Quranic Verses that Advocate the Mistreatment of Jews and Christians
Excerpt from "Islam and Islamic Fundamentalism" (available at
http://www.TheJISSCorporation.com)
Of the 3 major religions of the world, Islam is the only one that advocates overt mistreatment of one or more members of this religious triumvirate.
Example
“O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends: They are
but friend to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them is of them. Verily, Allah guideth not a people unjust.â€Â
Holy Quran 5:51,
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Here is Ibn Kathir’s commentary on this Quranic verse of contention:
"Allah forbids His believing servants from having Jews and Christians as friends, because they are the enemies of Islam and its people, may Allah curse them. Allah then states that they are friends of each other and He gives a warning threat to those who do this."
Ibn Kathir,
http://www.tafsir.com
As you can see, in regards to Islamic jurisprudence and the moral position of Muslims, Ibn Kathir, who is considered a pious Sunni Muslim scholar, clearly represents views that have facilitated and exacerbated the spread of radical and terror based initiatives by Islamic Fundamentalist groups.
Strategic Thought Note:
Modern Islamic scholars have tried to rewrite history concerning the translation of the Quranic verse that implores Muslims to refrain from taking Jews and Christians for friends by suggesting that this verse is commonly mistranslated. However, in addition to the fact that these scholars do not comply with the Salaf as do over 80% of the Islamic population that has a total numerical strength of 3 billion Muslims, these scholars can’t seem to “offset or explain†why the most prominent author of Quranic commentary (Ibn Kathir) was inclined to write such an unapologetic and morally deficient commentary on this verse that suggests that there are no errors in its translation.
The modern scholars, who represent a very small contingent of the Muslim population given its numerical strength and global representation often quote the following verse to suggest that Muslims can be friends with Jews, Christians and other non Muslims:
"God forbids you not respecting those who have not fought against you for religion's sake, and who have not driven you forth from your homes, that ye should act righteously and justly towards them; verily, God loves the just! He only forbids you to make patrons of those who have fought against you for religion's sake, and driven you forth from your homes, or have aided in your expulsion;and whoever makes patrons of them, they are the unjust!"
Holy Quran 60: 8-9,
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This modern scholar “fantasy†is quickly dispelled by Ibn Kathir’s commentary on these Quranic verses.
"Allah does not forbid you with those who fought not against you on account of religion nor drove you out of your homes,) means, those who did not have a role in your expulsion. Therefore, Allah does not forbid you from being kind to the disbelievers who do not fight you because of the religion, such as women and weak disbelievers."
Ibn Kathir,
http://www.tafsir.com
As you can see, Ibn Kathir’s commentary of these Quranic verses labels followers of non Muslim religions as disbelievers. Additionally, Kathir’s commentary states that the only non Muslims/disbelievers that can be treated justly are “non combatant†women and “weak†disbelievers. So it is clear that the Salaf compliant view of these Quranic verses is that all non Muslims are disbelievers that do not warrant justice unless they are non combatants or inclined towards capitulation or concession based signs of weakness.
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