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the force of arms; they are, of course, exempted from the payment of Jaziya i.e. poll tax, but are treated
as second-class citizens and may be exploited economically as well as psychologically through the he-
gemony of faith, which favors the Arab Muslims against the non-Arab Muslims. I shall return to this
point later but here I may further explain the novelty of Jehad as the Doctrine of Struggle against the
infidels.

1/. A Muslim nation requires no particular reason to attack a non-Muslim country. It is in itself a heinous
crime not to acknowledge Muhammad as the last Prophet of God. According to the Koran all religions
are false except Islam. Thus Allah is the enemy of non-Muslims, who are regarded as the worst kind of
beasts under the sun.

It is a myth that the Jews and Christians being 'People of the Book' are exempt from this restric-
tion. A hadith of the Prophet says:

The Messenger of Allah (Muhammad) said "...he who amongst the community of Jews or
Christians hears about me, but does not affirm his belief in that with which (Koran) I have
been sent, and dies in this state (of disbelief) he shall be but one of the denizens of Hell
fire". (Sahih Muslim, Vol. One, Hadith: 284)

Having abrogated all other religions, the Prophet prescribes the course of action against them:

"I have been commanded (by Allah) to fight against people, till they testify to the fact that
there is no God but Allah, and believe in me (that) I am the Messenger (from the Lord) and
in all that I have brought. And when they do it, their blood and riches are guaranteed pro-
tection on my behalf except where it is justified by Law..." (Sahih Muslim, Vol. One,
Hadith: 31)

Here it is quite clear that the biggest crime for any person or nation is the denial of Islam, and
the true solution of the problem is a perpetual war against infidels and renegades!

2/. Of course, the institution of Imperialism is not an Arabian invention. Murder of other nations for
booty by the Romans, the Iranians, the Mughals, the Turks or the British, is equally bad.

All imperial nations as they became civilized and conscious of human dignity, realized that it is
morally wrong to maim, mutilate and murder other people for personal or collective gain. In fact, gradu-
ally, they upheld human rights through a code of justice and economic improvement and the concept ap-
plied to all people irrespective of race and color. Today, we live in a world where murder, rape,
robbery, denial of justice and usurpation of rights are considered the greatest moral vices but this stan-
dard of morality is an utter nonsense in the world of Islam. Why?

Because denial of Islam is considered a serious crime that is a total justification for stripping a
person of his human rights and subjecting him to perpetual grilling until he/she acknowledges the
Prophethood of Muhammad. The faith in Islam is considered the only true virtue. This is the reason that
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