Can a Muslim ever be considered a terrorist? Who is the terrorist? Who is your enemy?

Can a Muslim ever be considered a terrorist? Who is the terrorist? Who is your enemy?

41:33 And who is better in speech than one who invites to Allah and does righteous deeds and says, "Indeed, I am of the Muslims/those who submit?"

(“Muslim” is an Arabic word meaning “one who submits (to God)”. By definition, if a person were to call himself Muslim, but he does not submit to the will of God, he is not a Muslim. On the other hand, if an atheist, or a Jew, or a Christian is a murder or rapist or terrorist, etc., he still is an atheist, Jew or Christian, because an atheist still does not believe in God, a Jew still has a Jewish mother (which makes him a Jew, according to themselves), and a Christian still believes in Jesus as his savior (regardless of his works); so, they belong to a group in which there are wrongdoers)(According to Verse 68:35, Muslims are never criminals, because, by definition, Muslims submit / obey God, and what God orders is good (e.g., fighting is in the context of self-defense and against oppression in the entire Qur’an). “Radical”, “terrorist” or “extremist” are terms that cannot be applied to Muslims. There are no degrees among Muslims; and Muslims are not divided into moderates or radicals/extremists, but there are only two kinds: the people who submit / Muslims, and the people who does not submit / non-Muslims. On the other hand, there are degrees among non-Muslims; the oppressors and killers among them are people’s enemy)(Allah knows best)

5:32 From that time, We ordained on the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul other than for a soul or for spreading corruption in the earth, then it is as if he has killed the whole mankind, and whoever saves it then it is as if he has saved the whole mankind. And surely Our Messengers came to them with clear Signs, yet after that, indeed, many of them surely commit excesses in the earth.

(Many non-Muslims do little or nothing for people’s lives; for example, the pollution in cities kills millions people per year, or the nuclear power stations may kill workers or people living around, but they would not dismantle it for one or few persons; or, in United States, the gun violence results in tens of thousands of deaths annually, or smoking kills slowly to smokers and the people around smokers, etc.; and historically, USA killed civilians (women and children) in Hiroshima and Nagasaki; communist regimes are atheists and killed more than 140 million people, etc. That’s terrorism. Some non-Muslims blame Islam and Muslims as the cause of their problems, but they are themselves the problem, not Muslims)(Many people died for coronavirus (covid-19) in 2019-2022, because many politicians wanted to save economy, instead of people, and/or their presidents promoted not wearing mask (e.g. Brazilian and USA presidents, etc.); many people in general did not care about infecting others, etc. Such people committed terrorism and genocide against those who died for covid (“Genocide” is understood as the attempted destruction of people))(History tells that non-Muslims go to war for evil reasons (over access to resources, oil, wealth, racism, dominance, robbery, hate, territory (replacing people, taking other people’s territory), proselytism (trying to convert people to their false religion or to atheism), etc.))(Allah knows best)

68:35 Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals? 68:36 What is with you? How do you judge?

(According to the Verse, Muslims are never criminals, because they obey God, and what God orders is good; so any pejorative term using the word “Islam/Muslim” is wrong, and misleads people)(Allah knows best)

2:190 And fight in the way of Allah those who fight you, and do not transgress. Indeed, Allah does not like the transgressors.

(Another point is that fighting is to be done in self-defense, and against oppression/oppressors)(Allah knows best)

17:33 And (do) not kill the soul which Allah has forbidden, except by right. And whoever (is) killed wrongfully, verily We have made for his heir an authority, but he should not exceed in the killing. Indeed, he is helped.

(In regard to killing, you “should not exceed in the killing” (17:33), and Muslims fight by right (17:33); if they were killed wrongfully, then they are helped / supported by the Law)(According to dictionaries “terrorism” is “unlawful violence and intimidation”. The Qur’an / Islam is against unlawful violence (17:33))(Allah knows best)

2:192 Then if they cease, then indeed, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. 2:193 And fight against them until there is no oppression, and the religion becomes for Allah Then if they cease, then let there be no hostility except against the oppressors.

(Verse 2:193 is not about compulsion in religion; actually compulsion in religion is forbidden (2:256); but the Verse is in the context of Muslims being oppressed, and self-defense, because the Verse explicitly says “until there is no oppression” and “if they cease”; so Muslims fight against oppression, they do not fight to become oppressors, but they have to overcome the oppressors, and the religion becomes for Allah, so that Muslims can practice their religion)(Allah knows best)

9:8 How while, if they gain dominance over you, they do not regard (the ties of) kinship with you or covenant of protection? They satisfy you with their mouths, but their hearts refuse, and most of them are defiantly disobedient. ... 9:12 And if they break their oaths after their treaty and defame your religion, then fight the leaders of disbelief, indeed, their oaths are nothing to them - so that they may cease. 9:13 Will you not fight a people who broke their oaths and determined to drive out the Messenger and they began (to attack) you the first time? Do you fear them? But Allah has more right that you should fear Him, if you are believers.

