Media finally links beheadings with ... Mohammed!

[mralstoner]

This is the first time I've seen high-profile media link the barbarity of ISIS with the prophet Mohammed and the Koran.

Hopefully all these beheadings under the banner of Islamic State might finally break the demented "religion of peace" mantra.

Bravo Douglas Murray!

The reluctance to talk about the link between beheadings and Islam
By Douglas Murray

http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse...-and-islam

Why do they behead people? Why do Islamic extremists—like those who killed the American journalist James Foley—choose beheading as their savage tactic of choice? ...

It’s not just in the Middle East. Theo van Gogh in Amsterdam. Drummer Lee Rigby in South London…

But surely one part of the reason beheading is chosen – if not the major part – is the fact that the Qu’ran has verses telling believers, in certain circumstances, that this is the appropriate way to kill those who are not Muslim? Is this not an important point? What about the fact that the founder of Islam himself engaged in such acts? ...

I open one of my copies of the Qu’ran (Arberry translation, OUP) and read Chapter 8 (‘The Spoils [of war]’). Verse 12 has God saying:

‘I shall cast into the unbelievers’ hearts terror; so smite above the necks, and smite every finger of them.’

...The extremists ... know [the verse] is there, often cite it and believe they are doing what Allah has instructed them to do when they perform such savageries.

It is the same when it comes to the example of Muhammad. Muslims are brought up to believe that the founder of their faith was the perfect human being – a man to be revered and indeed emulated. So what do they do when they read the early accounts of their prophet’s life and discover that among his exploits in war was the beheading of hundreds of Jewish men of the Banu Qurayza tribe? ...

I think these facts, in Islam’s foundational texts, matter… After all, wouldn’t the history of Christianity have been different – and Christianity’s history been even bloodier than it has been – if instead of saying ‘Turn the other cheek’ Jesus had said even just once ‘Slay the idolaters wherever you find them’ [Quran, Arberry trans, Chapter IX, verse 5]. Imagine if Jesus had beheaded people. There would be a lot of work to do to make sure no Christian anywhere followed his example.

... I suspect that in the years ahead the line ‘Another beheading: nothing to see here’ is going to become increasingly difficult to hold.

Thanks to Andrew Bolt for the link:
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andre...ad_people/

For the record ...

Mohammed beheaded the poet Al-Nadr Bin Al-Harith, who criticized him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Muhammad_12.jpg



The prophet Mohammed and companions beheaded 800 of Jewish tribe Banu Qurayza.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Banu_Qurayza



The Prophet Muhammad and the Muslim Army at the Battle of Uhud
(The Muslims actually lost this battle).
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:T...,_1595.jpg



Hamza and Ali lead the Muslim armies at Badr, Mohammed watches on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamza_ibn_A...#The_Hijra


Anybody got more pictures of Mohammed in action?

For ISIS in action, watch this gruesome video (warning: heads on sticks).
http://falfn.com/CrusaderRabbit/?p=22917

[mralstoner]

Another picture ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_of_Badr2.jpg

Description: Battle of Badr, iranian miniature; Pursuit Scene from the Battle of Badr
Jami' al-Tawarikh ('Universal History' of Rashid al-din). Rashidiyya.
Topkapi Palace, MS Hazine 1653, folio 165b
Date 14th century

[naimless]

Those pictures look a bit like South Park cartoons

But yeah, I'd fucking behead someone too if you took away my bacon

[Minimalist]

Apparently it wasn't always a universal prohibition to depict "mohammed."

Interesting. Thanks for the research.

[ShaMan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKC8pSFg1Vw