The Islamic Antichrist (21 page)

First Pearl is a Jew, a
munafiq
[hypocrite], a spy, and a
kaffir
[unbeliever]. Do not be fooled by these people. Their hatred for Islam can be seen from their mouths and what their heart conceals is much worse. I do not see where the sick part is in slaughtering.… In Islam we…can’t even torture the
kaffir
—we just slit their throat, and it’s proven when you pass a special area in the neck, they no longer feel pain. And remember when we Muslims capture a Muslim
munafiq
, we do the same to him, we slaughter him. What do you think of a dirty Jew, stupid
munafiq
, two-timing spy, and a
kaffir
? We do the same to him.
Walhumdulilah
[Thanks be to Allah]. And remember the
Rasoul
[Muhammad] slaughtered a great number of Jews in one battle; the best of creation did this, because the Jews backstabbed Prophet Muhammad. And if you think this is still sick,
inshaallaahi
[I hope by the will of Allah] you’re alive when Mahdi is around cause your going to see many Jew/
munafiqqin
[Jews/hypocrites] heads on the floor.

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

ISLAM AND THE GOAL OF WORLD DOMINATION

S
atan’s goal has always been
to cause the inhabitants of the earth to worship him rather than God. As such, Satan has long had a very specific plan to raise up his own worship movement that will cover the face of the earth. Those who believe the Bible know this to be true. Through the Antichrist and his False Prophet the Bible says that Satan will come very close to achieving his goal just prior to the return of Jesus.

The dragon [Satan] gave the beast [the Antichrist] his power and his throne and great authority.… And he was given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world. (Revelation 13:2, 4–8)

This future worship movement will touch “every tribe, people, language, and nation.” The Bible teaches that at this time, whoever is not a worshipper of the One True God and His Son Jesus Christ will eventually be deceived into worshiping Satan, the invisible spirit behind the deceptive worship movement. As we have already seen, the vehicle that Satan uses to bring about his own movement is the Antichrist and his “beast kingdom,” a powerful empire with an equally powerful military machine. Daniel the Prophet describes this empire and its military as a force “terrifying and frightening and very powerful” that “will devour the whole earth.”

After that, in my vision at night I looked, and there before me was a fourth beast—terrifying and frightening and very powerful. It had large iron teeth;
it crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left
.… The fourth beast is a fourth kingdom that will appear on earth. It will be different from all the other kingdoms and
will devour the whole earth, trampling it down and crushing it
. (Daniel 7:7, 23; emphasis mine)

Thus the Bible gives us a clear picture of the nature of Satan’s final swan song before Jesus casts him into the Lake of Fire for eternity. The Bible has clearly forewarned us of Satan’s coming empire, the goal of which will be nothing less than total world domination. The demands of this empire will be much more than mere allegiance to its governmental role—it will be total submission to and worship of its leader, the Antichrist, and, ultimately, the devil. Again, whoever does not submit to this brutal religious system will become its target.

ISLAM AND THE GOAL OF WORLD DOMINATION

In order to understand Islam properly, one must understand the way that Islam understands itself. Islam views itself as the only true religion—indeed the only religion worthy to be practiced. Islam has total world domination as one of its goals; to literally eradicate what it sees as the false and misplaced worship of all other religions. Until the day that everyone says, “None has the right to be worshipped other than Allah,” Islam will continue its fight against unbelievers and unbelieving nations. The texts and scholars of Islam teach that all Muslims must strive for global domination at all times, not just wait idly by for the Mahdi and the Islamic Jesus to accomplish it for them. This striving for Islam’s furtherance and eventual world domination is called jihad. Indeed, jihad is a basic requirement of all Muslims everywhere. It is an absolutely obligatory component of Islam.

Now, Muslim apologists and propagandists will be quick to argue that jihad is not about fighting for world domination. Some will make such misleading remarks as, “Jihad is merely about overcoming adversity.” Or they will point out that the “greater jihad” is a struggle against one’s self. While this inner struggle is a legitimate aspect of jihad, do not be deceived: the jihad that is obligatory for all Muslims (to fight against one’s inner weaknesses) in no way lessens the centrality of the demand of Islam upon all Muslims to wage jihad against the unbelieving world until Islam reigns supreme. This may include warfare in the intellectual, political, or other arenas, but wherever a Muslim engages in this fight, it is viewed as just that—a fight for the eventual global domination and universal supremacy of Islam.

JIHAD

The word
jihad
stems from the Arabic root word
J-H-D
, which means “strive.” There are five types of jihad:

1.
Jihad al-nafs
(striving against one’s inner self)

2.
Jihad al-Shaitan
(striving against Satan)

3.
Jihad al-kuffaar
(striving against the disbelievers)

4.
Jihad al-munafiqeen
(striving against the hypocrites)

5.
Jihad al-faasiqeen
(striving against corrupt Muslims)

As already stated,
all five forms of jihad
are obligatory for all Muslims. If you pay attention to the discussion of jihad in the media, you will find endless articles and claims by Muslims that misrepresent jihad. But as stated earlier, those who deny the central aspect of an outward jihad in Islam are either ignorant or lying. In fact, lying to hide or misrepresent the true nature of Islam to the unbelieving world is actually part and parcel of Islam’s method of carrying out jihad against non-Muslims.
We will take a look Islam’s doctrine of lying in the next chapter.

