Friday, October 20, 2017

The Religion of Peace and the Dunning Kruger-Effect Did Muhammad Forgive a Woman for Poisoning Him?

Introduction:
this is going to be the shortest articles I have ever written, but by far the most shocking one to show how dishonest TROP really is, what I read an hour ago before I wrote this article completely shocked me regarding TROP, they are by far more dishonest than the masked Arab and sharif gabir, these two so-called ex-Muslims at least when they cite their sources they give direct quotes from them, what TROP will display here is worse than any Christian apologist I have ever encountered, they have outright cited 3 sources without giving direct quotes from them, and completely insert a false narrative to these sources that don't actually fit or exist in them.

TROP Article:
“The story of the Jewish woman from Khaybar, who deliberately put poison into a meal eaten by Muhammad, is cited in the Sahih hadith.  It is heavily referenced by apologists because it may be the only time in which Muhammad is said to have "forgiven" someone who did not convert to Islam to save their neck.”

Citation needed

“What They Offer as Proof
Despite there being many Sahih verses to choose from, Discover the Truth quotes a verse from Abu Dawud 4495 graded as daif (weak).   Can you guess why?”

You will need to either cite the link to the article written by Discover the Truth or at least provide the quote in which DTT brought this hadith, where is the link to the article? let alone the quote from DTT? I even went so far and searched on DTT for that hadith let alone that article and couldn’t find it, after many searches I was finally able to find the article in DTT, and I was not even surprised to see that even DTT admitted that the narration was weak, here is a direct screenshot from DTT

the Link to the article :
how could TROP miss this? are they that dishonest?, DTT as seen below directly state that the chain is considered weak

but what comes later is even the most shocking display of dishonesty I have ever seen coming out of TROP, this is the part where I talked about in the introduction how they cite sources and affiliate a claim that doesn’t exist in them

“What They Leave Out and Why They are Wrong
Scratching the surface shows what a poor example of "forgiveness" this episode really is.  That it is cited so heavily indicates the paucity of available material portraying Muhammad as a man of character.

First, DTT doesn't tell us why a woman would want to kill Muhammad.  They just say that she was Jewish and leave it at that.  The full account from the Sira and hadith tell us that this occurred right after the sudden and violent assault on a farming community, where her own family had been killed (Ibn Kathir v.3 p.284-287, Sahih Bukhari 71:669, Abu Dawud 4494)”

did that actually happened? do these sources like tafsir ibn Kathir really say that her family was killed and that was her motivation?
let’s check Tafsir Ibn Kathir, I’m going to give the Full account[1]
“(The food of the People of the Scripture is lawful to you..) meaning, their slaughtered animals, as Ibn `Abbas, Abu Umamah, Mujahid, Sa`id bin Jubayr, `Ikrimah, `Ata', Al-Hasan, Makhul, Ibrahim An-Nakha`i, As-Suddi and Muqatil bin Hayyan stated. This ruling, that the slaughtered animals of the People of the Book are permissible for Muslims, is agreed on by the scholars because the People of the Book believe that slaughtering for other than Allah is prohibited. They mention Allah's Name upon slaughtering their animals, even though they have deviant beliefs about Allah that do not befit His majesty. It is recorded in the Sahih that `Abdullah bin Mughaffal said, "While we were attacking the fort of Khaybar, a person threw a leather bag containing fat, and I ran to take it and said, `I will not give anyone anything from this container today.' But when I turned I saw the Prophet (standing behind) while smiling.'' The scholars rely on this Hadith as evidence that we are allowed to eat what we need of foods from the booty before it is divided. The scholars of the Hanafi, the Shafi`i and the Hanbali Madhhabs rely on this Hadith to allow eating parts of the slaughtered animals of the Jews that they prohibit for themselves, such as the fat. They used this Hadith as evidence against the scholars of the Maliki Madhhab who disagreed with this ruling. A better proof is the Hadith recorded in the Sahih that the people of Khaybar gave the Prophet a gift of a roasted leg of sheep, which they poisoned. The Prophet used to like eating the leg of the sheep and he took a bite from it, but it told the Prophet that it was poisoned, so he discarded that bite. The bite that the Prophet took affected the palate of his mouth, while Bishr bin Al-Bara' bin Ma`rur died from eating from that sheep. The Prophet had the Jewish woman, Zaynab, who poisoned the sheep, killed. Therefore, the Prophet and his Companions wanted to eat from that sheep and did not ask the Jews if they removed what the Jews believed was prohibited for them, such as its fat. Allah's statement,”

Reading from the above, where are the mentions of her family being killed?, now there has to be mention in Bukhari right? will let’s read
“When Khaibar was conquered, Allah's Messenger () was presented with a poisoned (roasted) sheep. Allah's Apostle said, "Collect for me all the Jews present in this area." (When they were gathered) Allah's Apostle said to them, "I am going to ask you about something; will you tell me the truth?" They replied, "Yes, O Abal-Qasim!" Allah's Messenger () said to them, "Who is your father?" They said, "Our father is so-and-so." Allah's Messenger () said, "You have told a lie. for your father is so-and-so," They said, "No doubt, you have said the truth and done the correct thing." He again said to them, "If I ask you about something; will you tell me the truth?" They replied, "Yes, O Abal-Qasim! And if we should tell a lie you will know it as you have known it regarding our father," Allah's Messenger () then asked, "Who are the people of the (Hell) Fire?" They replied, "We will remain in the (Hell) Fire for a while and then you (Muslims) will replace us in it," Allah's Messenger () said to them. ''You will abide in it with ignominy. By Allah, we shall never replace you in it at all." Then he asked them again, "If I ask you something, will you tell me the truth?" They replied, "Yes." He asked. "Have you put the poison in this roasted sheep?" They replied, "Yes," He asked, "What made you do that?" They replied, "We intended to learn if you were a liar in which case we would be relieved from you, and if you were a prophet then it would not harm you."”[2]
now, reading from above, where is the mention of her family being killed again?
so far two sources none of them mention her family being killed, I have strong ergances to stop writing this article and waste my time with TROP but let’s continue reading
Now as for Sunan Abu Dawood, what makes this one quite hilarious is that the number they gave 4494 does refer to the incident of poisoning attempt, but the hadith itself is weak
“Narrated Abu Hurairah:
A Jewess presented a poisoned sheep to the Prophet (), but the Prophet () did not interfere with him.
Abu Dawud said: The Jewess who poisoned the Prophet () was the sister of Marhab.”[3]
now to be fair the website Sunnah.com does provide one more additional variant in publication edition, which can give a different number, so let’s see the other variant
“Qurayzah and Nadir (were two Jewish tribes). An-Nadir were nobler than Qurayzah. When a man of Qurayzah killed a man of an-Nadir, he would be killed. But if a man of an-Nadir killed a man of Qurayzah, a hundred wasq of dates would be paid as blood-money. When Prophethood was bestowed upon the Prophet (), a man of an-Nadir killed a man of Qurayzah.
They said: Give him to us, we shall kill him. They replied: We have the Prophet () between you and us. So they came to him.
Thereupon the following verse was revealed: "If thou judge, a judge in equity between them." "In equity" means life for a life.
The following verse was then revealed: "Do they seek a judgment of (the days) ignorance?"
Abu Dawud said: Quraizah and al-Nadir were the descendants of Harun the Prophet (peace be upon him)”[4]
apparently, both sources of Abu Dawood doesn’t fit TROP narration again, is anyone surprised? but the more accurate hadith is not actually 4494 it’s 4495
“Jabir ibn Abdullah used to say that a Jewess from the inhabitants of Khaybar poisoned a roasted sheep and presented it to the Messenger of Allah () who took its foreleg and ate from it. A group of his companions also ate with him.
The Messenger of Allah () then said: Take your hands away (from the food). The Messenger of Allah () then sent someone to the Jewess and he called her.
He said to her: Have you poisoned this sheep? The Jewess replied: Who has informed you? He said: This foreleg which I have in my hand has informed me. She said: Yes. He said: What did you intend by it? She said: I thought if you were a prophet, it would not harm you; if you were not a prophet, we should rid ourselves of him (i.e. the Prophet). The Messenger of Allah () then forgave her and did not punish her. But some of his companions who ate it died. The Messenger of Allah () had himself cupped on his shoulder on account of that which he had eaten from the sheep. AbuHind cupped him with the horn and knife. He was a client of Banu Bayadah from the Ansar.”[5]
this one is the same one DTT cited, and it’s regarded as weak like what DTT said
so far None of TROP 3 sources state that the woman family was killed, one of them is even a weak source
how could anyone fall for TROP dishonesty so far?

