“Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society… then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them… We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.”
— Karl Popper
According to Qur’an 3:167, Muslims who refuse to fight in the name of Allah are hypocrites. Believers answer the call of Jihad to fight in Allah’s cause. Muhammad, Islam’s only Prophet, labels non-believers “infidels” – enemies of Allah. He orders Muslims to fight, murder and enslave them until the whole world surrenders to Islam. The order to fight infidels is clear, open ended and retractable only by Allah.
Qur’an 8:039 – And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is all for Allah.
Qur’an 9:005 – Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush.
No mere present day Imam can abrogate these commandments. In view of the severe consequences, to us, is it not prudent to ask whether Christians and Jews qualify as infidels?
At least one Tea Party activist at Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor rally seems to believe that Muslims indeed want to kill us because we are infidels. Where did he get such an idea? Can you say 9/11?
For insight into what makes a good Muslim, written by a former good Muslim, read our 2008/1/22 post:
Diana West writes about the Ground Zero Mosque and tolerating the intolerant. Read more >