Page 59 - BV15

59

Jehad and Paradise

Islam is one faith, which has divided humanity into two permanently warring
factions: those who believe in Allah and Muhammad, are the God's Party, and
those who do not, are the Devil's Party. The former have the most sacred duty
to eliminate and subdue the latter. So urgent is this purpose that Islam not only
encourages its followers to murder, plunder and seduce the women of the
"infidels" but also projects such murder, plunder and seduction as the greatest
virtues. Islam calls it "Jehad," which guarantees the Mujahid (holy warrior)
salvation, i.e. a seat in Paradise.

by Anwar Shaikh
Part Three

The Battle of Tours

The Battle of Tours (also known as the Battle of Poitiers) is considered as one of
the most important episodes of history. Before discussing its ramifications, one ought to
probe into the causes that precipitated the bloody event in 732 A.D.

Its major cause is Jehad, a clever contrivance of Islam, whose stated purpose is to
establish on man the rule of Allah, "the Almighty, the Creator and the Perfect."

In fact, this device has been invented as a pretext to destroy all those who do not
believe in Allah and Muhammad. More accurately, this is a stratagem for setting up
Muhammad as the holiest of holies because a person such as a Jew, a Christian or a deist
is treated as an infidel despite being an adherent of God. This fact reveals the true color
of this doctrine. When looked at carefully, it transpires that Jehad is an insult to God,
who is depicted as "the Almighty, the Creator and the Perfect." Thus, being Absolute, He
needs no help from anyone to install Him as the Supreme, but the device projects God as
dependent on man for establishing His glory; it is blasphemous by its very nature. If
"God, the Creator" really wanted to be believed in, and worshipped by man, He would
have created him as His "Obedient Servant".

The Jehad that disgraces the dignity of God and acts as the most heinous tool of
destruction against innocent and the helpless, cannot be a holy principle.

Since Jehad is anti-divine by its nature, it has got to be the tool of Prophethood,
which enables a man (the Prophet) to pursue his personal interests in Divine clothing.
The doctrine of Prophethood, in fact, is the apex of dominance--urge, which goads a
person to seek maximum power through force, frivolity and feigning. Jehad uses all these