Following the Paris attacks, ISIS released an official statement claiming responsibility for the suicide bombings and shootings that killed at least 127 people in France. This statement is part of a marketing campaign by ISIS to attract supporters based on ideological lines and political sentiment. Any sensible person can see that ISIS is void of any Islamic integrity and basic principles of morality. ISIS “is not an expression of traditional Islam or fundamentalist Islam; it is a new understanding of Islam, cloaked in Western revolutionary ideology.”1 Allah cautioned Muslims in the noble Quran about carelessly accepting the justification of tyrants and murderers for their criminal conduct. An example of this is Allah’s condemnation of Pharaoh, who was responsible for many crimes amongst which was mass genocide, even though Pharaoh claimed: “I show you only that which I see [correct], and I guide you only to the path of right policy.” [Ghāfir: 29] I hope that this helps, even if only minutely, to comprehend the objectives and realities of this heretical group. A qualitative analysis of the statement: 1. To justify the murder of non- combatants ISIS used the word “crusader” five times in a single paged declaration. They also referred to France as “the carrier of the banner of the Cross in Europe.” This is no coincidence. It is a flimsy attempt to justify islamically the massacre of innocent men, women and children. This reasoning is flawed from two angles: i. The word “crusader” –Ṣalībī in Arabic– is classically used to describe the Christians who entered the Muslim lands under the pretence of ridding Bayt al-Maqdis (the Sanctified Territory) and the surrounding areas of Islamic rule. How is this applicable to civilians walking the streets of Paris? ii. If they argue that they are using “crusader” as a synonymous term for “Ḥarbī [combatant of war], then this is also unacceptable, as it is forbidden in Islamic law to murder non-combatants, women and children, even at times of combat. How is this applicable to men, women and children at a stadium, watching an international football match or indulging in other pastimes? The use of such language is not only intended to provide religious context for these rabid psychopaths, but also to provide the islamophobes and the far right with ammunition to demonize all Muslims, and thus further polarize already fragile societies. A technique that is crucial for the success of any fringe movement. The strategy is clear –and worryingly it appears to be working in some countries– to isolate peaceful Muslim minorities, subject them to further hostilities, force governments to define their version of an ‘acceptable Islam’ and then appear as the Islamic vanguard and saviour to fight this injustice, recruiting the disenchanted youth produced by such a climate. 2. The misusage of Quranic passages. In the statement ISIS explicitly quoted two verses from the Quran and alluded to numerous others. This is not a new phenomenon; rather, as Imam al-Shātibī, a famous [classical] jurist and scholar, stated: “You will not find an innovator, who is attributed to this religion, except that he endeavors to validate his heresy with a divine text, so he applies it according to his logic and ulterior desires.”2 They quoted two verses: i. “And they thought that their fortresses would defend them from Allah! But Allah's (Torment) reached them from a place whereof they expected it not, and He cast terror into their hearts, so that they destroyed their own dwellings with their own hands and the hands of the believers. Then take admonition, O you with eyes (to see).” [Al-Ḥashr: 2] ii. “But honour, power and glory belong to Allah, His Messenger (Muhammad), and to the believers, but the hypocrites know not.” [Al- Munāfiqūn: 8] The first verse has been applied so out of context it is farcical, which proves that the target audience is lacking any basic Islamic education. The verse in question is referring to a group from the people of the scripture who had a covenant with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who was the head of the Islamic state at the time. These individuals violated this agreement and conspired to murder the Prophet, believing that their fortresses would inevitably protect them. News of this reached the Prophet and he commanded them to vacate their fortresses, due to their violation of the peace treaty. Fear gripped their hearts and they were left with no alternative but to depart from what they once viewed as impenetrable walls.3 How can this be compared to civilians dining at a restaurant? How can this be compared to shooting innocent humans with Kalashnikovs like they are ducks? As for the second verse, then it suffices us to ask what honour is gained from murdering humans in this fashion. This is the epitome of cowardice; and to quote a Quranic passage reveals how sick and indoctrinated this group is. 3. They attempt to dehumanize the victims of these attacks by lavishly praising the perpetrators, while portraying their targets as being worthless entities with no worth and no rights. i. “The capital of prostitution and obscenity.” ii. “Put the nose of his enemy in the ground.” iii. “Streets of Paris and its rotten alleys.” iv. “Hundreds of apostates had gathered in a profligate prostitution party.” v. “The death of no less than 100 crusaders.” Let us not forget that they are talking about human beings. Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) once mentioned a man whom Allāh admitted in to paradise because he quenched the thirst of a dog by giving it water. A [contemporary] scholar of Islam, Shaykh Ibn al- ʿUthaymīn, commented on the aforementioned tradition by saying, “What about a human being?” Furthermore, the most immoral sin in Islam is idolatry [Shirk], and at the time of the Prophet the blessed Kaʿbah in Mecca, which was built by Prophet Abraham, was inhabited by various idols and it was under the control of his arch-enemies. However, this was never used as a justification to massacre innocent people, even during the periods in which great hostility was shown to the Prophet and his companions. This type of reasoning has been formulated by heterodox sects to mask their insanity and filthy souls. No sensible person agrees with this, let alone a religion that has so much concern for the creatures of God that it even addresses the rights of an ant upon a human being. 4. They attempt to market their group as legitimate representatives of Islam and the Muslims. They refer to themselves as: i. “Soldiers of the Caliphate.” ii. “The Islamic State.” iii. “The Muslims in the heart of the Caliphate.” Shaykh al‐Islām Ibn Taymīyah [a scholar from the 8th century in the Islamic calendar] (may Allāh have mercy upon him) emphasised the need for investigation and caution when fringe elements start screaming Jihad. He stated: “However, it is obligatory to differentiate between the legislated Jiḥād, which Allāh and His Messenger have commanded with, and the heretical Jiḥād which is the Jiḥād waged by misguided individuals who perform Jiḥād in obedience to the Devil, but they believe that they are performing Jihad in obedience to The Most Merciful (al‐ Raḥmān). This is like the Jiḥād of the people of innovation and misguidance such as the Khawārij (extremist renegades) and other than them…” Al-Radd ʿAlá al-Akhnā’ī (p. 205) 5. They portray the perpetrators as martyrs: i. “Youths who divorced the world and went to their enemy seeking to be killed in the cause of Allah.” ii. “So they were honest with Allah…” iii. “We ask Allah to accept them among the martyrs and make us follow them.” This is not unique to this era, the person responsible for murdering the fourth Caliph, a relative of Prophet Muhammad, adopted similar beliefs to ISIS, and when he struck ʿAlī Abū Ṭālib with his sword he recited a verse about those who sell their souls for Allah’s sake. Like ISIS, this individual belonged to a fringe movement who were at odds with the main body of Muslims. When groups or individuals appeared in the past calling to Jiḥād, the scholars would carefully scrutinise these claims, asking questions such as, “Did they raise their sword and strike with it according to the teachings of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) or according to [a set of] heretical beliefs.” This was stated by the Prophet’s companion, Ibn Masʿūd. Al- Bidaʿ Wa al-Nahi ʿAnhā Bathing in the blood of innocent people is not a path to martyrdom, but a way to Hell, and taking one’s own life is suicide, which is deserving, according to Islamic texts, of repetitive torment in the Hereafter. 6. The language is pretentious and dramatic, as if someone is describing a Hollywood movie: i. “Blessed Paris Invasion.” ii. “Allah conquered through their hands.” iii. “The fool of France.” iv. “Paris shook under their feet.” v. “The smell of death will never leave their noses.” vi. “This attack is the first of the storm.” The reason ISIS chooses to employ such melodramatic language is to entice the youth. Islamic scholars throughout the ages, based on Prophetic traditions, described how those most affected by the bravado of extremists are normally the ‘gullible, foolish youth.” For someone without Islamic knowledge growing up in the inner cities, facing daily challenges, especially those with bleak prospects, this rhetoric and the choreographed images on the net might be appealing. Defeating ISIS, no doubt, requires a multifaceted approach and the most integral part of this strategy is to provide accurate counter-narratives by qualified individuals upon sound readings of religious texts. Such rigorously developed authentic narratives should then be made readily available to everyone in a professional and academic manner. This serves the objective of invalidating the fallacious rhetoric of the extremists as well as educating a confused and distraught non- Muslim audience, leading them to be fair and just in their own analysis and their interactions with Muslims. Hassan Abdi 2015/11/15 Philadelphia, USA 1 When Religion and Culture Part Ways, interview with Olivier Roy. 2 Al-ʿItiṣām (2/177). 3 Refer to Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr or any classical Quranic exegesis. Original source: germantownmasjid.com/wp-content/ uploads/...f-ISIS-statement.pdf

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Truthpallbearer:
Following the Paris attacks, ISIS
released an official statement
claiming responsibility for the suicide
bombings and shootings that killed
at least 127 people in France.
