Islamic Viewpoint

Jihad in Islam

• The Path to Allah’s Victory

• Overthrowing an Oppressive Ruler

• Baghdad’s Downfall: Should Muslims Stop Their Supplications?

• Jihad Against the US-Led Forces: Mass Suicide?

• Jihad: Not Only Fighting

• Killing the “Other”…

• Jihad, Not a “Holy” War! 

• Voice of Consciousness at the Time of War

• Who is a Martyr?

• Jihad and Peace in Islam 

• Jihad: When and Upon Whom? 

• Spending Zakah Money on Jihad

• Spiritual Discipline: A Prerequisite for Jihad 

• What is Jihad in Islam? 

• Hadiths on The Merits of Jihad 

• Levels of Jihad 

• Muslim Women Participating in Jihad 

• Is Jihad Synonymous with Aggression? 

• Jihad: Its True Meaning and Purpose 

• Economic Jihad: A Legal Obligation and Religious Necessity

• Jihad in Islam: Preemptive or Defensive? 

• Did Muhammad (PBUH) Ever Torture His Enemies? 

• Does Islam Call for Killing Innocents? 

• Islam and the Use of Force

• Qaradawi: Resisting Invaders Individual Duty

• Is Jihad Obligatory upon Muslims If US Attacks Iraq?

• Killing the “Other” to Please the “LORD”!

• The way of the sword

• Explaining verses about Jihad

• Islam a religion of peace??!!

• Jihad in Islam: Preemptive or Defensive? 

• Islam and Killing of Infidels

• Jihad of Average Muslim

• Permit to Fight

• Islam Teaches Peace

• Jihad, not... a "Holy" War!

• When and How to Fight

• Die and Live for a Belief  

• Any Teachings to Justify Terror? 

• To Kill or Not to Kill… Innocents?! 

• Violent Teachings of… the Qur’an??

• Fighting Back… When??

• What Does Islam Say about Terrorism?   

• Martyr Operations or Terrorism?

• Offering Funeral Prayer for Martyrs

• Jihad in the Cause of Allah

• Is the Struggle for Defending One's Nation Regarded as Jihad in Allah's Cause?

• Condemning the Martyr Operations

• Martyr Operations or Terrorism

• Levels of Jihad 

• Is the Struggle for Defending One's Nation Regarded as Jihad in Allah's Cause?  

• Jihad of the Nafs and in Da'wah

• “May Allah Curse all Americans” Never Say Amen!

Backing Fellow Iraqis

• Using Zakah to Promote Psychological Counter Attack

• Collecting Donations during the Friday Khutbah

• Why Do We Wait?

• Funeral Prayer in Absentia for Martyred Iraqis

• Voice of Consciousness at the Time of War: Friday Khutbah by Dr. Maher Hathout

• Funeral Prayer in Absentia for Martyred Iraqis

• Our Perspective of War: Friday Khutbah by Dr. Maher Hathout

• Role of European Muslim Women in Supporting the Iraqis

• Supplications in Times of Distress

• What Can We Do??

• Scholars’ Silence towards Current Crises

• Muslims’ Role in the Prospective War on Iraq

• Offering Prayer for Peace in Iraq 

• Backing Fellow Muslims in Iraq 

• The Iraqi Crisis: Muslim Scholars’ Role 

• Can I Travel to Fight with the Iraqis?

• How Can Muslims in US & Its Allies Support the Iraqi People?

• Boycotting Products of the US & Its Allies: Obligatory?

• Ulama’s Fatwa on Boycotting Israeli and American Products

• Pro-Iraq Rallies: Islamic Ethics

• Why Demonstrate?

• Boycotting British and Spanish Products 

• What Should Be Our Role if an Attack is Launched on a Muslim Country?

• Impact of Boycott on Arab Economy 

• Boycotting Israeli and American Goods

• Boycotting the Products: Will It Yield Result?

Assisting US Against Iraq

• Iraqis Cooperating with the Invaders: Permissible?

• Supplying US Army Fighting in Iraq

• Backing the US-led War on Iraq to Remove "Dictatorship" 

• Attacking Iraq: To Whose Voice Should Muslims Listen?

• Assisting US against Iraq: Apostasy? 

• The Iraqi Opposition & the Destruction of Iraq 

• Selling Food to the US Troops Fighting in Iraq

• Muslim Soldiers’ Participation in War on Iraq 

• Backing the US-led War on Iraq to Remove "Dictatorship" 

• Participation of Muslim Soldiers in US & Its Allies Armies in War on Iraq 

• Seeking the US Support to Topple Saddam 

• Non-Muslim Military Bases in Muslim Lands

• American Muslim Soldiers Are Not Allowed to Participate in War With Iraq

• Participation of Muslim Soldiers in US & Its Allies Armies in War on Iraq

War Ethics

• Islam’s Stance on Prisoners of War

• Islamic Ruling on Plundering and Looting in Iraq

• War and Peace: Friday Khutbah by Dr. Maher Hathout

• Ethical Treatment of American POWs

• War Ethics in Islam

• POWs Displayed: Juristic & Legal View

• Retaliation against US and Allied Civilians

• Using WMD in War: Islamic View

• Islam’s Stance on Prisoners of War

• Attacking Civilians in War Times: Juristic Approach

• Raping Enemies’ Women in Retaliation

• How Islam Views Possession of Nukes  

• Planting Landmines: Islamic View 

• Setting Fire to the Iraqi Oil Wells 

• Attacking Iraq & Targeting the US Interests 

• Attacking US Bases in Arab Countries  

• Seeking Martyrdom by Attacking US Military Bases in the Gulf

• Declaration of War Against non-Muslims?!

• Islam Stance on Torturing Captives

Muslim Institutions’ Views

• 33 Russian Muftis Declare Jihad Against U.S.

• Jihad to Defend Iraq: Al-Azhar’s View

• War on Iraq: European Jurists' View

• Al-Azhar Calls for Jihad in Case of Iraq War

• Declaration of the European Council of Fatwa and Research

Miscellaneous

• Shi`ites & Sunnis: Time for Unity  

• Cheek Striking in Mourning Al-Hussein…Shiite Fatwa

• Islamic Comportment in Times of Tribulations

• War on Iraq: Liberation or Occupation?

• Iraqis' Obligation to Resist Occupation

• Seeking the Truth: a Religious Obligation

• The Muslim Ummah: Looking on the Bright Side

• Muslims and the Task of Maintaining the Status Quo

• US-Styled Liberation…: Friday Khutbah by Dr. Jamal Badawi 

• Before It’s too Late, End the Aggression: Friday Khutbah by Dr. Jamal Badawi

• Is It Obligatory for Iraqis to Return to Defend Iraq?

• War on Iraq: New Crusade or Imperialism?

• The Muslim Ummah: Looking on the Bright Side

• Attacking Iraq & Prophesied Quest for Gold 

• Armageddon & the End of the World

• Rumors at Times of Crisis

• Fatwas on the Iraqi Crisis by Sheikh Faisal Mawlawi

• Fatwas on Economic Issues of the Iraqi Crisis

• Muslims Possessing Weapons of Mass Destruction

• From the Dictators to the “Liberators”!

• The Iraqi Liberation... an American Grant?!    

• Universality and Humanism

• The Propaganda of Terrorism

• Reflections on the Iraqi Situation: An Islamic Background

• Iraqis Living Abroad: Should They Return to Defend Iraq?

• Preemptive War

• Civility… a Universal Human Virtue  

• It is Politics, Not Religion, That Teaches Hate

• Justice... for Peace and Security