THE ISLAMIC DOCTRINE OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS BILL WARNER, PHD CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL ISLAM THE ISLAMIC DOCTRINE OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS BILL WARNER, PHD CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL ISLAM COPYRIGHT © 2010 CSPI, LLC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ISBN13 978-1-936659-00-5 V 09.20.2016 PUBLISHED BY CSPI, LLC WWW.CSPIPUBLISHING.COM This book is dedicated to the millions of victims of jihad over the last 1400 years. May you read this and become a voice for the voiceless. PREFACE THE CSPI TEACHING METHOD The Center for the Study of Political Islam, CSPI teaching method is the easiest and quickest way to learn about Islam. Authoritative There are only two ultimate authorities about Islam—Allah and Mohammed. All of the curriculum in the CSPI method is from the Koran and the Sunna (the words and deeds of Mohammed). The knowledge you get in CSPI is powerful, authoritative and irrefutable. You learn the facts about the ideology of Islam from its ultimate sources. Story-telling Facts are hard to remember, stories are easy to remember. The most important story in Islam is the life of Mohammed. Once you know the story of Mohammed, all of Islam is easy to understand. Systemic Knowledge The easiest way to study Islam is to first see the whole picture. The perfect example of this is the Koran. The Koran alone cannot be understood, but when the life of Mohammed is added, the Koran is straight forward. There is no way to understand Islam one idea at the time, because there is no context. Context, like story-telling, makes the facts and ideas simple to understand. The best analogy is that when the jig saw puzzle is assembled, the image on the puzzle is easy to see. But looking at the various pieces, it is difficult to see the picture. Levels of Learning The ideas of Islam are very foreign to our civilization. It takes repetition to grasp the new ideas. The CSPI method uses four levels of training to teach the doctrine in depth. The first level is designed for a beginner. Each level repeats the basics for in depth learning. When you finish the first level you will have seen the entire scope of Islam, The in depth knowledge will come from the next levels. Political Islam, Not Religious Islam Islam has a political doctrine and a religious doctrine. Its political doctrine is of concern for everyone, while religious Islam is of concern only for Muslims. Books Designed for Learning Each CSPI book fits into a teaching system. Most of the paragraphs have an index number which means that you can confirm for yourself how factual the books are by verifying from the original source texts. LEVEL 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE TRILOGY AND SHARIA The Life of Mohammed, The Hadith, Foundations of Islam, The Two Hour Koran, Sharia Law for Non-Muslims, Self Study on Political Islam, Level 1 After Level 1, you will know more about political Islam than the vast majority of people, including most experts. LEVEL 2 APPLIED DOCTRINE, SPECIAL TOPICS The Doctrine of Women, The Doctrine of Christians and Jews, The Doctrine of Slavery, Self-Study on Political Islam, Level 2, Psychology of the Muslim, Factual Persuasion LEVEL 3 INTERMEDIATE TRILOGY AND SHARIA Mohammed and the Unbelievers, Political Traditions of Mohammed, Simple Koran, Self-Study of Political Islam, Level 3, Sources of the Koran, selected topics from Reliance of the Traveller LEVEL 4 ORIGINAL SOURCE TEXTS The Life of Muhammed, Guillaume; any Koran, Sahih Bukhari, selected topics, Mohammed and Charlemagne Revisited, Scott. With the completion of Level 4 you are prepared to read both popular and academic texts. OVERVIEW CHAPTER 1 This book will show you how Islam views Christianity and Judaism by reading the same doctrine that Islamic scholars read. This is the foundation of Islam. There is nothing deeper or more fundamental than the Koran, Sira and Hadith. When you see Islam through the life of Mohammed, it is easy to understand. Facts are forgettable, but a story is always remembered. It all starts when Mohammed got what he called revelations from the only god. Soon stories from the Jewish scriptures emerge. You will understand the doctrine of the Jew and Christian as it unfolded in Mohammed’s life. The story makes all of the pieces fit together and make sense. THE ISLAMIC BIBLE—THE TRILOGY Islam is defined by the words of Allah in the Koran, and the words and actions of Mohammed, called the Sunna. The Sunna is found in two collections of texts—the Sira (Mohammed’s life) and the Hadith. The Koran says 91 times that his words and actions are considered to be the divine pattern for humanity. A hadith, or tradition, is a brief story about what Mohammed did or said. A collection of hadiths is called a Hadith. Only the most authoritative ones are used in this book. So the Trilogy is the Koran, the Sira and the Hadith. Most people think that the Koran is the bible of Islam, but it is only about 14% of the total textual doctrine. This means that Islam is 14% Allah and 86% Mohammed. The Trilogy is the foundation and totality of Islam. FIGURE1.1: THE RELATIVE SIZES OF THE TRILOGY TEXTS KAFIR The word Kafir will be used in this book instead of “unbeliever”, the standard usage. Unbeliever is a neutral term. The Koran defines the word Kafir and Kafir is not a neutral word. A Kafir is evil, disgusting, the lowest form of life. Kafirs can be deceived, hated, enslaved, tortured, killed, lied to and cheated. So the usual word “unbeliever” does not reflect the political reality of Islam. There are many religious names for Kafirs: polytheists, idolaters, People of the Book (Christians and Jews), Buddhists, atheists, agnostics, and pagans. Kafir covers them all, because no matter what the religious name is, they can all be treated the same. What Mohammed said and did to polytheists can be done to any other category of Kafir. Islam devotes a great amount of energy to the Kafir. The majority (64%) of the Koran is devoted to the Kafir, and nearly all of the Sira (81%) deals with Mohammed’s struggle with them. The Hadith (Traditions) devotes 37% of the text to Kafirs1. Overall, the Trilogy devotes 51% of its content to the Kafir. FIGURE 1.2: AMOUNT OF TEXT DEVOTED TO KAFIR