by MEMRI
"Let Islam be spread by the sword. There is nothing wrong with Allah's true religion being spread by the sword".
Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Sabah Shabr discussed the spread of Islam in a
series of lectures about Jihad. Sabah confirmed that most Islamic
countries were conquered by force. He said that Muslims should not try
to appease the Jews and Christians by denying
this and that the "true religion of Allah should be spread by the
sword." Sheikh Shabr added that when Muslims conquer the country of
infidels, they should give the locals the opportunity to convert to
Islam or kill them. If the locals are from among the People of the Book,
i.e., Jews or Christians, they should have the third option of paying
the jizya poll tax. The entire series of lectures was posted on October
13, 2015 on a YouTube account, dedicated to the thinking of Ayatollah
Sistani.
Following are excerpts:
Sabah Shabr: "Most Muslim
countries ere conquered violently, by force. Few are the countries
conquered any other way. The people of Medina converted to Islam
voluntarily. When the Prophet Muhammad made his hijra to the
city, Islam was already prevalent there. It was not conquered by force.
But Mecca was conquered by force. Iraq was conquered by force, and so
were Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Syria, and the countries of north Africa. Most
Islamic countries were conquered by force, through fighting.
"Some may claim that Islam was spread by
the sword. That's true. Islam was spread by the sword. So what?! Allah's
true religion should be spread by the sword, by force.
"If you cannot talk people into converting
to Islam, they should be made to convert by the sword. Such is the
command of Allah. There is no need for all the sycophancy, and all the
attempts to appease the Jews and the Christians, by saying: 'Islam was
not really spread by the sword. We had no other choice.'"
"It's not that they had no choice. They conquered the Islamic countries by force. This is our duty according to the shari'a.
This is the meaning of voluntary Jihad. What does voluntary Jihad mean?
That the Islamic army marches on the lands of the infidels, and
proposes that they convert to Islam.
"If they agree to become Muslims - fine. If they refuse, they are told that they should pay the jizyatax, if they are from the People of the Book. If they refuse to pay the jizya,
they should be fought. If they are not from the People of the Book,
they don't even get a chance to pay the jizya - either they convert to
Islam or they are killed. There is nothing wrong with this.
"Let Islam be
spread by the sword. There is nothing wrong with Allah's true religion
being spread by the sword. The Christians and the Jews who live in
Muslim countries must pay the jizya poll
tax. They pay it annually, but the Islamic ruler can tell them to pay
it monthly, or every six months. They pay in accordance with their
financial capabilities. They cannot live in the lands of the Muslims for
free."
MEMRI
Source:http://memri.convio.net/site/R?i=m9J6hyE5i9P10zZVkajV_A
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