Muslims living in and addressing the West seek to present Islam in the best
light and claim that kidnapping and hostage-taking are contrary to
shariah.
It is claimed that this is especially so when foreigners holding visas
from
Muslim governments are involved.It is said that kidnapping innocent people
and civilians is also forbidden.
What these apologists omit to say (taqiyya again) is that during times of
war such practices are legitimate, though when challenged they concede
this.
Islamists, of course, argue that the umma is in a state of jihad against
corrupt infidel governments, and therefore kidnapping and hostage-taking,
according to Muhammad's own example in war, are legitimate. They further
argue that in modern warfare there are no innocent civilians because they
sup****t the infidel governments by voting in elections and paying taxes.
(They forget about infants and children, the many who do not vote, and
those
who vote against their governments.)
Bin Laden argues in the same way:
"It is a fundamental principle of any democracy that the people choose
their
leaders, and as such, approve and are party to the actions of their
elected
leaders... By electing these leaders, the American people have given
their
consent to the incarceration of the Palestinian people, the demolition of
Palestinian homes and the slaughter of the children of Iraq. That is why
the
American people are not innocent. The American people are active members
in
all these crimes.
"Statement From Shaykh Usama Bin Laden, May God Protect Him, and Al Qaeda
Organization" (Al Qaeda website 14 Oct 2002)
Information from: Patrick Sookhdeo "Global Jihad."
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