“With the motive firmly established, the next question is whether or not the woman was punished.  Most accounts simply say that she was not killed.  The bar is set a bit low here.  The woman, after all, had not taken a life and was simply trying to avenge the murder of her family.”

No, she did not, the claim that she was avenging her family as seen is a myth created by TROP, this is another lie

“However, there is one hadith verse from Abu Dawud which is graded Sahih (authentic) in which the woman is killed on Muhammad's order:
So a Jewess presented him at Khaybar with a roasted sheep which she had poisoned. The Messenger of Allah ate of it and the people also ate. He then said: Take away your hands (from the food), for it has informed me that it is poisoned. Bishr ibn al-Bara' ibn Ma'rur al-Ansari died. So he (the Prophet) sent for the Jewess (and said to her): What motivated you to do the work you have done? She said: If you were a prophet, it would not harm you; but if you were a king, I should rid the people of you. The Messenger of Allah then ordered regarding her and she was killed. (Abu Dawud 4497)”

The hadith is not regarded as Sahih, but rather Hasan Sahih, this is not the same as Sahih, Hasan Sahih meaning this hadith have been narrated by two similar narrations, one is Hasan and the other is Sahih, the combination of the two will give Hasan Sahih, however, to be fair Hasan Sahih is regarded as authentic after all and accepted, not on the level of Sahih
but this hadith as seen just slaps the sense out of TROP, if this woman allegedly put poison because of her family member murder (which never happened) why did she say “If you were a prophet, it would not harm you; but if you were a king, I should rid the people of you”
so she was trying to kill the prophet out of a lab test? so much for her family murder

“In fairness, there are also other Sahih hadith in which the woman is not killed (at least not immediately).  However, there are none saying that she was forgiven.  This is why DTT surreptitiously slips in the daif (weak) verse.”

DTT already stated as from the screenshot and from the link I provided that hadith was weak, yet TROP insist out of a child play that DTT didn’t cite the narration authenticity, but what is also shocking and not surprising is how TROP lied and stated that there is not a single narration that she was forgiven, Even DTT go later and cite more authentic sources that she was indeed forgiven, one of them is the following
“A Jewess brought a poisoned sheep to the Messenger of Allah (), and he ate of it. She was then brought to the Messenger of Allah () who asked her about it. She said: I intended to kill you. He said: Allah will not give you control over it; or he said: over me. They (the Companions) said: Should we not kill her? He said: No. He (Anas) said: I always found it in the uvula of the Messenger of Allah ()”[6]
Grade: Sahih

“Even if she was not killed, it does not mean that she wasn't punished in some other way - or that she didn't have to convert.  One account says that "She then accepted Islam and the Messenger of God left her alone" (Ibn Kathir v.3 p.285).  This is implied by the others as well, in which the woman seems to acknowledge Muhammad as "a prophet." As evidenced in many other places, Muhammad only forgave those who converted to his cult-like religion (ie. pledging their life to him).”

where is the evidence that she was forcefully converted? I looked their source even in online Ibn Kathir Tafsir search and couldn’t find a single reference to her at all

“Assuming that she was not killed, the real reason seems to be that she was wily enough to turn Muhammad's claim about himself back onto him.  If he had been killed, then he would not have been a prophet; if he were a prophet, then he could not be killed... so the logic goes.  This put Muhammad in a difficult position in which he had to save face by not killing her.”

and this is their conclusion to this article? this deceptive article that twists and misinform every source they cite including DTT? the only cult that I see in front of me now is TROP cult of deception and lies




[2] Sahih Al-Bukhari Vol. 7, Book 71, Hadith 669
[3] Sunan abu Dawood Book 40, Hadith 4494
[4] Sunan Abi Dawud 4494
[5] Suan Abu Dawood Book 40, Hadith 4495

Saturday, October 14, 2017

The Religion of Peace and the Dunning-Kruger Effect Banu Qurayza incident

Introduction:

I have taken a quick skim through TROP response to DTT regarding The Banu Qurayza incident, and I started to think that TROP responses to DTT are starting to get worse and worse with fewer sources and footnotes, first they Cite weak sources in their responses to Banu Qaynuqa incident, then cite two sources one is weak another is misquoted in Banu nadir incident, and now in a response to an incident that they consider to be “ the most embarrassing” incident in Islam history, they (spoiler alert) do the worse, make commentary in response without citing a single source, not even a weak one, if you only care for criticism to an accurate and worthy response don’t bother reading the rest of this article, because we are responding to an author in TROP website who waste our time with commentary with no actual sources to back up his claims, if you wish to see just who bad TROP at responding to Muslims please feel free to continue reading
the Author of TROP as I came to learn from DTT is named Glen Roberts
now let us processed with this “response” to DTT

TROP's arguments:

“The story of Muhammad beheading all of the men (and boys as young as 12) of a tribe known as the Banu Qurayza is one of the most embarrassing for contemporary apologists.  It occurred after the Battle of the Trench.  Those who were not beheaded were mostly enslaved, mainly the children and women.”
“as young as 12”? Citation needed
“one of the most embarrassing for contemporary apologists”? the only most embarrassing attempt by apologists like this Christian apologist is this sorry excuse of a response to DTT, so far the author is preconceiving his conclusions, calling the story embarrassing long before he demonstrates why it’s embarrassing, we didn’t see this argument yet, we didn’t even start with the article and already TROP makes this silly incident as embarrassing to Muslim apologist.

