Almost most the narratives of these conditions came with the same text that stated on part one, with much unnoticed tiny differences. In this part of the article, I will discuss the condition’s positions in Islamic heritage, and mentions some of its contradictions with the well-known tradition of Islam. - These conditions have penetrated into our religious jurisprudence and political heritage and have clearly influenced the approval of many jurisprudential views of many scholars. Many books have been written describing these claimed conditions, without paying attention that these conditions are falsified and contrary to the purposes of Islam and the ... Read More

By Tarek Ladjal The Pact of Umar, written by the second Muslim Caliph Umar Ibn Al-Khattab, to the Christians of Jerusalem, in the year 15 H., is considered a landmark in the policy of Islam towards the followers of other faiths. It has become, over time, a source of pride for Islam, which advocated the values of tolerance in the middle ages, in which these values were not acceptable or palatable. In spite of the opinions raised about the existence of the Pact of Umar, such as those by Al-Yacoubi, Ibn Al-Batriq, Ibn Al-Jawzi, Al-Tabri, and Mujair Al-Din Al-Alimi, who ... Read More

The Holy Quran contains many verses that stipulate that the People of the Book are closer to Allah and to Muslims than others. It also urges Muslims to consider them and to believe in their righteousness. The Almighty said: “You will surely find the most intense of the people in animosity toward the believers [to be] the Jews and those who associate others with Allah; and you will find the nearest of them in affection to the believers those who say, "We are Christians." That is because among them are priests and monks and because they are not arrogant.” (82: ... Read More

After the late loss and deterioration of the so called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on the ground, the group adopted a new strategy, which was announced by its spokesperson Mohammed Adnani in 2014, by calling on sympathizers with the group “to kill nationals of states anywhere, using any available weapon without consulting ISIS or being officially organized under its umbrella.” This bloody strategy is the only manifestation of the claimed achievement of ISIS after the intensification of the campaign against it and its loss of large parts of the territory it held under its control in Iraq ... Read More

The 2016 Global Terrorism Index published by the Institute for Economics and Peace and has tracked the development of the terrorist phenomenon. Compared with the year 2015, the year 2016 can be considered a bloody year despite the decline in certain indicators related to this phenomenon. Reductions have been the result of the ground campaign to regain control of Daesh occupied areas. As a result, Daesh has lost control of much of its occupied territories and influence due to the successive campaigns in 2015 and 2016. The campaign also intensified against Boko Haram led by the Nigerian government resulting in ... Read More

The word “tolerance” means the ability or willingness to tolerate the existence of opinions or behavior of others that one dislikes or disagrees with. Example of tolerance can be taken from this proverb: "The desert camel shows the greatest tolerance to dehydration.", which can be applied to “religious tolerance”.[1]   Religious toleration is, people allowing other people to think or practice other religions and beliefs. In a country with a state religion, toleration means that the government allows other religions to be there.[2]   Religious tolerance, respect, broad-mindedness and acceptance is one of the most important characteristics of a human, which a society must show towards the religions ... Read More

Creating an atmosphere of tolerance for a dialogue of cultures: To stop obscurantism, it is important to come to an understanding of several key aspects and potential actions. First, sophisticated communication techniques are employed by politicians to manufacture Islamophobia. It includes “perception manipulation” used by Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda J.Gebbels: “The more you repeat a big lie, the more people believe it is a truth”. Therefore, the question is how effective is political correctness observed by those who try to combat Islamophobia at the “Islam-the West” discourse on all levels (the OIC Observatory Report on Islamophobia, expressing “a kind of ... Read More

There are eight shocking facts you did not know about violence in Christianity and Islam. 1. Hatred and violence Western experts and historians came to a conclusion that Christian scriptures in the Bible were actually far more bloody and violent than those in the Quran. “There is a specific kind of warfare laid down in the Bible, called Consider the Book of Samuel, when God instructs King Saul to attack the Amalekites: “And utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them,” God says through the Prophet Samuel. “But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox ... Read More