The Holy War — Page 275
Proceedings—Debate 5 June 1893 275 By DEPUTY Abdullah Atham Sir, you stated that the order to kill was only for those who had committed atrocities against Muslims. My reply is that in S u rah at-Taubah, Ruk u ‘ 4, this is not the reason that has been cited. It is stated there, rather, that anyone who does not believe in Allah and the Day of Judgement and does not accept as impermissible what God and His Messenger have forbidden, should be killed. And the only exemption from this is for the People of the Book, that if they do not want to believe and do not want to be killed, they should be permitted to live a life of misery by paying the Jizyah [tax]. There are also other similar verses that I have referred to, in which this very same intent is found. And although making security condi- tional upon believing is a concession, this further establishes the use of coercion in faith, for those intercessions and pardons which were given as a worldly reprieve are not examples of your coercion in faith, because they decide the fate till the Hereafter. 2. The particular jihad that has been mentioned was against seven nations whose names have also been included; the Hivites, the Jebusites, etc. Besides that, there were many other nations between Abraham and the Promised Land about whom no injunction for their killing was issued except that it would be sufficient if they became obedient. This strengthens our argument that those seven nations mentioned were under such wrath of God as the coming of the wrath of God in the time of Noah and Lot, destroying every- one; therefore, the command was given for these nations to be destroyed by the sword of Israel. The objection that you have about