(Self-defense. The purpose is that “they may cease” (9:12))(Allah knows best)

2:191 And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from wherever they drove you out, and oppression is worse than killing. And do not fight them near Al-Masjid Al-Haraam until they fight you there. Then if they fight you, then kill them. Such is the reward of the disbelievers.

(The context of the Verse is oppression. The Verse explicitly says “oppression is worse than killing”, so Muslims were oppressed by the disbelievers, and the context is also about self-defense: “if they fight you, then kill them” and “drive them out from wherever they drove you out”; and the previous Verse (2:190) says “fight in the way of Allah those who fight you, and do not transgress”)(Allah knows best)

42:39 And those who, when tyranny strikes them, they defend themselves.

26:227 Except those who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allah much, and defend themselves after they were wronged. And those who have wronged will come to know to what return they will return.

16:126 And if you retaliate, then retaliate with the like of that with which you were afflicted. But if you are patient, it is surely better for those who are patient.

(Self-defense)(Allah knows best)

4:90 Except those who join a group between whom and you there is a treaty or those who come to you with hearts restraining them from fighting you or fighting their people. And if Allah had willed, surely He would have given them power over you, and they would surely have fought you. So if they withdraw from you and do not fight against you and offer you peace, then Allah has not made for you a way against them.

4:91 You will find others wishing to be secure from you and to be secure from their people. Every time they are returned to the temptation, they are plunged into it. So if they do not withdraw from you and offer you peace and they restrain their hands, then seize them and kill them wherever you find them. And those - We made for you against them a clear authority.

(Self-defense)(Allah knows best)

60:8 Allah does not forbid you from those who do not fight you in the religion and do not drive you out of your homes, that you deal kindly and justly with them. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly.

50:45 We know best what they say, and you are not the one to compel them. But remind with the Qur’an whoever fears My threat.

(Freedom of religion in Islam)(Allah knows best)

2:256 There is no compulsion in the religion. Surely the right course has become clear from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in false deities and believes in Allah has grasped the firm handhold with no break in it. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

2:120 And the Jews and the Christians will never be pleased with you until you follow their religion. Say, "Indeed, the Guidance of Allah is the Guidance." And if you follow their desires after what has come to you of the knowledge, you will have neither any protector from Allah nor any helper.

(There is no freedom of religion in non-Muslim countries, because they defame other religions with falsehood)(Allah knows best)

10:99 And if your Lord had willed, those who are on the earth all of them would surely have believed. Then, will you compel mankind until they become believers? 10:100 And it is not for a soul to believe except by the permission of Allah. And He will place the wrath on those who do not use reason.

18:29 And say, "The truth is from your Lord, so whoever wills - let him believe and whoever wills - let him disbelieve." Indeed, We have prepared for the wrongdoers a Fire, its walls will surround them. And if they call for relief, they will be relieved with water like molten brass, which scalds the faces. Wretched is the drink, and evil is the resting place.

16:90 Indeed, Allah commands justice and good, and giving to relatives, and forbids immorality and bad and oppression. He admonishes you so that you may take heed.

9:6 And if anyone of the polytheists seek your protection then grant him protection until he hears the Words of Allah. Then escort him to his place of safety. That is because they are a people who do not know.

(Verse 9:6 says that if anyone of the polytheists seek protection, then grant him protection. And they are to be escorted to his place of safety. So, if the “ enemies’ “ intention is other than fighting (e.g. seeking your protection), then they are not killed, nor they are killed “when opportunity arises”)(Allah knows best)

49:13 O mankind, indeed, We created you from a male and a female and We made you nations and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you near Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is All-Knower, All-Aware.

3:134 Those who spend in ease and hardship and those who restrain the anger and those who pardon people - and Allah loves the good-doers.

8:30 And when those who disbelieved plotted against you to restrain you or kill you or drive you out. And they were planning and Allah was planning. And Allah is the Best of Planners.

17:53 And say to My slaves to say that which is best. Indeed, Satan sows discord between them. Indeed, Satan is a clear enemy to man.

28:17 He said, "My Lord, because You have favored me, so I will not be a supporter of the criminals."

45:31 But as for those who disbelieved, "Then were not My Verses recited to you, but you were proud and you became criminal people?"

54:47 Indeed, the criminals are in an error and madness

19:83 Do you not see that We have sent the devils upon the disbelievers, inciting them with incitement.

3:175 (It is) only Satan (who) frightens (you) of his allies. So do not fear them, but fear Me, if you are believers.

(Satan and his allies are the ones who terrify (e.g. there are disbelievers / non-Muslims deluded by Satan))(Allah knows best)

4:101 And when you travel in the earth, then there is no blame upon you that you shorten the prayer, if you fear that those who disbelieved (may) harm you. Indeed, the disbelievers are for you an open enemy.

(Muslims are not people’s enemies per se, but they defend themselves, while the disbelievers are people’s enemies)(Allah knows best)

72:1 Say, "It has been revealed to me that a group of jinn listened, and they said, "Indeed, we heard an amazing Qur’an, ... 72:14 And that among us are Muslims and among us are unjust. And whoever submits, then those have sought the right path.

