Islam started with Muhammad Before Muhammad (570-632 AD), there was no Islam, and there were no Muslims. is their self-appointed prophet. Islam traces its heritage back to Abraham and Ishmael. However, they see Ishmael as the promised son, not Isaac. Though Muhammad started of? adult life as a pacifist, he ultimately became a warmonger, killing - whomever he pleased to advance his beliefs and goals: He became anti-Semitic, waning, 311d a judge. jury, and executioner. He led twenty-seven military campaigns against innocent villages and caravans and he planned at least thirty-eight more. This is Why part of the Qur?an presents things in a peaceful way (when Muhammad believed in paci?sm), while the other part of the Qur?an presents things in a violent-sounding way (after he became a warmonger). thammad posed as a prophet or apostle of God and gathered a following became of it. Both Jesus and Paul warned that after they were gone many false prophets would come. Muhammad 8 one of them who managed to create an entire ideology that has gathered several billion - worldwide. He initially went to groups of Jews and offered himselfas their Messiah. rejected him, he slaughtered them and their all in their villages. f1. is Simply another prophet and Muhammad supersedes Jesus. While the Qur?an 3.ty and Christ, in practice, Muslims see Muhammad as being far greater than I in. 5 - the ful?llment or extension of Christianity. A . a . awhnl buttwomaingroupsuadicalMuslims andthe ideologythanareligion.1t - on exams and . force :According to the beliefs of Islam, the world is divided into two groups of people. All people fall into one group or the other. Which one are you? Dar aZ-Islam?the ?house of Islam? or ?house of submission? to God Muslims. 0 Dar al?Harb, or ?house of who are at war with God non-Muslims. ifs/011 are in the second group, you need to know that there are millions of Muslims who believe It IS their to war against you. You will either give into their demands recognizing Islam?s '11 die. Of course, the other possibility ?noble? rule, you will become a Muslim yourself, Or You IS that in their attempt to force you to become a servant in Allah?s government, the Muslim himself might die. It is still a win-win situation for him because in that case, he believes in death he Will be rewarded with virgins aplenty(72). [slam teaches that Allah will win in the end and everyone will be brought under the yoke of Islam, Willineg or unwillingly. Everything will be ruled by the Muslim government and Sharia law will be the rule oflaw. Jihad :Iihad is an often misunderstood term because it is almost always downplayed by Muslims to hide its true meamng. In essence, it is a religious obligation and mandatory, but there is disagreement over its de?nition. If you ask someone from CAIR, you will receive one answer. If you ask a known radical Muslim, you will receive another. -called moderates, Jihad is often de?ned as the ?inner struggle? that the Muslim cted in righteousness. For the radical Muslim, jihad is de?ned as the physical combat that Muslims undertake on Allah?s behalf against in?dels (unbelievers; non- Muslims). Jihad can be physical warfare or even verbal or written propaganda. In a civilized country such as the United States, the latter is preferred. So-called moderate Muslims deny that jihad is physical con?ict, but unfortunately the radicals never received that memo. Because they understand jihad as physical war against unbelievers fo the advancement of God?s Islamic kingdom, they believe that what they are doing is the correct unbelievers. Moderates like to say that these individuals a] thing Allah wants them to do against few and far between. The facts do not support that. If only moderates would spend as much tim- trying to convince radical Muslims that jihad is merely an inner struggle, as they do trying to convince us, I wonder how many fewer terrorist events the world would experience. Instead, th moderate Muslims prefer to try to get us to believe something that even radicals do not believe a] Muslim, moderates are ?sinners.? Radicals will kill moderates just as easily as as working against Allah. As de?ned by so goes through to become perfe To the radic they kill unbelievers because they see moderates ND 0 adical I lam: vernment Cali hate . er the auspices of one central theocratlc Islamteach . governmentfs'l?his is referred to as a ?caliphate? and though this has never been worldwide at any point in history, Muslims believe that there will be a One-world. global caliphate at some point in thefuture. The closest that Islam has come to this is with the Caliphate of Gordoba (929 to 1031). This caliphate was centered in Spain and eventually broke apart due to civil war (called between descendants of the last legitimate Caliph I-Iisham and the successors of his prime minister (hayib) Al-Mansur. v.1.hough omwatdly?enied by many Muslims, Islam is moving toward what they tag? i ?to be a ?nal world government or caliphate. They believe it will be ruled by the Final - who will bring peace to the world. Everyone will either be Muslim or what is known as a Mamie state. 