“The challenge for Discover the Truth is to shift blame from Muhammad to the victims.  DTT poses that the Qurayza broke a treaty and "fought" Muhammad, even "openly taking sides" during the Battle of the Trench.  In other words, they were treacherous and posed a threat that had to be eliminated.”
Shift the blame? the blame is directly on those who threaten your life and instigate your enemies on you, it’s beyond me how can TROP defend such treacherous tribe like Banu qurayza, apparently they have no problem when a tribe fight the prophet, but they have a problem when Muslims defend themselves

“Since the punishment (of mass execution) was excessive, DTT argues that it was determined by someone other than Muhammad, who was simply performing his humble duties in carrying it out.  Enslaving the women and children was an act of humanitarianism since their men had been executed and could no longer take care of them.”
it's actually kinda dishonest making statements regarding DTT without quoting them directly or giving a link to their website, but yes, Muhammad was not the one who made the order to execute the tribe men (we will get to the details on wither combatants were executed or not)


“What They Offer as Proof
Discover the Truth posts several articles to mitigate the slaughter, rape, and enslavement of the Banu Qurayza.  The most detailed frames the argument with snippets of Ibn Ishaq, al-Tabari, Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Abu Dawud and Sahih verses from Sunan an-Nasai'i and Jami at-Tirmidhi - which are accepted as generally reliable sources.

History is written by the winners, however, and each of these sources is a devout Muslim who wants to portray Muhammad in a flattering light.  Understanding what really happened sometimes means reading between the lines and considering events from the perspective of the other side.”

“History is written by the winners, however, and each of these sources is a devout Muslim who wants to portray Muhammad in a flattering light. “
so the sources are wrong because they are devout Muslims who might portray Muhammad in “flattering light”? this is a confirmation bias fallacy or vested interest fallacy
if you don’t accept sources because they might be biased or rather they belong to one side that you don’t trust them based on this fallacy not a single source is trusted, I’m biased as a source of Islam meaning I’m a Muslim who have tendencies to be biased toward the religion, based on this fallacy my sources regarding Islam no matter how authentic it’s can’t be trusted, the same thing applies to the author of TROP as he is a Christian and by definition he does not trustworthy regarding Christianity because of his affiliation
TROP author need to try better than commit such insane fallacies in their articles

“When Muhammad breaks a treaty, for example, we are told that he has "permission from Allah" - which constitutes thin reasoning in the real world.  When there is even a hint that someone else hasn't lived up to the letter of an agreement, however, it's called "treachery" and the entire tribe is subject to eviction or extermination”
this is a non-sequitur fallacy
just because he receives visions or words from God doesn’t mean they he is immune to treachery, this doesn’t logically follow

“The conclusions reached by DTT with which we disagree are as follows:

1) The Banu Qurayza broke an agreement unjustifiably

2) The Banu Qurayza fought Muslims at the Battle of the Trench

3) The Banu Qurayza helped other tribes kill Muslims

4) The Banu Qurayza were deserving of their fate

5) Muhammad was powerless to stop the beheadings and thus bore no blame

Obviously, if one or more of these is false, then the apologist case collapses.”
let us focus on the last statement
“Obviously, if one or more of these is false, then the apologist case collapses”
this is again a non sequitur fallacy, if one premise of a series of statement is false that doesn’t lead to the collapse of the main argument, let’s take for example 2 “The Banu Qurayza fought Muslims at the Battle of the Trench” if this was false and they didn’t fight Muslims at the battle of the trench then that doesn’t mean that the entire 5 arguments series collapse at all, they could be still treacherous and fought against Muslims on other occasions other than the battle of trench
let’s take a look at 3 “The Banu Qurayza helped other tribes kill Muslims” if this was false and they didn’t help other tribes in killing Muslims that still won’t rebuke DTT arguments, they could be responsible for killing Muslims themselves directly, and they will still be considered guilty

this TROP author appears to have a poor grasp of critical thinking and logical analysis

“The pretext for the Banu Qaynuqa was that a Muslim woman had been harassed by a member of the tribe.  The Banu Nadir were accused (in some accounts) of plotting to kill Muhammad.  This is quite tenuous given that information in both cases came from an angel seen only by Muhammad.  Each eviction also followed the assassination of prominent members of the Jewish community at Medina by the Muslims.”
it didn’t come from an angle, DTT made several sources regarding these accounts, I shall leave links to their articles

as you can see there are more than 1 article to each incident each cites different sources almost all of them reference narrators rather than saying this came from wahy (angel Gabriel)
there is not a single mention of angle Gabrial among the narrators of any source in this incident, TROP is trying so desperately here

“The Battle of the Trench occurred when the Quraish sent an army against the Muslims at Medina.  Although DTT does not mention it, the conflict owed its origins to caravan raids against the Quraish.  Prior to Muhammad's arrival, trade to and from Mecca passed unmolested by the tribes in Medina: everyone played by the rules.  Muhammad quickly changed that - and there is no indication that he warned the Jewish tribes prior to signing the pact that he would be provoking a war.”
“although DTT does Not mention it” this is false, in fact DTT dedicated a complete article to the battle of Trench

“While DTT paints the picture of a man struggling to get along in a treacherous world, the reality is that Muhammad was at the center of every conflict with everyone who would not agree to be his subordinate.  A victim of circumstance... trouble just has a way of finding him, right?”
Not right, you will have to cite evidence and sources for this nonsense

“This is the context in which the Banu Qurayza's alleged "betrayal" of Muhammad occurs. “
citation needed

