Myth vs Fact

Myth	Fact
Islam: Religion of peace.	Reliance of the Traveller, Book O.9.9 O9.9 The caliph fights all other peoples until they become Muslim (O: because they are not a people with a Book, nor honored as such, and are not permitted to settle with paying the poll tax (jizya) ) (n: though according to the Hanafi school, peoples of all other religions, even idol worshippers, are permitted to live under the protection of the Islamic state if they either become Muslim or agree to pay the poll tax, the sole exceptions to which are apostates from Islam and idol worshippers who are Arabs, neither of whom has any choice but becoming Muslim (al-Hidaya sharh Bidaya al-mubtadi’ (y21), 6.48-49) ).
Bottom Line:	What does the Caliph do? The caliph fights all other peoples until they become Muslim The Caliph makes war upon ‘people of the book’ and he fights all other peoples until they become Muslim or dead. That is Islamic law, God damn it! Islam, as defined by: its scripture: the Qur’an its tradition: the Hadith its law: the Sharia is not a religion, it is permanent war! The Order to fight People of the Scriptures until They give the Jizyah The Order for Jihad against the Disbelievers, the Closest, then the Farthest Areas The Order to fight to eradicate Shirk and Kufr The Order to fight until there is no more Fitnah When do those orders expire? Abu Dawud Book 14, Number 2526 Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Three things are the roots of faith: to refrain from (killing) a person who utters, “There is no god but Allah” and not to declare him unbeliever whatever sin he commits, and not to excommunicate him from Islam for his any action; and jihad will be performed continuously since the day Allah sent me as a prophet until the day the last member of my community will fight with the Dajjal (Antichrist). The tyranny of any tyrant and the justice of any just (ruler) will not invalidate it. One must have faith in Divine decree. Jihad continues from 610 to the end of the world. What happens if the Muslims discontinue Jihad in favor of more productive pursuits? Abu DawudBook 23, Number 3455: Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar: I heard the Apostle of Allah, (peace_be_upon_him) say: When you enter into the inah transaction, hold the tails of oxen, are pleased with agriculture, and give up conducting jihad (struggle in the way of Allah). Allah will make disgrace prevail over you, and will not withdraw it until you return to your original religion. Allah will curse them if they abandon Jihad.