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Roots of the Gaza Conflict
By Nonie Darwish14 Jan, 2009From Front Page Magazine on January 08, 2009With the explosive current events in Gaza, the world needs to understand theroots of this eternal conflict; otherwise we are all kidding ourselves with hopes of peace.For decades, Arabs had demanded that Israel end the "occupation," and in 2005,Israel did so, disengaging unilaterally from Gaza. With their demands met, therewas no ‘cycle of violence’ to respond to, no further justification for anything other than peace and prosperity. With its central location and beautiful beaches on theEast Mediterranean, a peaceful and prosperous Gaza could have becomeanother Hong Kong; a shining trade and commerce center. But instead of choosing peace, the Palestinians chose Islamic jihad. They rolled their rocketlaunchers to the border and started bombing Israeli civilians.
Understanding the reasons why the Palestinians chose violence over peace requires connecting the dots from the behavior of Muslim statesback to the laws of Islam: Sharia. Mainstream Sharia books define Jihad as:"to war against non-Muslims to establish the religion." (Shafi’i Sharia o9.0).Jihad is not just the duty of the individual Muslim, but it is also the mainduty of the Muslim head of State (the Caliph
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"A Muslim caliph is entrusted to take his people into war and command offensiveand aggressive Jihad. He must organize Jihad against any non-Muslim
 
government, which prevents Muslim da’wah (meaning preaching and spreadingIslam) from entering its land." (Shafii Law o25.0 to o25.9).Sharia law# o25.9 states:"(When the caliph appoints a ruler on a region, his duty includes) if the area hasa border adjacent to enemy lands, (he will) undertake Jihad against enemies,dividing the spoils of battle among combatants and setting aside a fifth for deserving recipients."Also:
"The Caliph makes war upon Jews, Christians and Zoroastrians until theybecome Muslim or else pay the non-Muslim poll tax provided he has firstinvited them to enter Islam or pay Jizya, the non-Muslim poll tax, (inaccordance with the word of Allah Most High Chapter 9 verse 29)."
Zia-Ul-Haq, former President of Pakistan, said "jihad in terms of warfare is acollective responsibility of the Muslim Ummah."One of Islam’s eminent 20th century scholars, Sheikh Maolana Maududi said:"Islam wishes to destroy all states and governments anywhere on the face of theearth which are opposed to the ideology and program of Islam regardless of thecountry or the nation which rules it. The purpose of Islam is to set up a state onthe basis of its own ideology and program … the objective of Islamic jihad is toeliminate the rule of an un-Islamic system and establish instead an Islamicsystem of state rule. Islam does not intend to confine this revolution to a singlestate or a few countries; the aim of Islam is to bring about a universal revolution."
Some people seem to think that such laws are just historical relics, on thebooks but not in practice or in control of the minds of Muslims. But that isthe kind of denial we cannot afford; these laws rule the hearts, minds andactions of a majority of Muslim individuals and states around the world
 
today. These scriptures are taught, preached and promoted as theincontrovertible and eternal word of God and funded by Saudi petrodollarsthroughout the world, including Western nations such as the U.K. and theUnited States.
No Muslim leader can survive in a Muslim country if he announces the end of Jihad against non-Muslim countries and states that all references to Jihad inIslamic law do not apply today. Treating non-Muslim neighboring countries andindividual as equals, with respect and in peace without trying to convert them toIslam, is simply against Islamic Law.Muslim leaders who dare to go against this theology are called traitors andpuppets of the ‘Great Satan’ West. That is a description that no Muslim leader wants to be labeled with. When president Anwar Sadat of Egypt signed thepeace treaty with Israel in 1979, he told his confidants that he knew he wassigning his own death warrant. He understood that under Sharia he must havepermanent war with non-Muslim Israel.How can a Muslim leader or individual avoid the hundreds of Quran and Hadithcommandments to Muslims to kill Jews and Christians? Q 9:29: "Fight those whobelieve not in Allah until they pay the Jizya with willing submission and feelthemselves subdued." Q 9:5: "Slay the unbelievers wherever you find them".Q47.4: "When you encounter the unbelievers, Strike off their heads."A Muslim leader cannot face his devout Muslim subjects after making a decisionto engage in friendship and peace with Jews. Mosques all over the Middle East,after all, recite Mohammed’s commandment to Muslims:
"The Hour [Resurrection] will not take place until the Muslims fight theJews, and kill them. And the Jews will hide behind the rock and tree, andthe rock and tree will say: oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah, this is a Jewbehind me, come and kill him!" (Sahih Muslim 41:6985, also Sahih Bukhari4:52:177)
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u know nothing and u r sprouting bullshits....

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