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A

CRITICAL EXPOSITION

OF THE

POPULAR "JIHÁD."

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A

CRITICAL EXPOSITION

OF THE

POPULAR "JIHÁD."

SHOWING THAT

ALL THE WARS OF MOHAMMAD WERE DEFENSIVE; AND THAT
AGGRESSIVE WAR, OR COMPULSORY CONVERSION,
IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE KORAN.




WITH APPENDICES

PROVING THAT THE WORD "JIHAD" DOES NOT EXEGETICALLY MEAN
'WARFARE,' AND THAT SLAVERY IS NOT SANCTIONED
BY THE PROPHET OF ISLAM.



BY MOULAVI GHERÁGH ALI,
Author of
"REFORMS UNDER MOSLEM RULE,"
"HYDERABAD (DECCAN) UNDER SIR SALAR JUNG."





CALCUTTA:
THACKER, SPINK AND CO.


1885.

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CALCUTTA:
PRINTED BY THACKER, SPINK AND CO.







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NOTE.

I here take the opportunity of removing a wrong idea of the allegedinjunction of the Prophet against our countrymen the Hindús. The Hon'bleRaja Sivá Prasad, in his speech at the Legislative Council, on the 9thMarch, 1883, while discussing the Ilbert Bill, quoted from Amir Khusro'sTarikh Alái that, "Ala-ud-dín Khiliji once sent for a Kází, and askedhim what was written in the Code of Mehammadan law regarding the Hindús.The Kází answered that, the Hindús were Zimmis (condemned to pay theJízya tax); if asked silver, they ought to pay gold with deep respectand humility; and if the collector of taxes were to fling dirt in theirfaces, they should gladly open their mouths wide. God's order is to keepthem in subjection, and the Prophet enjoins on the faithful to kill,plunder and imprison them, to make Mussulmáns, or to put them to thesword, to enslave them, and confiscate their property....'" [VideSupplement to the Gazette of India, April 21, 1883, page 807.]

These alleged injunctions, I need not say here, after what I have statedin various places of this book regarding intolerance, and compulsoryconversion, are merely false imputations. There are no such injunctionsof the Prophet against either Zimmis, (i.e., protected orguaranteed) or the Hindús.






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TO
THE HONORABLE

SYED AHMED KHAN BAHADUR, C.S.I.,

THIS BOOK
IS, WITHOUT EVEN ASKING PERMISSION.
AND WHOLLY WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE.


DEDICATED

AS A SLIGHT BUT SINCERE TESTIMONY OF ADMIRATION FOR HIS LONG
AND VARIOUS SERVICES IN THE CAUSE OF ISLAM
AND
IN RESPECT OF HIS RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL REFORMS IN THE
MOSLIMS OF INDIA,
AND
OF GRATITUDE FOR MUCH PERSONAL KINDNESS AND FRIENDSHIP,
BY

THE AUTHOR.






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