“Amidst this, a leader from the Banu Nadir arrives (one of the tribes that had been evicted) and tricks the Qurayza leader, Ka'b, into letting him in.  Far from scheming with the 'enemies of Muhammad', it is obvious, even from the account quoted liberally by DTT, that Ka'b does not want to have a conversation and wants no involvement in the conflict.”
there is literally not a single reference to any of DTT articles let alone quotes, so how can we confirm this nonsensical claim
the following account of Ka’b comes Directly from DTT’s re-examining Banu qurayza incident
““The enemy of God Huyayy b. Akhtab al-Nadri went out to Ka’b b. Asad al-Qurazi who had made a treaty with the apostle. When Ka’b heard of Huyayy’s coming he shut the door of his fort in his face, and when he asked permission to enter he refused to see him, saying that he was a man of ill omen and that he himself was in treaty with Muhammad and did not intend to go back on his word because he had always found him loyal and faithful. Then Huyayy accused him of shutting him out because he was unwilling to let him eat his corn. This so enraged him that he opened his door. He said ‘Good heavens, Ka’b, I have brought you immortal fame and a great army. I have come with Quraysh with their leaders and chiefs which I have halted where the torrent-beds of Ruma meet; and Ghatafan with their leaders and chiefs which I have halted in Dhanab Naqma towards Uhud. They have made a firm agreement and promised me that they will not depart until we have made an end of Muhammad and his men.’ Ka’b said: ‘By God, you have brought me immortal shame and an empty cloud which has shed its water while it thunders and lightens with nothing in it. Woe to you Huyayy, leave me as I am, for I have always found him loyal and faithful.’ Huyayy kept on wheedling Ka’b until at last, he gave way in giving him a solemn promise that if Quraysh and Ghatafan returned without having killed Muhammad he would enter his fort with him and await his fate. Thus Ka’b broke his promise and cut loose from the bond that was between him and the apostle.””
while TROP was right on this occasion they need to cite the source and the quote, and nevertheless, ka’b was guilty as charged

“Talked into believing that the city will be overrun, Ka'b still refuses to join the fight against the Muslims but does agree to stay out of it.  This is ironic because had his tribe led a true revolt from within the city, Muhammad would have suffered defeat, the Qurayza men would have lived, their women would not have been raped nor their children enslaved.”
women raped? children enslaved? citation needed

“To justify what happened afterward, apologists desperately need a Hadith verse or Sira account stating that the Qurayza attacked the Muslims in battle or participated substantially in the fight against them.  Unfortunately, none exists.”
this is false, DTT Provided with sources, in fact, he dedicated 4 articles to banu qurayza
I cited a hadith earlier regarding Banu nadir incident where Banu Qurayza was cited
““Ibn ‘Umar said ‘The Jews Al Nadir and Quraizah fought with the Apostle of Allah, so the Apostle of Allah expelled Banu Al-Nadir and allowed the Quraizah to stay and favored them. The Quraizah thereafter fought (with the Prophet)‘. So he killed their men and divided their women, property, and children among Muslims except some of them who associated with the Apostle of Allah. He gave them protection and later on they embraced Islam. The Apostle of Allah expelled all the Jews of Madeenah in toto, Banu Qainuqa, they were the people of ‘Abd Allah bin Salam, the Jews of Banu Harith and any of Jews who resided in Madeenah”[1]
DTT cites Musannaf Abd al-Razzaq:
“Abd al-Razzaq on the authority of Musa b. Uqba: The Nadir and Qurayza fought the Prophet; the Prophet expelled the Nadir and agreed that Qurayza should stay. Later QURAYZA FOUGHT THE PROPHET. They were defeated, the men were executed, the women, children, and property were divided among the Muslims. SOME OF THE JEWS RECEIVED THE AMAN (SAFETY) OF THE PROPHET and converted to Islam.”[2]
“In a section pretentiously titled "Banu Qurayza Siding, Waging War and Supplying Enemies with Weapons", DTT provides only three Sahih hadith verses.  Two generically state that the Qurayza "fought against the prophet" at an unspecified time in an unspecified manner - probably in the same way that unbelievers "fight against Allah" via their unbelief.  Another says simply that Muhammad feared an attack by the Qurayza.  There is no record of any physical battle. “
I’m going to leave links to DTT examining of Banu Qurayza where you can see he provided more than just two hadiths
clearly, from the above 3 articles DTT provided more than just two sources, either TROP was unaware of the other articles or that they are willingly deceiving their audience.

while later they make a fair criticism of Al-Waqidi they completely neglected Sahih Muslim and Bukhari who clearly references Banu qurayza attacking the prophet
“In addition to the fact that no Muslims were killed or injured by the Qurayza”
citation needed

“The carnage that followed was brutal.  Even the Sahih Hadith relates that boys who had reached puberty were beheaded along with the men.  At least one woman was among those murdered. Another was taken by Muhammad as a personal sex slave.  Yet, the apologists insist that every victim was deserving of the same barbaric practice that we see today in ISIS videos.”
were these boys combatants or not? muhammad as I reference in the past and as DTT referenced had ordered that only fighters are to be killed, Note the word fighters, he didn’t specify age or gender but rather the action of the occupation of the individuals, this clearly means that fighters were killed only
“Al-Shaybani’s opinion is different: he points out that there are differences in the age of puberty between various peoples (for instance between Turks and Indians). But in the case of Banu Qurayza, the Prophet disclosed to Sa’d b. Mu’adh (on the basis of a revelation) that their age of puberty WAS THE LIMIT OF THEIR PENAL RESPONSIBILITY AS FIGHTING PERSON” (Al-Shaybani, op. cit., volume 2, page 591)”
“The people of (Banu) Quraiza agreed to accept the verdict of Sa`d bin Mu`adh. So the Prophet sent for Sa`d, and the latter came (riding) a donkey and when he approached the Mosque, the Prophet said to the Ansar, “Get up for your chief or for the best among you.” Then the Prophet said (to Sa`d).” These (i.e. Banu Quraiza) have agreed to accept your verdict.” Sa`d said, “KILL THEIR WARRIORS and take their offspring as captives, “On that, the Prophet said, “You have judged according to Allah’s Judgment,” or said, “according to the King’s judgment.”(Sahih al-Bukhari Volume 5, Book 59, Hadith 447)
how enough is that?




[1] .Sunan Abi Dawud Book 19, Hadith 2999 Sahih
[2] Musannaf Abd al-Razzaq, volume 6, pages 54 – 55

Sunday, October 1, 2017

The Religion of Peace and the Dunning-Kruger Effect the Banu Nadir Incident

Introduction:
my apologies for not posting any articles, i decided to divide my work here and post several articles instead of jamming them into one, to keep my posting consistent, however the major article that will gather all my work on section one to TROP will be posted in DTT nevertheless I have decided to gather a number of articles into one large response, this will be repeated 3 more times since TROP dedicated 3 sections with subarticles in them to address DTT, in the near future I shall address TROP more times but with random articles picked by me, I will also accept recommendations to what articles on TROP I have to respond to by audience so long as I didn’t already address it before like pedophilia for example

The Banu Nadir Incident

The Sira tells us that the Banu Nadir was one of three Jewish tribes at Medina which were expelled or massacred at Muhammad's direction.  In the case of the Nadir, they were robbed of their wealth and evicted.  Some leaders were even murdered.”
the right off the bat we have a statement with no clear evidence or direct sources, although we will come to them later on, still it’s important even as opening statement for your hypothesis you still need to provide evidence when you make arguments like these

In order to justify this, DTT contends that the Banu Nadir had given information to the Quraish enemy and also attempted to assassinate Muhammad by dropping a rock on him.”
let us proceed through their “refutation” to DTT
Discover the Truth goes into great detail about the Banu Nadir telling the Quraish "the weak spots of the Muslims in battle... where the Muslims were, where to attack, and where to hide, lay in wait to kill the Muslims" (although this seems to have completely eluded the early Sira and Hadith compilers).