Despite what the advertisers of a nicer, more peaceful Islam say, Muhammad clearly made the claim that his commission was to fight against the unbelievers until they all submit to Islam and worship Allah. Since the time of Muhammad, global domination has been the goal of Islam.

Allah’s Apostle [Muhammad] said, “I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: ‘None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.’”
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Fight those from among the People of the Book, who believe not in Allah, nor in the Last Day, nor hold as unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have declared to be unlawful, nor follow the true religion, until they pay the tax considering it a favor and acknowledge their subjection. (Sura 9:29; Sher Ali)

O ye who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are near to you, and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allah is with those who keep their duty [unto Him]. (Sura 9:123; Pickthall)

Unquestionably, we see that Muhammad encouraged the spread of his religion by force. Now, one might argue that Christianity also has a goal of spreading its message throughout the earth. While this is true, Christianity does not have a goal of fighting against non-Christians, but rather presenting the Gospel message, or “good news,” to all in order that they have the option to freely accept or reject God’s offer of forgiveness. As someone once said, “Evangelism [preaching the Christian message to non-Christians] is merely one beggar telling the other beggars where the food is.”

In calling new believers to follow Him and serve God, Jesus makes this beautiful statement:

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:28–30)

Muhammad calls his followers to something far more burdensome:

Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you; but it may happen that ye hate a thing which is good for you, and it may happen that ye love a thing which is bad for you. Allah knoweth, ye know not. (Sura 2:216; Pickthall)

It would be quite easy to list several pages of verses from the Qur’an and hadiths that reflect this mind-set of jihad and fighting against unbelievers for the express purpose of the furtherance of Islam. It is awfully difficult to take these verses out of context. Nevertheless, as I have said, many Western Muslims continue to claim that the Qur’anic verses that speak of jihad refer only to overcoming adversity or waging defensive war. As one Muslim commentator has said, “Don’t believe those moderate Muslims in the Western media who tell you that jihad means ‘overcoming adversity.’”
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Or as the popular Muslim author and teacher Muhammad Saeed al-Qahtani states:

Jihad is an act of worship; it is one of the supreme forms of devotion to Allah.… They say that jihad is only for defense. This lie must be exposed…
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Rather than getting caught up in an in-house Islamic argument, we will simply examine the opinions of several prominent Muslim scholars throughout Islam’s history as well as today’s leaders and representatives of Islam in Western countries to see what Islam really teaches.

THE SCHOLARS ON JIHAD

Ibn Kathir lays out the prominent role of offensive jihad in Islam’s early days as he comments on Sura 9:123:

Allah commands the believers to fight the disbelievers, the closest in area to the Islamic state, then the farthest. This is why the Messenger of Allah started fighting the idolaters in the Arabian Peninsula. When he finished with them…he then started fighting the People of the Scriptures [Jews and Christians]. After Muhammad’s death, his executor, friend, and caliph, Abu Bakr, became the leader.… On behalf of the Prophet, Abu Bakr…started preparing the Islamic armies to fight the Roman cross worshippers, and the Persian fire worshippers. By the blessing of his mission, Allah opened the lands for him and brought down Caesar and Kisra and those who obeyed them among the servants. Abu Bakr spent their treasures in the cause of Allah, just as the Messenger of Allah had foretold would happen. This mission [of world domination] continued after Abu Bakr at the hands of he whom Abu Bakr chose to be his successor…Umar bin Al-Khattab. With Umar, Allah humiliated the disbelievers, suppressed the tyrants and hypocrites, and opened the eastern and western parts of the world. The treasures of various countries were brought to Umar from near and far provinces, and he divided them according to the legitimate and accepted method. Umar then died.… Then, the Companions among the Muslims…agreed to choose after Umar, Uthman bin Affan…. During Uthman’s reign, Islam wore its widest garment and Allah’s unequivocal proof was established in various parts of the world over the necks of the servants. Islam appeared in the eastern and western parts of the world and Allah’s Word was elevated and His religion apparent. The pure religion reached its deepest aims against Allah’s enemies, and whenever Muslims overcame a community, they moved to the next one, and then the next one, crushing the tyrannical evil doers. They did this in reverence to Allah’s statement, O you who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are close to you.
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It is clear that Muhammad—and then his successors, Caliph Abu Bakr, Caliph Umar, and Caliph Uthman—all attacked the surrounding nations offensively for the purpose of spreading Islam. These were not, as is claimed by the historical revisionists,
defensive wars. They were offensive wars whose goal was to force the victims to submit to Islam or be “crushed.”

Ibn Khaldun, a famous fourteenth-century Islamic historian and philosopher, in his classic and most notable work, the
Muqaddimah
, says of jihad: