UK judge tells jihadi: “You’ll have plenty of time to study the Qur’an in prison…the Qur’an is a book of peace”
Has Mr Justice Haddon-Cave ever actually read the Qur’an? Almost certainly not; otherwise he wouldn’t have gone on record with this spectacularly asinine and counterfactual statement.
Is the Qur’an really a book of peace?
“And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from where they drove you out; persecution is worse than slaughter. But fight them not by the Holy Mosque until they should fight you there; then, if they fight you, kill them — such is the recompense of unbelievers, but if they give over, surely Allah is all-forgiving, all-compassionate. Fight them until there is no persecution and the religion is Allah’s; then if they give over, there shall be no enmity save for evildoers.” (Qur’an 2:191-193)
“They wish that you should disbelieve as they disbelieve, and then you would be equal; therefore do not take friends from among them, until they emigrate in the way of Allah; then, if they turn their backs, seize them and kill them wherever you find them; do not take for yourselves any one of them as friend or helper.” (Qur’an 4:89)
“This is the recompense of those who fight against Allah and His Messenger, and hasten about the earth to do corruption there: they shall be killed, or crucified, or their hands and feet shall be struck off on opposite sides; or they shall be exiled from the land. That is a degradation for them in this world; and in the world to come awaits them a mighty chastisement.” (Qur’an 5:33)
“When your Lord was revealing to the angels, ‘I am with you; so confirm the believers. I shall cast terror into the hearts of the unbelievers; so strike the necks, and strike every finger of them!” (Qur’an 8:12)
“Fight them, till there is no persecution and religion is all for Allah; then if they give over, surely Allah sees the things they do.” (Qur’an 8:39)
“Make ready for them whatever force and strings of horses you can, to strike terror into the enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others besides them that you know not; Allah knows them. And whatever you spend in the way of Allah shall be repaid you in full; you will not be wronged.” (Qur’an 8:60)
“Then, when the sacred months are over, kill the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them, and confine them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush. But if they repent, and perform the prayer, and pay the alms, then let them go their way; Allah is All-forgiving, All-compassionate.” (Qur’an 9:5)
“Fight those who believe not in Allah and the Last Day and do not forbid what Allah and His Messenger have forbidden, and do not practice the religion of truth, even if they are of the People of the Book — until they pay the jizya with willing submission and feel themselves subdued.” (Qur’an 9:29)
“Allah has bought from the believers their selves and their possessions against the gift of Paradise; they fight in the way of Allah; they kill, and are killed; that is a promise binding upon Allah in the Torah, and the Gospel, and the Koran; and who fulfils his covenant truer than Allah? So rejoice in the bargain you have made with Him; that is the mighty triumph.” (Qur’an 9:111)
“O believers, fight the unbelievers who are near to you; and let them find in you a harshness; and know that Allah is with the godfearing.” (Qur’an 9:123)
“When you meet the unbelievers, strike their necks, then, when you have made wide slaughter among them, tie fast the bonds; then set them free, either by grace or ransom, till the war lays down its loads. So it shall be; and if Allah had willed, He would have avenged Himself upon them; but that He may try some of you by means of others. And those who are slain in the way of Allah, He will not send their works astray.” (Qur’an 47:4)
How have Muslims throughout history understood these passages? They took them as meaning “Give the unbelievers a big hug, chuck them on the shoulder, and buy them a chocolate malt,” right? Unfortunately, the historical record is not quite so full of laughter and sunshine. Find out how Muslims throughout history have actually understood the Qur’an’s exhortations to warfare in my new book, The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS, which you can order here.
“Downing Street terror plotter who planned to ‘take the head off’ PM is jailed,” by Ben Gelblum, The London Economic, August 31, 2018:
A “clever and cunning” would-be suicide bomber who plotted to attack Downing Street and assassinate Theresa May has been jailed for a minimum of 30 years.Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, 21, was “religiously driven to mass carnage” and planned to “take the head off” the Prime Minister.But he was foiled by MI5 spies who posed online as ISIS fighters.Rahman was today jailed for life and will serve at least three decades in jail after a judge branded him a “very dangerous individual”.His plans also included to murder the Prime Minister with a suicide vest and a drone strike at the Houses of Parliament.Sentencing at the Old Bailey Mr Justice Haddon-Cave said: “Rahman is a very dangerous individual and it’s difficult to predict when, or if, he will become deradicalised.”“I firmly conclude Rahman is ‘dangerous’ within the meaning of the 2003 Act, in particular because of his long-standing and entrenched extremist mindset.”The judge added: “You will have plenty of time to study the Koran in prison in the years to come.“You should understand that the Koran is a book of peace. Islam is a religion of peace.“The Koran upholds the sanctity of life, the Koran and Islam forbid anything extreme, including extremism in religion.“Islam forbids breaking the law of the land where one is living or a guest.“You have violated the Koran and Islam by your actions as well as the laws of all civilised people.“It is hoped you will come to realise this one day.”…“I want to do a suicide bomb on Parliament,” Rahman told the MI5 role players.“I want to attempt to kill Theresa May. All I need now is a sleeper cell to lay low for now.”Rahman carried out research on potential targets, undertaking reconnaissance of Whitehall on November 18.He then bought a Carbrini back from Argos two days later, before he met an undercover cop so it could be packed with explosives.But he was arrested on November 28 just moments after police handed him the fake pressure cooker bomb, replica pepper spray and a fake bomb-filled puffa jacket.The trial heard Rahman had sent messages in an app called Telegram, asking a user called Amir: “Can you put me in a sleeper cell ASAP?“I want to do a suicide bomb on parliament.“I want to attempt to kill Theresa May.”He also wrote: “My objective is to take out my target. Nothing less than the death of the leaders of parliament.”…
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