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Should I burst your bubble? Let me burst it because I see that you don’t want to learn. You have been fed with lies and it has compounded your ignorance.
You are confusing the first three hundred years of early Christianity with the last 1700 years of Christendom. Yes, the early followers of Jesus were persecuted. However, the moment the Roman Empire adopted Christianity under Constantine and later made it the only legal religion with the Edict of Thessalonica in 380 AD, the persecuted became the violent persecutors. Pagans were slaughtered and their temples destroyed.
Have you read about Charlemagne? During the Saxon Wars in the 8th century, he issued a law called the “Capitulatio de partibus Saxoniae.” His official state policy was baptism or death. I know you don’t know this Barbie 😂. He beheaded thousands of Saxons in a single day at the Massacre of Verden for refusing to convert.
When the Conquistadors arrived in the Americas, they read a document called the “Requerimiento” to the native populations. It demanded they submit to the Church and the Spanish Crown, or face war, enslavement, and death. Was that people repenting and turning to Jesus? State violence played a huge role in Christianizing Europe and the Americas.
Now let me turn to Islam. I see that you are ignorant, and this has made you conflate political expansion with religious conversion.
When Muslim armies defeated the Byzantine and Persian empires, they conquered land and established political authority. They did not put swords to the necks of civilians to change their faith. If they did, places like Egypt, Syria, and Persia would have become Muslim overnight.
However, historical records show these regions remained majority Christian and Zoroastrian for almost 300 years after the initial Islamic conquest. They converted gradually over centuries under the Dhimmi system because they were protected and allowed to keep their faith.
Take a look at the largest Muslim populations today. Indonesia, Malaysia, and massive regions of East and West Africa. No Muslim army ever marched there. Islam spread entirely through trade routes, scholars, and the moral character of Muslim merchants.
Do not take my word for it. Sir Thomas Arnold, a non-Muslim historian in his book “The Preaching of Islam” thoroughly dismantled this sword myth. In fact, the famous British historian De Lacy O'Leary wrote in his book “Islam at the Crossroads” and stated expressly that: the myth of the legend of fanatical Muslims sweeping through the world and forcing Islam at the point of the sword is one of the most fantastically absurd myths that historians have ever repeated.
Will I open your head and speak truth to it if you can’t be open minded to learn? This subject matter is well above your pay grade. Maybe your boss Dachomo will do better. And I promise, I will school him.
Thank you for your attention.
Hey Barbir @Alex_Barbir,
I thought as an American, you should be smart. Unfortunately, you aren’t. You quoted this same verse two days ago, now you have quoted it again. If this verse is your only weapon, then you need to call your teacher Dachomo that you have failed again.
I know why this verse looks strange to you. It is because you are reading a 7th century text on statecraft and warfare through a very lazy modern lens. But I will help you and others like you who may want to weaponize it in the future.
Surah 9:29 is not a blanket command to fight every non-Muslim. That is a very poor reading of the Quran. This specific verse was revealed during an active state of war. It was directed at the Byzantine Empire, the Romans, who were mobilizing a huge army to attack the Muslims in Medina. This was the buildup to the Battle of Tabuk. You are taking a military directive meant for a hostile Roman army and trying to sell it as a random command to kill people today. Thats gravely unfair.
Jonathan A.C. Brown who was formerly a Christian and later became a Muslim broke this down perfectly in his book “Misquoting Muhammad.” He showed how orientalists and hostile Christians like you strip verses from their historical application and misapply them to modern society. He called this an academic fraud.
And as for that tax you highlighted at the end. In an Islamic state, Muslims paid Zakat and had compulsory military service. Non-Muslim citizens on the other hand were totally exempt from fighting. The Jizyah was a protection tax. The state was obligated to protect their lives, churches, and properties. History records that if the Islamic state could not protect those citizens, the money had to be returned. What is more good than that?
Let’s now consider some historical comparison to show your obvious ignorance.
Go to Deuteronomy 20 in the Old Testament. It outlines the rules of war for the Israelites. It says when you march up to attack a city, make an offer of peace. If the city accepts, all the people in it shall be subject to forced labor and pay tribute. If they refuse, you lay siege to it and put the men to the sword.
Does that mean every Christian or Jew today is commanded to enslave people and collect tribute? No. Because rational people understand that was a historical context for ancient nation building. But when you see the same concept of a state tax in the Quran, you suddenly lose your reading comprehension.
Karen Armstrong, who was a renowned historian and former Catholic nun said in her book “Fields of Blood,” she explained that in the medieval period, every single empire required taxation and military defense to survive. Islamic statecraft was no different. The Romans had a similar system called the Tributum capitis. It was a poll tax paid in exchange for state protection.
To Alex Barbir: you are too small for the intellectual war you want to embark upon.
To every Nigerian who loves peace, we need to ignore this clown. He is acting more like a spy who is only here to milk our national tragedy for his own hidden agenda.
And to media houses such as News Central and AriseTV giving this guy a platform and promoting him, you people are playing a very dangerous game. You will end up blowing up this country just for ratings.
Thank you for your attention.
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@AwalMubs@MuhaimeenYahaya@SabitiMohammed@Citi973 I thought you initially said you were replying to both of us. I have checked the Hadith which is authentic but has no ruling on that question. I’m asking you and you’re waiting for him. So you won’t answer till he replies ?
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1. Science of the Qur'an. The Qur'an is beyond recitation,
@AwalMubs@MuhaimeenYahaya@SabitiMohammed@Citi973 The Hadith you quoted doesn’t answer that question and since you claimed to learned and we have to go back to madarasa you could’ve just clarified for instance instead of whatever you’re doing now
@AwalMubs@MuhaimeenYahaya@SabitiMohammed@Citi973 Lmao you’re just deflecting. Yes you’ve given your source on the topic and I’m not disputing what you said. This is a simple question. What happens when it is time for Eid Adha and Arafat. Do you follow the sighting you used to fast or you follow Saudi ?
It’s a simple query
@alukyi This number just called me pretending to be you doing give away. He picked my number from one of the posts I commented on to try and fraud me. Please make your followers aware of this fraudster
@AwalMubs@MuhaimeenYahaya@SabitiMohammed@Citi973 Learned Islamic scholar, just answer the question He asked specifically . What do we do about Eid Adha and Arafat. Do we do our Eid and Arafat according to our own Ramadan moon sighting or what ?
@AwalMubs@SabitiMohammed@Citi973 The prophet didn't ask us to follow Saudi. Why then do the world observe eid adhar which is exactly 2months 10 days after eid fitr with Saudi, which includes Arafat etc.
Why don't every state choose a unique hajj date to correspond to the day eidftr was observed in their country