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A primer on Islam and Islamism : Comments
By Babette Francis, published 30/11/2016It is not only a religion but a totalitarian political ideology which encompasses every detail of life including how one washes oneself.
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"The expression ..( and do not transgress) towards the end of the verse, according to the majority of the commentators means - 'do not go beyond the limit in fighting as to start killing women and children'. "
" …..the verse 191,…. (And kill them: wherever you find them and drive them out from where they drove you out...), was revealed after the happening at Hudaybiyyah at a time when the Holy Prophet & decided, in accordance with the condition agreed upon in the Peace Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, to embark on a journey to Makkah to perform the qadi' of 'Umrah along with his Companions, something he was stopped from doing a year before by the disbelievers of Makkah. The noble Companions, on the eve of this projected journey, had started to worry about the disbelievers who could not be trusted upon in a peace treaty. If they chose to be aggressive, as they did a year before, what option are they going to take? Thereupon, the words used in the present verse gave them the permission to meet the challenge of their aggression and kill them where they find them. And if they could, it was permissible for them to drive the disbelievers out from where they had driven the believers out."
That concludes the commentary to Qu'ran 2:190-191
In relation to the article, that was from Jan 2015. I'm no fan of Hizbut Tahir but you'll notice it was the journalist, not HT, who said " They were told Australia's democratic government has to go in favour of an Islamic Caliphate ruled by Sharia Law." and there was nothing in what the journalist quoted that supported the headline: Muslim army in Australia. The journalist states he had a full recording of the proceedings so if such a remark was actually made he would have quoted it directly. So the journalist has deliberately misrepresented what took place.
Like I said, don't let yourself be played for a fool