Stephen Coughlin: Who's Innocent, According to Shariah?

Muslim Brotherhood front groups and their apologists never tire of pointing out the strict Koranic injunctions against killing innocents. This is, of course, dissembling. In a rare radio interview, Major Stephen Coughlin (expert in Islamic law and former adviser to the Joint Chiefs of Staff) tackles an issue of the utmost importance: who is innocent under Shariah law and who is it permissible to kill? This distinction makes all the difference.

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[UnidHali]

@spacerumsfeld It was Jesus, however you MISINTERPRET as usual.

Jesus' words didn't match his actions.

Whereas the Quranic Injunction to "strike fear into the enemies of Allah." (Quran 8:60) is made an ACTION by Muslim Scholars. Abdullah Azzam [We are terrorists, indeed God said to "Take up whatever force you can in order to cast terror into the enemies hearts...]

[slayyyyn]

we must fight against violent islamic jihadddd

[MrJustTruth]

Your assertion (and that of many others) that this terrorism is due to "joblessness, and utter lack of basic amenities" does not take into account the fact that osama bin laden, the christmas day bomber, 9/11 terrorists, london bombers... all come from wealty families. There is something else that is causing these well to do people to commit acts of terrorism, this one common factor is islam and the koran.

Peace

[spacerumsfeld]

@MrJustTruth Who comes to bring not peace but a sword?

Still, I agree with you that these religions are very different, and one is more readily converted into a violent doctrine than the other.

Nonetheless, the evidence suggests that an overwhelming majority of those we are facing on the battlefield arrive there due to a complex combination of perceived wrongdoing, joblessness, and utter lack of basic amenities. Where schools and hospitals crop up, terrorism disappears, regardless of Islam.

[MrJustTruth]

A bit of correction, the new testament has no violent references in it (Jesus preached peace), the old testament does. The old testament violence is more of fighting for their (Israelite) homeland not one of expansion as in the koran. The koran, from the time muhammed turned to violence to spread his religion, is full of violent references to expand their religion and defeat the "infidel".

[TopAssistant]

Go to ACT! for America and sign our petition to have CAIR investigated. While you are there, join an ACT chapter near you or start one. My personal goal is to have an ACT chapter at ever military installation so those that love our military can help the. In addition, retired folks must get involved by join a chapter or starting one.

[spacerumsfeld]

@MichaelLeFavour The people actually blowing themselves up and doing the groundwork come from lower- to middle-income families, and perhaps 3% are the ideologically-motivated Bin Laden sorts. I'll give you the citations for the data if you ask for it, since it won't fit here.

[spacerumsfeld]

@MichaelLeFavour Thanks for the response.

You're right that certain bits of Al Qaeda are well-educated and ideologically motivated. Still, the weight of evidence suggests Islamic terrorists tend to have little education, employment opportunity, and come from very poor areas. For example, of the 25,000 insurgents detained in Iraq since 2007, all were underemployed, and 78% had no job at all. I'm not saying Bin Laden doesn't matter, just that he is a small percentage of the whole.

[MichaelLeFavour]

You don't see Christians doing outrageous things in the name of Christ, because those things you claim you can quote from the Bible are time and place specific. The Quran is eternal for a Muslim. It has zero to do with politics, economics, and the like. Osama Bin Laden is filthy rich, the 9/11 murderers were educated and wealthy. The first Muslims, with the living memory of how Islam is to be practiced launched the largest genocide the world has ever known. Your argument is not well thought out.

[spacerumsfeld]

I'm going to have to disagree on this one. One could find many outrageous, genocidal quotes from the Bible, but that does not at all reflect on the Christians I know today. Same with the Islamists. It is the confluence of variables such as politics, economics, and the like that makes them interpret such texts in a barbarous way, just as Christians do NOT do (for the most part) in the 21st century.