Some quotes:


Jihad in Islam

"In reality Islam is a revolutionary ideology and programme which seeks to alter the social order of the whole world and rebuild it in conformity with its own tenets and ideals. 'Muslim' is the title of that International Revolutionary Party organized by Islam to carry into effect its revolutionary programme. And 'Jihad' refers to that revolutionary struggle and utmost exertion which the Islamic Party brings into play to acheive this objective."
--Sayeed Abdul A'la Maududi, Jihad in Islam p8

"Islam wishes to destroy all States and Governments anywhere on the face of the earth which are opposed to the ideology and programme of Islam regardless of the country or the Nation which rules it. The purpose of Islam is to set up a State on the basis of its own ideology and programme, regardless of which Nation assumes the role of the standard bearer of Islam or the rule of which nation is undermined in the process of the establishment of an ideological Islamic State."
--Sayeed Abdul A'la Maududi, Jihad in Islam p9


Terrorism Is a Part of Islam

"Whoever says that Islam is free from terrorism or wants to differentiate between Islam and terrorism is committing Al Juhoud and that is Kufr Akbar – and will take them out of the fold of Islam.

The one who says ‘we should fight against terrorism’, he is fighting against Islam. We know very well that USA meant no one else by the term ‘terrorists’ but Islam and Muslims and the one who wants to avoid terrorism is avoiding Islam."

-- Al Muhajiroun (Bakir School of Thought) 6-21-2004


Fighters & Non Fighters

"Islam does not recognise any difference between the kuffar, they are either zhimmi (under the Islamic state) or mu’ahhed (has covenant with a Muslim), or he is harbi and has no sanctity for his life or wealth.

There is no such thing as an ‘innocent’ kafir, innocence is only applicable for the Muslims; do not say ‘innocent’ for the kafir, the most you can say for them is that they are ‘victims’. The Muslim however, is innocent even if he engages to fight and conquer the kafir, because he is fulfilling the shari’ah."

--Al  Muhajiroun, (Bakir School), 6-21-2004

Join the Caravan

"Jihad and the rifle alone. NO negotiations, NO conferences and NO dialogue."

--Sheikh Abdullah Azzam, Join The Caravan p9

"So, if the fighting stops, the disbelievers will dominate, and fitnah, which is Shirk (polytheism), will spread."
--Sheikh Abdullah Azzam, Join The Caravan p20

 

The Religious and Moral Doctrine of Jihad


"Since lawful warfare is essentially Jihad and since its aim is that religion is entirely for Allah and the word of Allah is uppermost, therefore, according to all Muslims, those who stand in the way of this aim must be fought."

--Sheikh Ahmad ibn Taymiyyah, The Religious and Moral Doctrin of Jihad, p28


"As for those who cannot offer resistance or cannot fight, such as women, children, monks, old people, the blind, handicapped and their likes, they shall not be killed, unless they actually fight with words [e.g. by propaganda] and acts [e.g. by spying or otherwise assisting in the warefare]. Some [jurists] are of the opinion that all of them may be killed, on the mere ground that they are unbelievers, but they make an exception for woman and children sind they constitute property for Muslims."

--Sheikh Ahmad ibn Taymiyyah, The Religious and Moral Doctrin of Jihad, p28


"The Shari'ah enjoins fighting the unbelievers, but not the killing of those who have been captured.  If a male unbeliever is taken captive during warfare or otherwise, e.g. as a result of a shipwreck, or because he lost his way, or as a result of a ruse, then the head of state (imam) may do whatever he deems appropriate: killing him, enslaving him, releasing him or setting him free for a ransom consisting in either property or people."

--Sheikh Ahmad ibn Taymiyyah, The Religious and Moral Doctrin of Jihad, p29


"The most serious type of obligatory Jihad is the one against the unbelievers and against those who refuse to abide by certain prescriptions of the Shari'ah, like those who refuse to pay zakaah, the Kharijites and the like."

--Sheikh Ahmad ibn Taymiyyah, The Religious and Moral Doctrin of Jihad, p33



The Absent Obligation

"Allah revealed Islam in order that humanity could be governed according to it. Unbelief is darkness and disorder. So the unbelievers, if they are not suppressed, create disorder. That is why the Muslims are responsible for the implementation of Allah's Law on the planet, that humanity may be governed by it, as opposed to corrupt man-made laws. The Muslims must make all efforts to establish the religion of Allah on the earth."

--Muhammad 'Abdus Salam Faraj, Jihad: The Absent Obligation, p43



Jihad in the Quran & Sunnah

"'The fighting,' even though by its nature is disliked by the human soul because of the liability of being killed, or being taken as a captive, or being injured, with the wasting of wealth, the damaging of the industries, the destruction to the country, the spreading of fear and awe in the souls and the possibility of being exiled from one's homeland, Allah had made ready an immensely good reward that cannot be imagined by a human soul."

--Sheikh Abdullah bin Muhammad Humaid, Jihad in the Quran & Sunnah, p11


"The verses of the Quran and the Sunnah (the Prophet's legal ways, orders etc.) have exhorted greatly for Jihad and have made quite clear its rewards, and praised greatly those who perform Jihad (the holy fighting in Allah's Cause) and explained to them various kinds of honor which they will receive from their Lord. This is because they -- Mujahideen are Allah's tropps. Allah will establish His religion (Islam) with them."

--Sheikh Abdullah bin Muhammad Humaid, Jihad in the Quran & Sunnah, p11


"And it is they, (Mujahideen) who fight against the enemies of Allah in order that the worship be all for Allah (alone and not for any other deity) and that of the Word of Allah (i.e. none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and his religion, Islam) should be superior."

--Sheikh Abdullah bin Muhammad Humaid, Jihad in the Quran & Sunnah, p12


"And you will not find any organization past or present, religious or non-relgious as regards ordering the whole nation to march forth and mobilize all of them into active military service as a single row for Jihad in Allah's Cause so as to make superior the Word of Allah (i.e. none has the right to be worshipped but Allah), as you will find in the Islamic Religion and its teachings."

--Sheikh Abdullah bin Muhammad Humaid, Jihad in the Quran & Sunnah, p29


"So they fought in the Cause of Allah for Islamic Faith (worshipping none but Allah Alone) and sincerely (for Allah's sake) and to make victorious Allah's Religion till it becomes superior over all religions, and mankind is brought out: 1)from the darkness into the light, 2) from the worshipping of the slaves (created false gods) to the worshipping of Allah alone (the one true God), 3) from the distress of the world to its wideness (ease) and 4) from the injustices of the religions to the justice of Islam."

--Sheikh Abdullah bin Muhammad Humaid, Jihad in the Quran & Sunnah, p38


"And they are the troops of Allah, and that they are fighting in Allah's Cause, and surely Allah will help and support them and will defeat their enemies, as their enemies fight for the cause of Satan."

--Sheikh Abdullah bin Muhammad Humaid, Jihad in the Quran & Sunnah, p39