(May 26, 2011 at 5:20 pm)Rayaan Wrote:(May 26, 2011 at 7:04 am)Napoleon666 Wrote: Even in self defence beheading someone is barbaric. Self defence is exactly what the name implies, DEFENCE. Beheading someone is not an act of defence, no matter how you want to dress it.
Maybe I didn't clarify enough, but I what I meant to say is that only jihad is to be undertaken for self-defense, not beheading. Jihad is forbidden against non-combatants and those who allow us to follow the religion, as the Quran states, "Thus, if they let you be, and do not make war on you, and offer you peace, God does not allow you to harm them" (4:90). Therefore, jihad is only right when we are being attacked first (which is for self-defense). The Quran doesn't say that we have to do beheading, but just that it is allowed in a time of war including any other method of killing to defeat the enemy.
Ahhhh that's perfectly fine then.