This statement is part of a marketing
campaign by ISIS to attract
supporters based on ideological lines
and political sentiment.
Any sensible person can see that
ISIS is void of any Islamic integrity
and basic principles of morality. ISIS
“is not an expression of traditional
Islam or fundamentalist Islam; it is a
new understanding of Islam, cloaked
in Western revolutionary ideology.”1
Allah cautioned Muslims in the noble
Quran about carelessly accepting the
justification of tyrants and murderers
for their criminal conduct. An
example of this is Allah’s
condemnation of Pharaoh, who was
responsible for many crimes
amongst which was mass genocide,
even though Pharaoh claimed:
“I show you only that which I see
[correct], and I guide you only to the
path of right policy.” [Ghāfir: 29]
I hope that this helps, even if only
minutely, to comprehend the
objectives and realities of this
heretical group.
A qualitative analysis of the
statement:
1. To justify the murder of non-
combatants ISIS used the word
“crusader” five times in a single
paged declaration. They also
referred to France as “the carrier of
the banner of the Cross in Europe.”
This is no coincidence. It is a flimsy
attempt to justify islamically the
massacre of innocent men, women
and children. This reasoning is
flawed from two angles:
i. The word “crusader” –Ṣalībī in
Arabic– is classically used to
describe the Christians who entered
the Muslim lands under the pretence
of ridding Bayt al-Maqdis
(the Sanctified Territory) and the
surrounding areas of Islamic rule.
How is this applicable to civilians
walking the streets of Paris?
ii. If they argue that they are using
“crusader” as a synonymous term for
“Ḥarbī [combatant of war], then this
is also unacceptable, as it is
forbidden in Islamic law to murder
non-combatants, women and
children, even at times of combat.
How is this applicable to men,
women and children at a stadium,
watching an international football
match or indulging in other
pastimes?
The use of such language is not only
intended to provide religious context
for these rabid psychopaths, but also
to provide the islamophobes and the
far right with ammunition to
demonize all Muslims, and thus
further polarize already fragile
societies. A technique that is crucial
for the success of any fringe
movement.
The strategy is clear –and
worryingly it appears to be working in
some countries– to isolate peaceful
Muslim minorities, subject them to
further hostilities, force governments
to define their version of an
‘acceptable Islam’ and then appear
as the Islamic vanguard and saviour
to fight this injustice, recruiting the
disenchanted youth produced by
such a climate.
2. The misusage of Quranic
passages. In the statement ISIS
explicitly quoted two verses from the
Quran and alluded to numerous
others.