'Ihat's their beliefabout the way things will Intimater turn out. a .. who is allowed to live in the Islamic state by paying certain tam a government. I guess you could say you pay and you?re allowed to i "t is the direct outcome of jihad, which is the military . mandatedby Allah as aspiritual obligation forever individual . l' t-z "oflslamicforcesiseilher - canalwaysbecomea . as a yearly poll tax, Status of Jews and . thehehmot ofthe :gt a. #nonemonOtheistic ?f-fah1_g 1;)i . . Etuelmi?cunmltis ?:35 I . i I ,4 ?In. 2? 1' . I THE 7 . h) Beheadmg: Others forms of killing a hostage, such as firing squad, bad? 0f the had? or do not hold the same cache for radical lslamists nor make for a good social (?Jail StX?Ctaele. Beheading represents an historical archetype for radical Islamists and its ?ft bc traced back to celebrated victories such as the battle of Zallaqa in 1086 when 24.000 Mich astiltans were said to have been beheaded and praises to Allah were sung on the piles of their Wh?lc ?f?any other world cultures and subgroups, such as Western Europeans, have beheading "*1?th (Which include the French during their late 18th-century revolution), none of these older active except for its ongoing use by the state of Saudi Arabia, problematic in its own false. vthleh utilizes beheading as a form of Sharia-based capital punishment and may even engage In emol?xion (also sometimes carried out by radical lslamists), after the fact, for some executions, and the more recent cartel beheadings out of Mexico and their surrounding areas of operation. When these start: The Daniel Pearl killing in Pakistan in February 2002 is generally considered the first incidence of contemporary high-pro?le videotaped radical Islamist beheadings though such videotaped beheadings can be traced back at least to that of a captured Russian soldier, Yevgeny Rodionov. by Chechen ?ghters in 1996 when he refused to convert to Islam. These incidents have since Spread globally to radical Islamist groups and lone wolves (a?inity adherent? in the Middle East, territories of the former Soviet Union, parts of Africa and Asia, and more mouttly to Western Europe and the United States. How many incidents: By mid-2006, documented radical Islamist beheading incidents surpassed the 100 mark, ranged from one to 30 victims at a time with incidents comprising ones an twos by far the most common, and resulted in the deaths of numbers in the low hundreds of Of these incidents, about a quarter of them were videotaped. Present aggregate radical [slink banding incidents are unknown but easily range from the mid-to-high hundreds of incidelm with total beheadings estimated now beyond one thousand in number. Wes and techni ue utilized: The use of a heavy sword or blade brought down the back of the neck historically represents a humane method of state execution. The radical Mist killings instead utilize a knife taken to a victim?s throat which is intentionally meant to symbolic. like that of the butchery of an animal, and intended to in?ict severe pain in the process decapitation (or at least create that illusion to the viewer if the hostage is drugged). Dru ed and conditioned Victims: Intended beheading victims are normally the beheading in which they read radical Islamist propaganda and kneel get than conditioned for the terminal event Narcotics are somettmes to the vtcurn to to anti-cc ad docility. Depending on the commitnent of the radical Islamist engaging the mMmyabomquimnamoticstoengage inthe bloody act. Relationship to Jihad: These activities are the antithesis ofmgm and jihad de?ned as a personal struggle against sin practiced by the vast majority ofwday.? devout Muslims. Rather, it represents a throwback to the early inwmb? ijihad a comma?; of? militant and expansionistic holy war of the original caiiphate. form ofjihnd . component of the cultish behavior of al Qaeda network and 18183116 State mm in a global radical Islamist insurgency. Radical Isla mist motivations (grounl: The intcm of engaging in mm beheading: and their intentional video broadcast via the internet is to make a statement to a umber of audiences for communicative, propaganda, and Operations WI. Some debate exists concerning which audiences are of more impedance than others: the recruitment pool ?'om which the radical Islamists draw, the current members and nodes of the radical Islamist networks or the declared enemies of the radical Islamists such as the United States, its Western altiec. and apostste regimes (both secular and Shiite). Hence the ?strategic value ofdtese beheading: exists on a number of levels and includes recruitment, group cohesion, the deliberate use oftettor tactics, and the hope?il miscalculation and over-reaction by the United States allies to dig! glamgg' motivations (individual): Tbesevarydependingonthe W8 through the spiritual and divine for true