to Mohammed and...

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April 25, 2024

Jew Hatred in Political Islam

After the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel on, the president of Turkey likened the prime minister of Israel to Adolf Hitler; he also compared Israel's response in Gaza to Jewish people's treatment by Nazis. He added that Western countries...

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