This is not a new phenomenon;
rather, as Imam al-Shātibī, a famous
[classical] jurist and scholar, stated:
“You will not find an innovator, who
is attributed to this religion, except
that he endeavors to validate his
heresy with a divine text, so he
applies it according to his logic and
ulterior desires.”2
They quoted two verses:
i. “And they thought that their
fortresses would defend them from
Allah! But Allah's (Torment) reached
them from a place whereof they
expected it not, and He cast terror
into their hearts, so that they
destroyed their own dwellings with
their own hands and the hands of
the believers. Then take admonition,
O you with eyes (to see).” [Al-Ḥashr:
2]
ii. “But honour, power and glory
belong to Allah, His Messenger
(Muhammad), and to the believers,
but the hypocrites know not.” [Al-
Munāfiqūn: 8]
The first verse has been applied so
out of context it is farcical, which
proves that the target audience is
lacking any basic Islamic education.
The verse in question is referring to
a group from the people of the
scripture who had a covenant with
the Prophet (peace and blessings be
upon him), who was the head of the
Islamic state at the time.
These individuals violated this
agreement and conspired to murder
the Prophet, believing that their
fortresses would inevitably protect
them. News of this reached the
Prophet and he commanded them to
vacate their fortresses, due to their
violation of the peace treaty. Fear
gripped their hearts and they were
left with no alternative but to depart
from what they once viewed as
impenetrable walls.3
How can this be compared to
civilians dining at a restaurant? How
can this be compared to shooting
innocent humans with Kalashnikovs
like they are ducks?
As for the second verse, then it
suffices us to ask what honour is
gained from murdering humans in
this fashion. This is the epitome of
cowardice; and to quote a Quranic
passage reveals how sick and
indoctrinated this group is.
3. They attempt to dehumanize the
victims of these attacks by lavishly
praising the perpetrators, while
portraying their targets as being
worthless entities with no worth
and no rights.
i. “The capital of prostitution and
obscenity.”
ii. “Put the nose of his enemy in the
ground.”
iii. “Streets of Paris and its rotten
alleys.”
iv. “Hundreds of apostates had
gathered in a profligate prostitution
party.”
v. “The death of no less than 100
crusaders.”
Let us not forget that they are
talking about human beings. Prophet
Muhammad (peace and blessings be
upon him) once mentioned a man
whom Allāh admitted in to paradise
because he quenched the thirst of a
dog by giving it water. A
[contemporary] scholar of Islam,
Shaykh Ibn al- ʿUthaymīn,
commented on the aforementioned
tradition by saying, “What about a
human being?”
Furthermore, the most immoral sin in
Islam is idolatry [Shirk], and at the
time of the Prophet the blessed
Kaʿbah in Mecca, which was built by
Prophet Abraham, was inhabited by
various idols and it was under the
control of his arch-enemies.
However, this was never used as a
justification to massacre innocent
people, even during the periods in
which great hostility was shown to
the Prophet and his companions.
This type of reasoning has been
formulated by heterodox sects to
mask their insanity and filthy souls.
No sensible person agrees with this,
let alone a religion that has so much
concern for the creatures of God
that it even addresses the rights of
an ant upon a human being.
4. They attempt to market their
group as legitimate representatives
of Islam and the Muslims. They refer
to themselves as:
i. “Soldiers of the Caliphate.”
ii. “The Islamic State.”
iii. “The Muslims in the heart of the
Caliphate.”
Shaykh al‐Islām Ibn Taymīyah [a
scholar from the 8th century in the
Islamic calendar] (may Allāh have
mercy upon him) emphasised the
need for investigation and caution
when fringe elements start
screaming Jihad. He stated:
“However, it is obligatory to
differentiate between the legislated
Jiḥād, which Allāh and His
Messenger have commanded with,
and the heretical Jiḥād which is the
Jiḥād
waged by misguided individuals who
perform Jiḥād in obedience to the
Devil, but they believe that they are
performing Jihad in obedience to
The Most Merciful (al‐
Raḥmān). This is like the Jiḥād of
the people of innovation and
misguidance such as the Khawārij
(extremist renegades) and other than
them…” Al-Radd ʿAlá al-Akhnā’ī
(p. 205)
5. They portray the perpetrators as
martyrs:
i. “Youths who divorced the world
and went to their enemy seeking to
be killed in the cause of Allah.”
ii. “So they were honest with Allah…”
iii. “We ask Allah to accept them
among the martyrs and make us
follow them.”