believers and wax intotll: "?manyofthemotivators lyforyomgWectem adventmeandallm'e ofbecomingjihadi ?ghterb?des.Sincemostradical ?Huh 2' :ch?so withmore mmhuKhatidShexkh' Mohmmneduuspectedinme 1b ofmtetest' becausesomeate (m I . ?mammals - a, A. .L 2v .. . it? .Bebgtakmcq?vem orpaythem - ?e:qu a. GOVERNMENT: SHARIA LAW Sharia Law - Practiced in - - - - - Egypt, Afghanistan) (Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Sudan, lraq(less Since 2003), The term "Sharia" Shari'a) literally means "the path to a watering hole.? The Ehueaggian newspaper in the UK describes Sharia as: a religious code for iiving, in both that the Bible offers a moral system for Christians." It is used to refer 'Slam?c Si/stem of law and the totality of the islamic way of life. Sharia is derived both from: .CQrur'anmoran). This is the Muslim holy book, which corresponds to the Jews' Torah and the nstians Holy Bible. Muslims believe that the Qur?an is the Word of God, as dictated to the prophet Muhammad by the angel Gabriel. Osunna, which is referred to as Islamic "Custom or practice; particularly that associated With the exemplary life of the Prophet Muhammad, comprising his deeds and utterances as recorded in the hadith." The hadith literally means "report" or "narrative" There are four main schools of Sharia law: Hanbali: This is the most conservative school of Shari'a. It is used in Saudi Arabia and some states in Northern Nigeria. .Hanifi: This is the most liberal school, and is relatively open to modern ideas. M3 This is based on the practices of the people of Medina during Muhammad?s lifetime. .Shafi'i: This is a conservative school that emphasizes on the opinions of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad. *Within Sharia law, there are a group of "Haram" offenses which carry severe marital sexual intercourse, sex by divorced punishments. These include pre- false accusation of unlawful intercourse, persons, post-marital sex, adultery, drinking alcohol, theft, and highway robbeg. Haram sexual offenses can carry a flogging. There are many eyewitness sentence of stoning to death or severe accounts that can be read on the internet about these events. ted in various forms by many countries, ranging from a to a relatively strict interpretation in Saudi Arabia and northern states of Nigeria much of Malaysia. Sharia law is intended to be only osed to be exempt liberal interpretation in applicable to Muslims. Christians and other non-Muslims are supp is a provision that is not universally followed. from the provisions of the law; this nment of a state by immediate divine guidance or with most theocracies(gover by officials who are regarded as divinely guided), Sharia law is difficult if not impossible to reconcile with the fundamental principles of democrag. One of the features of Sharia is that, in theory, it is invariable and stable. les such as political pluralism and the constant tug towards freedoms are incompatible with Sharia. Sharia law has been adop Democratic princip expanding individua EXAMPLES OF SHARIA LAW: Whi'e in public. women must cover their faces with a Hijab. 0 Men can have up to four wives and can divorce (called talaq) at their option. If they do not divorce their ?rst wife but just abandon her, she is obliged to carry on as a married woman and cannot seek out another spouse without risking the traditionai punishment for adulteg: stoning. Stoning is done in public by first wrapping a person in a blanket and burying them in a deep hole exposing their head and the POPUIation gathered around is invited to throw large stones at the aduiterer the size of Which Sharia law prescribes, and a sentence always fatal. 0 The penalty after a fourth conviction of a homosexual act is death. 0 M99 is not allowed. Adults can become guardians of the children of others but not the legal parents through adoption. Sharia law prohibits dating and marriage between a Muslim and a non-Muslim and it is practically impossible for a Muslim (even a recent convert) to renounce the Muslim faith. Any abandonment of the Muslim faith is itself a serious crime (agostasy) with severe punishment. Sharia law has a stringent evidentiary requirement for witnesses, preferably from men. circumstantial evidence alone. Convictions for crimes cannot be based on Vagrancy can carry tough penalties such as jail and caning. Generally, a person alleged to have violated Sharia laws in the states governed by them would not be pursued, or apprehended, in states not governed by Sharia laws. implement Sharia law have blasphemy statutes which punishes by prison or 0 Many states which 9 Christianity or the distribution of Christian items. death any person who such as preachin serted that she was raped by three men and became pregnant as a result. Because she had sex outside of marriage, a Shana court sentenced her to one hundred lashes, even though seven peeple corroborated her story. The men accused of the rape received no punishment." ?teenager Bariya Magazu as