Only two references are provided by DTT from established sources: Abu Dawud and Ibn Ishaq.  Neither one mentions information being sent to the Quraish.  Ishaq makes a reference to an assassination plot (more on that later), but the Sahih hadith verse makes no mention of either a plot or information passed from the Nadir to the Quraish.
this is unbelievably deceptive at best, a quick search in Sunnah.com will easily put this claim to rest, here in this entire response by TROP there is literally no citation of DTT sources to confirm this claim, and no direct citation to DTT article regarding Banu nadir at all, in fact, this entire section in response to Banu nadir incident by TROP has literally no source no link no footnote no citation at all, this entire section or “response” can be easily ignored and in fact one of the weakest “responses”  I have ever seen by anyone
let us examine DTT article, he in fact dedicated 3 articles here in response to Banu Nadir
As already mentioned, the Quraish had sent to the Jews of the Banu Nadir to kill Muhammad (p) or they would themselves be exterminated. The Banu Nadir being already hostile, this message from the Quraish served as an impetus. They invited the Prophet to come with thirty men to meet their religious scholars, promising that if on hearing him, the divines would declare him to be true, they would not hesitate to accept him as a Prophet.”
DTT provide a hyper link here :

I shall leave a link were DTT provide detailed analyses with sources regarding Banu Nadir treachery

what makes it so ironic here is that they accuse DTT of not providing evidence when they were guilty of the same issue in their own opening statement
but since I’m addressing TROP here I will comment and respond to each “response” they had
A laughable account from al-Waqidi's Kitab al-Maghazi contradicts the rest and has thirty Jews trying to assassinate Muhammad with concealed daggers.  It's one more reason why al-Waqidi is dismissed as a fabricator.  “
citation needed
where is Al-Waqidi account? where are your sources? didn’t you accuse DTT of not providing sources for their arguments, but here this is the second time you make arguments with no proof
The Banu Nadir were evicted following the Muslim defeat at Uhud, when Muhammad would have been angry and looking for a way to save face with his cult-like band of believers.”
citation needed, this is the third time they make arguments with no proof

“There are two stories of the Banu Nadir incident.  One mentions the alleged assassination attempt and the other does not.  Neither account says that the Banu Nadir attacked Muhammad or assisted the enemy against him.  A Sahih verse from Abu Dawud simply says that the Quraish sent a letter to the Nadir tribe, attempting to recruit them.  “
citation needed, this is the forth time they make arguments with no proof
but nevertheless this laughable at best, We do have an account directly saying Banu nadir attacked the prophet
“Ibn ‘Umar said “The Jews Al Nadir and Quraizah fought with the Apostle of Allaah(), so the Apostle of Allaah() expelled Banu Al-Nadir and allowed the Quraizah to stay and favored them. The Quraizah thereafter fought (with the Prophet).” So he killed their men and divided their women, property, and children among Muslims except some of them who associated with the Apostle of Allaah(). He gave them protection and later on they embraced Islam. The Apostle of Allaah() expelled all the Jews of Madeenah in Toto, Banu Qainuqa, they were the people of ‘Abd Allaah bin Salam, the Jews of Banu Harith and any of Jews who resided in Madeenah.”[1]
it's important to understand that “fought with” here doesn’t mean that they fought alongside him as allies, no, they fought against him as Arabic text clearly state
"حاربو رسول الله"
meaning they directly fought Allah apostle
if this is not good enough being from Sunan Abu Dawood, we have an account from the second most authentic source after Bukhari, Sahih Muslim
“It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Umar that the Jews of Banu Nadir and Banu Quraiza fought against the Messenger of Allah () who expelled Banu Nadir, and allowed Quraiza to stay on, and granted favour to them until they too fought against him Then he killed their men, and distributed their women, children, and properties among the Muslims, except that some of them had joined the Messenger of Allah () who granted them security. They embraced Islam. The Messenger of Allah () turned out all the Jews of Medina. Banu Qainuqa' (the tribe of 'Abdullah b. Salim) and the Jews of Banu Haritha and every other Jew who was in Medina.”[2]
This is like hitting two birds with one stone, not only we have an authentic account here saying Banu nadir attacked the prophet, but also a mention of Banu qurayza (we will address them later) directly mentioned ass aggressors who attacked the prophet as well

“The hadith clearly shows that the Banu Nadir were caught between the Quraish and Muhammad.  They had lived peacefully in Medina well before he arrived and brought his feud with him.  The Nadir were repeatedly threatened by the Quraish for having given shelter to someone who had declared war on the Quraish.  In one case Muhammad talked them out of defending themselves by assuring them that they were safe:
The infidels of the Quraysh wrote (a letter) to Ibn Ubayy and to those who worshipped idols from al-Aws and al-Khazraj, while the Messenger of Allah...
(They wrote): You gave protection to our companion. We swear by Allah, you should fight him or expel him, or we shall come to you in full force until we kill your fighters and appropriate your women.

When this (news) reached Abdullah ibn Ubayy and those who were worshippers of idols, with him they gathered together to fight the Messenger of Allah.

When this news reached the Messenger of Allah, he visited them and said: "The threat of the Quraysh to you has reached its end. They cannot contrive a plot against you, greater than what you yourselves intended to harm you...
When they heard this from the Prophet, they scattered. This reached the infidels of the Quraysh. The infidels of the Quraysh again wrote (a letter) to the Jews after the battle of Badr: You are men of weapons and fortresses. You should fight our companion or we shall deal with you in a certain way. And nothing will come between us and the anklets of your women. (Abu Dawud 2998)”

finally we actually have a source here
they cited Abu Dawood, but there is only one problem here, this hadith is Not authentic as we have seen when we addressed the masked Arab before, this hadith is regarded as “Sahih in Chain”
I shall give a link to my article addressing what Sahih in Chain really is and how authentic it's going to Issue #7

“These are not the actions of a man of peace, but one who craves power and material possessions.  Once the situation with the Quraish was dealt with, Muhammad turned right around and attacked the Banu Nadir again until they were defeated and expelled.  Nothing is said about treachery - on the part of the Nadir, at least.  Clearly, the Jewish tribe was the one being forced to act in self-defense.  “
what a laughable statement, after what we saw, your only one sources turned out to be nothing but a weak fabrication, a simple look at their source will put any claim they make here to rest, TROP please make a better response next time

“This episode even follows the assassination of several key members of the Jewish tribe by Muhammad, including Ka'b al-Ashraf.  These would surely be called violations of the treaty had they been Muslims, but such is the double standards of Islam.  Needless to say, the Banu Nadir had every reason to doubt the wisdom of allowing Muhammad into the fold.