This is not unique to this era, the
person responsible for murdering the
fourth Caliph, a relative of Prophet
Muhammad, adopted similar beliefs
to ISIS, and when he struck ʿAlī Abū
Ṭālib with his sword he recited a
verse about those who sell their
souls for Allah’s sake.
Like ISIS, this individual belonged to
a fringe movement who were at odds
with the main body of Muslims.
When groups or individuals appeared
in the past calling to Jiḥād, the
scholars would carefully scrutinise
these claims, asking questions such
as,
“Did they raise their sword and strike
with it according to the teachings of
the Prophet (peace and blessings be
upon him) or according to [a set of]
heretical
beliefs.” This was stated by the
Prophet’s companion, Ibn Masʿūd. Al-
Bidaʿ Wa al-Nahi ʿAnhā
Bathing in the blood of innocent
people is not a path to martyrdom,
but a way to Hell, and taking one’s
own life is suicide, which is
deserving, according to Islamic texts,
of repetitive torment in the
Hereafter.
6. The language is pretentious and
dramatic, as if someone is
describing a Hollywood
movie:
i. “Blessed Paris Invasion.”
ii. “Allah conquered through their
hands.”
iii. “The fool of France.”
iv. “Paris shook under their feet.”
v. “The smell of death will never
leave their noses.”
vi. “This attack is the first of the
storm.”
The reason ISIS chooses to employ
such melodramatic language is to
entice the youth. Islamic scholars
throughout the ages, based on
Prophetic traditions, described how
those most affected by the bravado
of extremists are normally the
‘gullible, foolish youth.”
For someone without Islamic
knowledge growing up in the inner
cities, facing daily challenges,
especially those with bleak
prospects, this rhetoric and the
choreographed images on the net
might be appealing.
Defeating ISIS, no doubt, requires a
multifaceted approach and the most
integral part of this strategy is to
provide accurate counter-narratives
by qualified individuals upon sound
readings of religious texts. Such
rigorously developed authentic
narratives should then be made
readily available to everyone in a
professional and academic manner.
This serves the objective of
invalidating the fallacious rhetoric of
the extremists as well as educating
a confused and distraught non-
Muslim audience, leading them to be
fair and just in their own analysis
and their interactions with Muslims.
Hassan Abdi
2015/11/15
Philadelphia, USA
1 When Religion and Culture Part
Ways, interview with Olivier Roy.
2 Al-ʿItiṣām (2/177).
3 Refer to Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr or any
classical Quranic exegesis.
Original source:
germantownmasjid.com/wp-content/
uploads/...f-ISIS-statement.pdf

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kill unbelievers wherever they find them(Q. 2:191 ),- murder them and treat them harshly(Q. 9:123 ),- fight them, (Q. 8:65 ), until no otherreligion than Islam is left (Q. 2:193 )- humiliate them and impose on them apenalty tax if they are Christians or Jews,(Q. 9:29 )- slay them if they are Pagans (Q. 9:5 ),crucify, or cut off their hands and feet,- expel them from the land in disgrace.And as if this were not enough, “they shallhave a great punishment in worldhereafter” (Q. 5:34 ),- not befriend their own fathers orbrothers if they are not believers(Q. 9:23 ), (Q. 3:28 ),- kill their own family in the battles ofBadr and Uhud and asks Muslims to“strive against the unbelievers with greatendeavor” (Q. 25:52 ),- be stern with them because they belongto hell (Q. 66:9 ).How can any sensible person remainunmoved when he or she finds the Quransaying: “strike off the heads of theunbelievers” then after a “wide slaughteramong them, carefully tie up theremaining captives” (Q. 47:4 ).