(The context of Verse 72:14 is about the jinns; among the jinns there are Muslims and there are unjust ones (non-Muslim). The Verse does not mean or imply that there are some people who are unjust among Muslims, but the context is that there are unjust ones among the jinn, because Chapter 72, called “The Jinn”, speaks about their kind)(Allah knows best)

33:58 And those who harm believing men and believing women for other than what they have earned, then certainly, they bear false accusation and manifest sin. … 33:60 If the hypocrites and those in whose heart is a disease and those who spread rumors in the city do not cease, We will let you overpower them, then they will not remain your neighbors therein except for a little,

(Some non-Muslims generalize about Muslims, hate Muslims, and have a preconceived opinion, as if any Muslim, even defending himself, were a terrorist, and as if non-Muslims were always the good guys, while (real) Muslims only fight by right. Those who kill someone who fights by right, for (some non-Muslims’) evil reasons, then they are the terrorist and murder ones, not the Muslim)(Allah knows best)

42:40 The recompense for an evil is an evil like it. But whoever pardons and makes reconciliation, then his reward is on Allah. Indeed, He does not like the wrongdoers. 42:41 And surely whosoever defends himself after he has been wronged, then those do not (have) against them any way. 42:42 The way is only against those who oppress people and rebel in the earth without right. Those, for them (is) a painful punishment.

(There are no Verses in the sense of irrational or unjustified violence, but the Verses are about self-defense and against oppression. Self-defense is not the origin/root/source of violence. On the other hand, the world should be concerned that the Bible tells in 1 Samuel 15:3 about putting to death women, children, babies, cattle, etc; and in Ezekiel 9:5-6 there is killing of old men, women, mothers and children. For example, the Jews are the problem in Palestine, because of the Jewish religion, they falsely invented that they were given that land, while they do not even believe in God’s Prophets (e.g. Jesus and Muhammad). See the links below, “Does the Qur'an say that Palestine/Israel belongs to the Muslims or to the Jews?” and “Which religion is moderate and which is extreme? Who are the radicals? Judaism vs. Christianity vs. Islam vs. atheism”)(Allah knows best)

60:1 O you who believe, do not take My enemies and your enemies as allies offering them love while they have disbelieved in what came to you of the truth, driving out the Messenger and yourselves because you believe in Allah, your Lord. If you come forth to strive in My way and to seek My Pleasure. You confide to them love, but I Am most knowing of what you conceal and what you declare. And whoever does it among you then he has certainly strayed from the straight path.

(According to the Verse, the disbelievers were driving out the Messenger and the believers for religious reasons, so the disbelievers are the intolerant and evil ones)(Allah knows best)

38:61 They will say, "Our Lord, whoever brought this upon us, increase for him double [a] punishment in the Fire." 38:62 And they (will) say, "What/(why) [for us] (do) we not see men (whom) we used to count [them] among the bad ones? 38:63 Did we take them (in) ridicule or has the/(our) vision turned away from them?"

(The media coverage and political discourse in some non-Muslim countries causes terrorism/hate/discrimination against Muslims to rise. While such media, politicians and their followers are themselves the problem and a threat for anyone, whether Muslim or non-Muslim)(Allah knows best)

See also: Exposing those who misquote and mistranslate verses of the Qur’an / Some frequently misquoted verses of the Qur’an

http://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2017/11/exposing-those-who-misquote-and.html

See also: Are Muslims divided into moderates and radicals/extremists?

http://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/05/are-muslims-divided-into-moderates-and.html

See also: Do Muslims have to kill Jews and Christians just because they are not Muslims? Or is it only allowed in self-defense?

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/10/do-muslims-have-to-kill-jews-and.html

See also: Which religion is moderate and which is extreme? Who are the radicals? Judaism vs. Christianity vs. Islam vs. atheism

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/08/which-religion-is-moderate-and-which-is.html

See also: Is there “honor killing” in the Qur’an, as there is in the Bible?

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2017/04/is-there-honor-killing-in-quran-as.html

See also: Does converting to Islam makes you a better person?

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/06/is-islam-solution-for-humanity.html

See also: Strategies against Islam. Is it something new?

http://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/07/is-media-strategy-against-islam.html

See also: Response to Islam haters and their spreading of falsehood

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/04/islam-haters-and-their-spreading-of.html

See also: Is it ok to use the word “Islam” and make it into a pejorative meaning or term (e.g. islamist, Islamic extremist, etc.)?

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/04/is-it-ok-to-use-word-islam-and-make-it.html

See also: Does the Qur'an say that Palestine/Israel belongs to the Muslims or to the Jews? What is the ideal solution for the situation in Israel and Palestine?

http://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/02/does-quran-say-that-palestineisrael.html

See also: Is slavery allowed in Judaism and Christianity? Are sex slaves allowed in Judaism and Christianity?

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/09/which-are-mosques-that-are-explicitly.html

See also: Do non-Muslims oppress women?

http://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2017/06/do-non-muslims-oppress-women.html

See also: How the Qur’an corrects Judaism?

https://aqtthq.blogspot.com.es/2016/08/how-quran-corrects-judaism.html