The supposed plot to assassinate Muhammad appears in the Sira, but not in the Hadith.  In this version of the 'incident', Muhammad goes to ask the Banu Nadir for help with paying blood money to another tribe for a member who was killed by Muslims.  This would have been a strange thing to do if the Nadir had just helped out the Quraish, as occurred in DTT's fictionalized account.”
again citation needed

what follows is the most insane sequence of event fabricated by the authors

“The sequence of events from the Sira is as follows:

    1) Muhammad goes to visit a Jewish tribe to beg for money

    2) Muhammad learns of an assassination plot... from an angel

    3) Muhammad convinces his tribe to attack and evict the Banu Nadir

    4) Muhammad confiscates the wealth of the Banu Nadir tribe 
entirely for himself”

1-citation needed
2-citation needed
3-citation needed
4-a completely fabricated strawman fallacy

regarding sequence 4 did Muhammad really kept the wealth for himself? let’s check their own source

“The properties of Banu al-Nadir were part of what Allah bestowed on His Apostle from what the Muslims has not ridden on horses or camels to get; so they belonged especially to the Messenger of Allah () who gave his family their annual contribution.
Ibn 'Abdah said: His family (ahlihi) and not the members of his houses (ahl baitihi) ; then applied what remained for horses and weapons in Allah's path.”
Muhammad Even using their own source clearly didn’t keep it for “himself” entirely, lets’ check the other sources
“Allah bestowed (the property of) Banu al-Nadir on His Apostle. I swear by Allah, he did not reserve it for himself, nor did he take it over and above you. The Messenger of Allah () used to his share for his maintenance annually, or used to take his contribution and give his family their annual contribution (from this property), then take what remained and deal with it as he did with Allah's property.”[3] (Sahih)
how could TROP go beyond and even misrepresent their own source and ignore others

Conclusion:
This is what we expected from TROP? This is their response to DTT? lack of credibility, fabricated sources, misrepresented sources, lack of sources, lack of citations, lack of evidence
emotional and argumentum bias
if this is the start of the first section I wonder what they will fabricate next




[1] https://sunnah.com/abudawud/20/78
[2] https://sunnah.com/muslim/32/73
[3] https://sunnah.com/abudawud/20/36

Sunday, September 17, 2017

Returning to TROP

my apologies for lack of posts, i'm currently working on a new reply to TROP and it will be posted on DTT (discover the truth) not here, so next post make sure you look into DTT for a new reply, it will take long because i'm packing multiple articles into one major reply

in the mean time i noticed a problem with my blog, some articles are not viewing comments and it keeps on loading them, i will try and fix this as soon as possible

this post will be deleted when the reply is posted on DTT

Sunday, September 3, 2017

Fact Checking Ben Shapiro’s “myth of the tiny minority” part-3 (final)

Note:
I decided to make this quick and not dedicate much research and time into this because I really wanted to go back to TROP and finish my refutations on them, the next part on Ben Shapiro will deal with how non Muslims are more likely to support terror than Muslims, however after this article I shall return to TROP
so i apologize for any short argument or refutations or rushed conclusions, but i really wanted to go back to TROP (the religion of peace website)

we stated and discussed how one might be radical and what lead them to radicalization, and we proved it academically that it was not religion that is the driving factor but continuing to our discussion regarding Bangladesh
in an article in 2007 by pew center
“The percentage of Muslims saying that suicide bombing is justified in the defense of Islam has declined dramatically over the past five years in five of eight countries where trends are available. In Lebanon, for example, just 34% of Muslims say suicide bombings in the defense of Islam are often or sometimes justified; in 2002, 74% expressed this view. However, Palestinians stand out for their broad acceptance of suicide bombing. Seven-in-ten-Palestinians say this tactic is at least sometimes justified.”[1]

we are here looking at an article in 2007, so how could ben miss this?
“Among the most striking trends in predominantly Muslim nations is the continuing decline in the number saying that suicide bombing and other forms of violence against civilians are justifiable in the defense of Islam. In Lebanon, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Indonesia, the proportion of Muslims who view suicide bombing and other attacks against civilians as being often or sometimes justified have declined by half or more over the past five years.”[2]

by half or more? that’s quite of a punch in the face of Ben Shapiro argument
now what about FGM? ben, as we know, relied mostly on Pew center for research, but I couldn’t find a single article produced by Pew center regarding FGM in Bangladesh, so this baseless claim is dismissed
I’m going to make short refutations to each country he cites from now on, I won’t go into detail about sharia law and radicalization since I already rested my case for them, and as I said before, any time he mentions sharia law and radicalization (including honor killing) please refer to part 2 and 1

@02:56
“Nigeria, 75.7 million Muslims live there 71% failure sharia law that’s 53.7 million people”
again as discussed before, support of sharia law doesn’t equate being radical, I will not repeat myself, read part-2 and part-3 for more details

