The Tufail Ahmad Lecture: Is terrorism Islamic? And five arguments answered by jihadis – Firstpost

On 13 August, Tufail Ahmad delivered a lecture in Hyderabad at a launch for his latest book Jihadist Threat to India: The Case for Islamic Reformation by an Indian Muslim, organised in Hyderabad by the Social Cause. This is called Islam’s blasphemy law due to which two jihadi brothers from Al-Qaeda shot dead the editors of Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris last year. Allah will torment them at your hands and will humiliate them, and will help you against them, and will heal the breasts of Muslims.” Verse 2:251 says: “And if Allah did not check one set of people by means of another, the Earth would indeed be full of mischief…” Some writers cite the verse 2:256 that says: “There is no compulsion in religion.” However, jihadis argue that this verse is applicable to non-Muslims who must live under Shari’a rule. He insisted that there is indeed compulsion for Muslims and quoted Prophet Muhammad as saying: “Beat up your children when they are 10 years old to offer their prayers if they do not do so…” Argument 3: Room to criticise Islam Critics of Islamism are told to shut up by supporters of everyday Islamism who argue that Islam promotes co-existence and pluralism. They cite the verse 109:6, “To you your religion, and to me mine.” But this verse was revealed not to promote pluralism, but to ensure that the Islamic lifestyle didn’t mix with non-Muslims of Mecca.