I have not written an article for OneUmmah.net since Ramadan (I know; shame on me). Well, I have a new article in the works, inshAllah. It’s going to deal with “waging peace” (That won’t be the title because I borrowed it from Ralph Nader).
Muslims are quick to mention that Islam is “all about peace” and that Muslims are generally peaceful, while also making it clear that Islam permits people to defend themselves and to uphold justice.
The latest news reports about Khalid Shaikh Muhammad (affectionately referred to as “KSM” by U.S. officials), showed him justifying his alleged plotting of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Oddly enough, he said he was remorseful for the loss of life of innocent people (particularly children) but that such “casualties” were a part of war.
I have heard this from other Islamic groups, essentially justifying their attacks on civilians by saying that they were attacking “legitimate military or economic targets.” The same justification is used by the United States when attacking partially or even predominantly civilian targets (as was the case of Hiroshima and Nagasaki). If they can wage wars that kill innocent people, why can’t we?
Well, Islam unconditionally forbids the killing of innocents, regardless of what your targets actually were. If it is done on purpose (i.e. you knew that innocent people would be killed, even if they were not the intentional targets), Allah will hold you accountable. In traditional wars, prior to the industrial revolution, the majority of people killed were soldiers. In modern wars, due to the invention of airplanes and bombs, the majority of people killed are innocents.
This type of warfare is absolutely forbidden, and my article, inshaAllah, will illustrate that.
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Didn’t he also confess to killing Tupac and Biggie?
On the real, dude has done some serious boogying with shaitan, but some of those confessions (the bali bombing, i don’t think so) were def. the result of torture imo.
Yeah, whether or not any of his confessions were legit is another blog post entirely.
I think you forgot JFK assassination and the murder of Mr. Body in the study with the candlestick.