@03:05
“Iran, 74.8 million Muslims 83% favored implementation of sharia law as of last year so that’s 62.1 million more radicals”
 again as discussed before, support of sharia law doesn’t equate being radical, I will not repeat myself, read part-2 and part-3 for more details
@03:13
“Turkey has 74.7 million Muslims and 32% this is a moderate Muslim country, probably the most moderate Muslim country 32% said honor killings of Muslim women can actually be justified sometimes so that’2 23.9 million radical Muslims in our moderate ally Turkey”
ok, let’s fact check this, 32%? hold on, I was trying to look up this claim, the closest I got was on Wikipedia.
“Honor killings continue to receive some support in the conservative regions of Turkey. In 2005, A small survey in Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey found that, when asked the appropriate punishment for a woman who has committed adultery, 37% of respondents said she should be killed”
now hold on, just in Diyarbakir? really ben? that is your method? you took one city in turkey and made it representing all of the countries? let’s see Diyarbakir population in comparison to turkey
Diyarbakir population is roughly 1.3 million minus turkey 74.7 that’s 73.4 that’s about 48100 radicals, Ben, really? that is your methodology? how did you pull this on your fans?
you made about 48100 represent 74 million people?
@02:29 “morocco 32.4 million Muslims life there, just over quarter support sharia law that’s 24.6 million radical Muslim”
again as discussed before, support of sharia law doesn’t equate being radical, I will not repeat myself, read part-2 and part-3 for more details
@03:37
“Iraq 31.1 million Muslims live there 78% say honor killing can sometimes be justified that amount to 24.3 million Muslims radicals”
now that is my home country and is what he says true?
the closest I got was Wikiislam stated that there have been 11 incidents of honor killings in Iraq, they didn’t verify their sources but let’s take them for sake of argument, 11 incidents of honor killing, ONLY 11, and we have ben Shapiro claiming that 78% of Iraqis support honor killing?
I looked into his primary source (pew center) and I couldn’t verify his percentage
but the percentage they offered are not 78%
“Beliefs About Family Honor
The survey asked Muslims whether honor killings are ever justified as punishment for pre- or extra-marital sex.29 In 14 of the 23 countries where the question was asked, at least half say honor killings are never justified when a woman stands accused. Similarly, at least half in 15 of 23 countries say honor killings of accused men are never justified. In only two countries – Afghanistan (60%) and Iraq (60%) – do majorities say honor killings of women are often or sometimes justified,”[3]
in similar statistics done by Pew center
“Pew Research (2013): Large majorities of Muslims favor Sharia.  Among those who do, stoning women for adultery is favored by 89% in Pakistanis, 85% in Afghanistan, 81% in Egypt, 67% in Jordan, ~50% in ‘moderate’ Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, 58% in Iraq, 44% in Tunisia, 29% in Turkey, and 26% in Russia.”[4]
44% now?
first, it was by Ben 78% then later by pew it was 60% then now its 44%?

now since Ben is bringing Honor killing as a theme for his cited countries let’s now dedicate a small section regarding why Muslims justify honor killings and is it truly based on religion?
I will cite few footnotes from “Is Honor Killing a “Muslim Phenomenon”? Textual Interpretations and Cultural Representations by Recep Doğan”
I’m not going to define Honor Killing assuming we already know what we are talking about, I’m going to assign several sources and arguments that Honor Killing is a cultural rather than Islamic phenomena
I know Ben isn’t claiming that Honor killing is an Islamic thing, but if we understood how it works and where did it came from, his claim that Muslim societies are radical in nature for being Muslim is wrong
honor killing, isn’t an Islamic exclusive practice that being it’s performed over women, it’s also suffered by men, honor killing isn’t exclusive to adultery or fornication at all, honor killing is diverted and wide, basically in a nutshell it’s anything that is done by a member of a family that is considered “dishonored” or “shameful” by member of that family or that community[5], it’s particular a cultural phenomenon[6]

“If a woman refused to comply with the rules set down by her cultural community, her ‘immoral behavior’ contaminated the whole family. If other strategies to make the women comply failed, the only remedy was for her male relatives to kill her in order to protect the family honor. Thus, the murders were culturally sanctioned and designed to uphold a specific moral order”[7]

Honor is often reflected on the purity of man or daughter on their parents, and therefore violence at that case was created to protect the honor of father and mother[8]
According to Peristiany and Safilios-Rothschild, who examine the Greek concept of honor and shame, the Greek concept of philόtimo determines whether any action must be taken against dishonorable conduct or whether such conduct must be responded to with violence in order to restore honor[9]
“Etymologically philόtimo means ‘love of honor’ and is used to identify the character of a Greek who is concerned with his honor and his good name above all and who is willing to safeguard it at any price. Philόtimo acts as the sensitizing catalyst which makes the individual feel shame when one of his own or of his family’s dishonorable actions are exposed and which drives him (her) to the culturally appropriate action.”[10]
therefore honor killing which can be traced back to ancient Greek relies heavily on the cultural aspect of men having the duty of taking the dishonor of the family
this proves that contrary to popular claims, honor killing isn’t exclusive to Islam
In the case of Surjit Athwal, 27, a Sikh British woman who went missing in 1998 on a visit to her in-laws in India, was found to have been murdered in the name of honor. On 19 September 2007, Bachan Athwal, 70, Surjit Athwal’s mother-in-law and Sukhdave Athwal, 43, Surjit’s husband, were jailed for life for ordering the murder of Surjit Athwal, whom they claimed had disgraced their traditional Sikh family by having an affair (Timesonline, 20 September 2007).
The 2002 and 2003 Reports of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, and other available data also shows that honor killing is not
restricted to the Muslim communities[11]
For instance, in Upper Egypt, it was found
that Coptic families (Egyptian Christian) were statistically as likely as Muslim families
to commit such crimes[12]
further more read Muslim Phenomenon”? Textual Interpretations and Cultural Representations by Recep Doğan
but for the sake of brevity, we will continue with Ben Shapiro, when ever he mentions honor killings go read that article I cited
@3:48 Ben start with “Afghanistan 24 million people a huge majority 76% support at least occasionally just ones in a while honor killings of women 99% want sharia as law of the land it’s like a Cuban election over there”
again back to sharia law and honor killing, please refer to the article I gave and the previous parts of sharia law

@4:04 “Jordan, smaller Muslim country 6.4 million Muslims right now Hamas is like enjoying 60% approval rating so 3.8 million radical Muslims”
this is actually quite unique, Ben didn’t use Honor killings no sharia law here, but rather just a name of a radical group the original article in pew center state the following
“Among the eight countries with sizeable Muslim populations surveyed by the Pew Global Attitudes Project in 2008, Hamas received a positive rating in only one, Jordan, where 55% voiced a favorable view of the organization while 37% expressed an unfavorable opinion. Still, Jordanian attitudes toward Hamas were less positive than in 2007, when 62% gave the group a favorable rating, and 36% a negative one.”[13]
ironically this date 2009 tells us something about Lebanon, for those who don’t know Lebanon had a war with Israel back in 2006 where Israel launch a number of airstrikes as “response” to Hezbollah killing three Israeli soldiers and capturing two in Zar’it border thousands of civilians and combatants were killing, millions displaced
so we already now see where the support came from
this article was published back in 2009 so it’s already outdated but there is another article from the same year stating the opposite
“Before Israel’s Invasion, Hamas Popularity Was Waning Among Its Neighbors — Even in Gaza Itself”[14]
“Still, Jordanian attitudes toward Hamas were less positive than in 2007, when 62% gave the group a favorable rating, and 36% a negative one.

