International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

Established in 1982 by the United Nations, the focus of this day is to “acknowledge the pain suffered by children throughout the world who are the victims of physical, mental and emotional abuse.”

Islamic political doctrine describes how to treat Kafirs (non-Muslims) and is considered perfect, universal, and eternal. Found in the Koran (the words of Allah) and in Mohammed’s Sunna (his words and deeds, the Hadith, and his biography, the Sira), it is codified in the Sharia (ROT).

Mohammed, the perfect example for all humanity, to be followed and obeyed according to Allah (1), set the example on the treatment of Kafir children during violent jihad:

• Children of the enemy didn't have to be killed, (2, 3) but were taken captive as slaves (4, 5)
• It is of no concern to harm or kill Kafir children during raids as collateral damage. (6, 7) Allah states to wage war on all disbelievers (8)
• The deliberate killing of a child who has no chance of converting to Islam is permitted. The (Islamic) story of Moses and Khidr (Koran 18:60–82), supports this. Khidr, a wise man that Allah sent to accompany Moses on a journey, kills a boy without cause. Moses, shocked, asks why Khidr killed the boy. (9) Khidr explains that he killed him (the son of Muslim parents) out of fear of future unbelief. (10) A hadith confirms this: Mohammed allows the intentional killing of a prospective Kafir child but not a prospective Muslim child (11)

In Political Islam's (PI) doctrine, the Kafir is guilty by default of the greatest sin (greater than killing), i.e., not accepting Allah as God and Mohammed as his prophet. Moreover, Kafirs constantly try to turn Muslims away from Islam; thus, they should always be fought against. (12, 13)

Are there similarities between the above PI doctrine and the treatment of Kafir children by jihadi groups, such as Hamas on Israelis (14), ISIS on Yazidis (15), or Boko Haram on Nigerians (16)? Is it unintentional collateral damage or deliberate, active targeting?

The UN's position in regard to the innocence of children and their right to protection differs from the position taken in the PI doctrine.

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📖 Doctrinal support:

1. https://www.cspii.org/learn-political-islam/methodology/statistical-analysis-political-islam/number-times-koran-commands-muslims-imitate-mohammed/
2. Sahih Muslim Book 19, Hadith 4456 “… Tell me whether the Messenger of Allah… killed the children of (the enemy in the war), … And the Messenger of Allah  did not kill the children of the enemy, so you should not kill the children...”
3. ROT 09 .10 “It is not permissible (A: in Jihad) to kill women or children unless they are fighting against the Muslims.”
4. Sahih Bukhari Volume 3, Book 46, Hadith 717”… the Prophet had suddenly attacked Bani Mustaliq without warning while they were heedless and their cattle were being watered at the places of water. Their fighting men were killed and their women and children were taken as captives…”
5. ROT 09.13 “When a child or a woman is taken captive, they become slaves… by the fact of capture...”
6. Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 52, Hadith 256 “…The Prophet passed by me at a place called Al-Abwa or Waddan, and was asked whether it was permissible to attack the pagan warriors at night with the probability of exposing their women and children to danger. The Prophet  replied, "They (i.e. women and children) are from them (i.e. pagans)."
7. Sahih Muslim Book 19, Hadith 4322 “…Messenger of Allah, we kill the children of the polytheists during the night raids. He said: They are from them.”
8. Koran 9:36 (Pickthall)”…. And wage war on all of the idolaters as they are waging war on all of you.”
9. Koran 18:74 (Arberry) “So they departed; until, when they met a lad, he* slew him. He** said, 'What, hast thou slain a soul innocent, and that not to retaliate for a soul slain? Thou hast indeed done a horrible thing.'”
   *Khidr; ** Moses
10. Koran 18:80 (Arberry) “As for the lad, his parents were believers; and we were afraid he would impose on them insolence and unbelief;”
11. Sahih Muslim  Book 19, Hadith 4457 “…The Messenger of Allah used not to kill the children, so thou shouldst not kill them unless you could know what Khadir had known about the child he killed, or you could distinguish between a child who would grow up to be a believer (and a child who would grow up to be a non-believer), so that you killed the (prospective) non-believer and left the (prospective) believer aside.
12. Koran 2:217 (Arberry) “They will question thee concerning the holy month, and fighting in it. Say: 'Fighting in it is a heinous thing, but to bar from God's way, and disbelief in Him, and the Holy Mosque, and to expel its people from it -- that is more heinous in God's sight; and persecution is more heinous than slaying.' They will not cease to fight with you, till they turn you from your religion, if they are able; and whosoever of you turns from his religion, and dies disbelieving -- their works have failed in this world and the next; those are the inhabitants of the Fire; therein they shall dwell forever."
13. Koran 8:36 (Pickthall) "Lo! those who disbelieve spend their wealth in order that they may debar (men) from the way of Allah. They will spend it, then it will become an anguish for them, then they will be conquered. And those who disbelieve will be gathered unto hell,"
    

📚 Sources:

14. https://www.memri.org/reports/special-announcement-–-hamas-atrocities-documentation-center-hadc

15. https://freeyezidi.org/yezidi-genocide-2014/

16. https://www.opendoorsuk.org/news/latest-news/nigeria-abductions-march/

Pickthall, Marmaduke. 1930. The Meaning of The Glorious Koran, An Explanatory Translation, New York: Alfred A Knopf.

Arberry, Arthur John. 1996. The Koran Interpreted: A Translation. A Touchstone Book. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Khan, Muhammad M. 1997, The Translation of the Meanings of Sahih Al-Bukhari: Arabic-English. Riyadh: Darussalam.

Abul Husain Muslim bin al-Hajjaj al-Nisapuri. 2009. Mokhtaser Sahih Muslim. Translated by Abdul Hamid Siddiqui. 1st edition, edited by Mika’il al-Almany. The Vista Publishing House.

ROT: Keller, Nu ha Mim. 1997. Reliance of the Traveller: Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law. Amana Publications.

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