Jihad is Murder

Jihad (fighting in Allah's Cause) is ordained for you (Muslims) though you dislike it, and it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad for you. Quran 2:216.

Jihad, or purported fighting or killing[1] in God's (Allah's) cause, is seen as the best deed[2] one can perform in Islam, by any means necessary.[3] Jihad is considered to have a great purpose,[4] where children are even brought into the world for Jihad.[5] A minor who is 15 years of age is considered acceptable for Jihad.[6]

Medina and Constantinople were conquered by Jihad.[7] Jihad is used to force people to embrace Islam out of fear, to secure their blood and property.[8] Jihad is used to capture and kill those who refuse to convert to Islam.[9] One of Muhammad’s last instructions was to fight the Jews and Christians, since the two religions could not co-exist in the same land.[10] Muhammad even said that he eliminates non-Muslims.[11]

Jihad is unjust because it violates an individual's inalienable rights to life and liberty by condoning criminal acts of murder. Muhammad was a participant in these murders.[12] The Quran not only gives Muslims permission to fight,[13] but also rewards[14] the criminal acts of those that harbor such malicious intent or are killed in the process. Jihad fails to qualify as righteous and holy living, and is inconsistent in keeping with God's commands.

From the time of Cain and Able, to the Ten Commandments found in the Mosaic Law, to current criminal laws, mankind has always been instructed that one shall not kill or murder.[15] The teaching of Jihad is a lie that flies contrary to the commands of the earlier Scripture,[16] the Torah and Gospel, which Muslims are instructed to obey. Jihad rejects God's most gracious and merciful characteristics by calling for a great slaughter.[17]

Islam also does not honor any obligations or treaties made with non-Muslims.[18] The Quran instructs Muslims to kill and drive out individuals from their homes,[19] striving hard and fighting in the cause of God with their wealth and lives.[20]

For instance, examine the following verses from the Quran regarding killing non-Muslims:

O you who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are close to you, and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allah is with those who are the Al-Muttaqun (the pious).

Quran 9:123.

So, when you meet (in fight Jihad in Allah's Cause), those who disbelieve smite at their necks till when you have killed and wounded many of them, then bind a bond firmly (on them, i.e. take them as captives)…Thus [you are ordered by Allah to continue in carrying out Jihad against the disbelievers till they embrace Islam], but if it had been Allah's Will, He Himself could certainly have punished them (without you). But (He lets you fight), in order to test you, some with others. But those who are killed in the Way of Allah, He will never let their deeds be lost.

Quran 47:4.

The use of force and Jizyah was used to overcome,[21] and Jihad declared fighting, expulsion from one’s land, and the apportionment of others’ women.[22] Humans are entitled to equal, inalienable rights free from fear and destruction.[23] As such, Sharia deprives individuals of their freedom of religion[24] under the law.

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[1]  Quran 9:5; Hadith Bukhari 3:85; 3:111; 59:641; 83:14; 88:186; Hadith Nawawi 1:8.

[2]  Hadith Bukhari 26:595; 52:43-44; 93:625; Hadith Muslim 1:148; Hadith al-Tirmidhi 2:173.

[3]  Hadith Abu-Dawud 14:2498.

[4]  Hadith Muslim 20:4597.

[5]  Hadith Bukhari 78:634.

[6] Hadith Muslim 20:4605.

[7] Hadith Muslim 41:6924.

[8] Hadith Abu-Dawud 19:3019; 19:3061.

[9] Hadith Bukhari 59:628,630.

[10] Hadith Muwatta 45.5.17.

[11] Hadith Muwatta 61.1.1.

[12] Hadith Bukhari 52:265; 59:351,400-01,582; Abu-Dawud 14:2664.

[13] Quran 22:39.

[14] Quran 4:74.

[15] Exodus 20:13.

[16] Quran 10:94; 3:50.

[17] Quran 8:67.

[18] Quran 9:1.

[19] Quran 2:85.

[20] Quran 61:11; Quran 4:95; Hadith Bukhari 52:85.

[21] Hadith Muwatta 21.19.14a.

[22] Hadith Abu-Dawud 19:2998.

[23] Universal Declaration of Human Rights, G.A. Res. 217 (III) A, U.N. Doc. A/RES/217 (III) (Dec. 10, 1948).

[24] Hadith Bukhari 60:40; 73:73.