Hamas’ image also declined in neighboring Egypt. In 2007, Egyptians were split (49% favorable, 49% unfavorable). By 2008, however, only 42% had a favorable opinion, while 50% held a negative view.”[15]
“and between 2005 and 2008, it dropped from 57% to 25% among Muslims in Jordan.”[16]
@04:15 “Palestinian areas we are sending literally hundreds of millions of dollars to the Palestinian areas we are the American tax payers, 4.3 million Muslims live in the Palestinian areas 78% of those had positive or mixed feelings about bin laden 89% support terror attacks on our ally Israel 89% support sharia law, we should give them a state folks”
really ben? really?  “89% support terror attacks on our ally Israel” you do realize these are the Palestinians we are talking about here, the direct victims of Israel terror and aggression
what about ben laden, this is the part that shocked me the most, this 70% support for bin laden is only one part of the article, the article state that the support declined from 2003 to 2011 to 34% why the hell did Ben Shapiro took out that part that state the support for bin laden in Palestine was declined?
also again we are talking about Palestine here, bin laden had sympathizing views of them
“Over time, support for bin Laden has dropped sharply among Muslim publics. Since 2003, the percentage of Muslims voicing confidence in him has declined by 38 points in the Palestinian territories”[17]


In the West

Now Ben Shapiro takes us to the West and how Muslims are viewed there
@04:40 “France 4.7 million Muslims live there, a 2007 poll shows 35% of France Muslims said suicide bombing could be justified its 1.6 million radical Muslims living in France”
Now this has been circulating even in idiotic right wing Donald trump reddit forms, I couldn’t find the source for this claim, I searched all over pew center and couldn't find a single source that verifies the claim
@4:55 “great Britten, 2.8 million Muslims living there 78% want cartoonists of Muhammad legally prosecuted so we are talking about 2.2 million radical Muslims in Great Britain”
again apparently his sources this time are turning out to be Reddit forms and not pew center, but BBC did provide a link to an associated survey from ComRes[18]
the survey asked, “Do you agree or disagree with these statements about cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad ...?”
the answer was “Organisations which publish images of the prophet Muhammad deserve to be attacked” the answer to the survey was 11% agree 85% disagree
so we are actually facing 11%, not 35% that support killing cartoonist

Not so bad Ben and Reddit right wingers, you just took a survey and pumped the numbers high enough for your silly propaganda

@05:50 “how about here in the united states well we have a very moderate Muslim population we do 2.6 million Muslims live here according to Pew research 13 percent says violence against civilians can be justified 19 percent say they were either favorable toward al Qaeda or just didn’t know you know because who knows really? that’s almost 500.000 radical Muslims”
now did he pull that from Reddit again? or did he actually used pew center as claimed?
keep in mind this is Muslims in the US we will come back to them shortly
Now we do actually have a pew and to be fair to him he is correct here, the actual number is 12%, however, 84% say it’s never justified[19]
however Pew center did provide detail context behind this 12 percentage
“The new question finds that among the general public, Americans with a high school degree or less education are somewhat more likely than those with more education to say there are circumstances in which violence against civilians can be justified.”
so this is a matter of ignorance and not religious devotion
let’s read more
“Although the survey question was intended to probe the morality of targeting innocent people to advance a cause – as suicide bombers and other terrorists often do – some respondents may have interpreted it more broadly. For instance, one man in his 80s said that violence against civilians is acceptable “just in self-defense.” And another man in his 50s said: “If I’m walking along and I’m peaceful, and somebody wants to hurt me or my family because of their political, religious, social views, by all means, I think … our law enforcement has every right to put them down.””[20]
Ok, so the justifications behind killing civilians can widely vary from self-defense, and not strictly religious reasons like how Ben would assume
Supporting killing of civilians isn’t always a matter of religion, I could support killing civilians in case of self-defense for example
Conclusion

Ben in this entire weak sorry excuse of a video made the following arguments
1-      if you support sharia law you are radical
2-      you are religiously devoted if you hold radical beliefs
3-      honor killing is a Muslim thing
now he might not have objectively made these statements explicit, but nevertheless, his video screams of these 3 bad arguments that lack any credible scientific research



[1] http://www.pewglobal.org/2007/07/24/a-rising-tide-lifts-mood-in-the-developing-world/
[2] ibid
[3] http://www.pewforum.org/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-morality/#_ftn9
[4] http://www.pewforum.org/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Muslim/worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-full-report.pdf
[5] John George Peristiany, ed., Honour and Shame: The Values of Mediterranean Society, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1966, p. 11.
[6] Mikael Kurkiala, “Interpreting Honour Killings: The Story of Fadime Sahindal (1975–2002) in the
Swedish Press”, Anthropology Today, Vol. 19, No. 1, February 2003, pp. 6–7, 6.
[7] ibid page.7
[8] Julian A. Pitt-Rivers, “Honour and Social Status”, in Honour and Shame, ed. John George Peristiany,
op. cit., pp. 19–77, 53
[9] John George Peristiany, “Honour and Shame in a Cypriot Highland Village”, in Honour and Shame,
ed. John George Peristiany, op. cit., pp. 171–190, 179; Constantina Safilios-Rothschild, “‘Honour’
Crimes in Contemporary Greece”, The British Journal of Sociology, Vol. 20, 1969, pp. 205–218, 205
[10] Constantina Safilios-Rothschild, Ibid., p. 205.
[11] Honor killings take place in countries including Brazil, Denmark, Egypt, Iraq, Israel and the occupied territories, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Qatar, Sweden,
Syria, Turkey, and Yemen (Report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against
women (2002), Report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women
(2003)). See also Rana Husseini, Murder in the Name of Honor, Oxford, UK: One World Publications,
2009. According to Bettiga-Boukerbout honor killing also took place in Italy. Maria Gabriella
Bettiga-Boukerbout, “‘Crimes of Honour’ in the Italian Penal Code: An Analysis of History and
Reform”, in “Honour” Crimes, eds Lynn Welchman and Sara Hossain, op. cit., pp. 230–244, 235.
[12] CEWLA (Centre for Egyptian Women’s Legal Assistance), “‘Crimes of Honour’ as Violence against
Women in Egypt”, in “Honour” Crimes, eds Lynn Welchman and Sara Hossain, op. cit., pp. 137–159,
155, 159.
[13] http://www.pewglobal.org/2009/01/08/views-toward-hamas/
[14] ibid
[15] ibid
[16] ibid
[17] http://www.pewglobal.org/2011/05/02/osama-bin-laden-largely-discredited-among-muslim-publics-in-recent-years/
[18] http://www.comresglobal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/BBC-Today-Programme_British-Muslims-Poll_FINAL-Tables_Feb2015.pdf
[19] http://www.pewforum.org/2017/07/26/terrorism-and-concerns-about-extremism/
[20] ibid