The attacks of September 11, 2001, changed the way the world looks at Islam. And rightfully so, according to M.A. Khan, a former Muslim who left the religion after realizing that it is based on forced conversion, imperialism, and slavery: the primary demands of Jihad, commanded by the Islamic God Allah. In this groundbreaking book, Khan demonstrates that Prophet Muhammad meticulously followed these misguided principles and established the ideal template of Islamic Jihad for his future followers to pursue, and that Muslims have been perpetuating the cardinal principles of Jihad ever since. Find out the true nature of Islam, particularly its doctrine of Jihad, and what it means to the modern world, and also learn about The core tenets of Islam and its history The propagation of Islam by force and other means Islamic propaganda Arab-Islamic imperialism Islamic slavery and slave-trade And much more! The commands of Allah are perpetual in nature, so are the actions of Prophet Muhammad. Jihad has been the way to win converts to Islam since its birth fourteen centuries ago, and it won't change anytime soon. Find out why in Islamic Jihad.

Islamic Jihad

A Legacy of Forced Conversion, Imperialism, and SlaveryBy M. A. Khan

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ISBN: 978-1-4401-1846-3

Contents

Chapter I Jihad: The Controversies.......................................................1Chapter II Basic Beliefs in Islam........................................................7Chapter III Life of Prophet Muhammad and the Birth of Jihad..............................13The birth and early life (c. 570-610).....................................................14Prophetic mission in Mecca (610-622)......................................................17Muhammad's campaign of terror against Meccans (623-630)...................................26Muhammad's Dealing with the Jews..........................................................42Muhammad's dealing with the Christians....................................................51Status of non-Muslims in Islam as accorded by Muhammad....................................67Muhammad's Jihad and its outcome..........................................................71Chapter IV Propagation of Islam: By Force or Peacefully..................................73The early wars for spreading Islam........................................................74Propagation of Islam: Quranic commands and prophetic model................................77How so many Hindus survied in India?......................................................92Why so many people in India are still Hindus?.............................................97How conversion took place in India?.......................................................99Deceptive propaganda about conversion.....................................................112Conclusion................................................................................146Chapter V The Arab-Islamic Imperialism...................................................147Islamic imperialism: Quranic commands & prophetic model...................................149The Perception of Islamic rule............................................................152Why Islamic rule is not colonialism?......................................................155Economic exploitation in Islamic expansion................................................158The cultural imperialism of Islam.........................................................164Contribution of Islam to conquered lands..................................................172Calling colonies home.....................................................................188Chapter VI Islamic Imperialism in India..................................................191The Islamic conquest and rule.............................................................194India before the coming of Islam..........................................................201Hindu-Muslim divide: A British invention?.................................................217Hindu-Muslim discord, Partition of India & British complicity.............................220The 1947 Riots and Massacres: Who is Responsible?.........................................225Islam's impact on the social, intellectual and cultural life of India.....................246Islam's impact on religious demographics: past & present..................................257Muslim rule and poverty...................................................................259Legacy....................................................................................263Chapter VII Islamic Slavery..............................................................267Quranic sanction of slavery...............................................................269The prophetic model of slavery............................................................271Slavery in the ancient world..............................................................272Enslavement by Muslims in India...........................................................274Enslavement by Muslims elsewhere..........................................................285The Ottoman 'Dewshirme'...................................................................288Status of slaves..........................................................................290Suffering of slaves.......................................................................291Fate of slaves............................................................................299Sex-slavery & concubinage.................................................................308Eunuchs and ghilman.......................................................................312Islamic slave-trade.......................................................................315European slaves...........................................................................320The Viking slave-trade & Muslim connection................................................322European slave-trade & Islamic complicity.................................................324Denials of Islamic slavery................................................................327Humane treatment of slaves in Islam:......................................................329Islam aggravated slavery:.................................................................331Slavery, theologically & historically, an integral part of Islam..........................332Special cruelty and casualty of Islamic slavery...........................................334Abolition of slavery & Islamic resistance.................................................335European struggle against Islamic slavery in North Africa.................................336Muslim resistance against the Ottoman ban on slavery......................................345Continuation & revival of slavery in Muslim countries.....................................346Muslims bring slavery to the West.........................................................349Conclusion................................................................................350Chapter VIII The Last Word...............................................................353Bibliography..............................................................................359

Chapter One

Jihad: The Controversies

'... one must go on Jihad at least once a year ... One may use a catapult against them when they are in a fortress, even if among them are women and children. One may set fire on them and/or drown them.' [Imam al-Ghazzali, the second greatest scholar of Islam after Muhammad]

'In the Muslim community, the holy war is a religious duty, because of the universalism of the (Muslim) mission and (the obligation to) convert everybody to Islam either by persuasion or by force.' [Ibn Khaldun, The Muqaddimah, New York, p. 473]

The tragic 9/11 attacks in the United States have dramatically changed the world-a change, which will persist for a long time to come. Indiscriminate violence worldwide by al-Qaeda and like-minded Muslim groups in the name of 'Jihad' or Islamic 'holy war' against the infidels (non-Muslims) has plunged both the Islamic and non-Islamic world into a crisis of security and stability. There is also an ascending tide of puritanical Islamic revivalism among the wider Muslim populace globally. Both these trends pose an unprecedented threat to future security of the secular-democratic nations, both in the West and elsewhere. The violent Jihadi groups-aiming to establish puritanical Islamic rule globally, governed by the Islamic holy law (Sharia)-seek to destroy the modernist,...