बदले और न्याय को कभी भी एक मत समझिए।
Never get vengeance and justice mixed up.
Never get vengeance and justice mixed up.
एक योद्धा घायल तो हो सकता है, पर आहत या अपमानित नहीं। एक योद्धा के लिए अपने साथी इंसानों के कामों में कुछ भी बुरा नहीं होता, बशर्ते वह खुद सही मानसिकता के साथ काम कर रहा हो।
A warrior can be injured but not offended. For a warrior there is nothing offensive about the acts of her fellow human beings, as long as she herself is acting in the proper mood.
A warrior can be injured but not offended. For a warrior there is nothing offensive about the acts of her fellow human beings, as long as she herself is acting in the proper mood.
अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता में स्पष्ट रूप से किसी को परेशान करने, उसका मज़ाक उड़ाने और उसे नाराज़ करने की आज़ादी भी शामिल है।
Freedom of speech encompasses precisely the freedom to annoy, to ridicule, and to offend.
Freedom of speech encompasses precisely the freedom to annoy, to ridicule, and to offend.
इस्लाम अपनी दुनियावी ज़िम्मेदारी यह मानता है कि वह ताकत के बल पर अल्लाह के कानून को पूरी दुनिया में फैलाए।
Islam understands its earthly mission to extend the law of Allah over the world by force.
Islam understands its earthly mission to extend the law of Allah over the world by force.
दबाव में होने पर धर्म की रक्षा के लिए झूठ बोला जा सकता है, यह बात कुरान में सिखाई गई है।
When one is under pressure, one may lie in order to protect the religion, this is taught in the Qur’an.
When one is under pressure, one may lie in order to protect the religion, this is taught in the Qur’an.
यह एक बहुत बड़ी घटना थी, क्योंकि इसने एक मिसाल कायम कर दी: भलाई उसे माना जाने लगा जिससे मुसलमानों का फायदा हो, और बुराई उसे जिससे उन्हें नुकसान पहुँचे, बिना किसी बड़े नैतिक पैमाने को देखे। नैतिकता के बुनियादी उसूलों को ताक पर रखकर बस काम निकालने और स्वार्थ की नीति को सबसे ऊपर रख दिया गया।
This was a momentous incident, for it would set a pattern: good became identified with anything that redounded to the benefit of Muslims, and evil with anything that harmed them, without reference to any larger moral standard. Moral absolutes were swept aside in favor of the overarching principle of expediency.
This was a momentous incident, for it would set a pattern: good became identified with anything that redounded to the benefit of Muslims, and evil with anything that harmed them, without reference to any larger moral standard. Moral absolutes were swept aside in favor of the overarching principle of expediency.
लेकिन इस्लामिक कानून के अनुसार, जिहाद के दौरान मुसलमान गैर-मुसलमानों के साथ तभी समझौता या संधि कर सकते हैं जब वे कमजोर स्थिति में हों और उन्हें दोबारा ताकत जुटाने के लिए समय की ज़रूरत हो। जिन लोगों ने क्रूसेडर्स (धर्मयुद्ध करने वालों) के साथ समझौते किए, उन्होंने इस सिद्धांत को कभी नहीं भुलाया और कभी भी ऐसा समझौता नहीं किया जिससे अंत में मुसलमानों की स्थिति कमजोर हो।
But according to Islamic law, Muslims may only conclude truces during jihad warfare with non-Muslims when they are in a position of weakness and need time to gather strength to fight again. Those who concluded agreements with the Crusaders did not lose sight of this principle and never entered into a pact that ultimately weakened the Muslims’ position.
But according to Islamic law, Muslims may only conclude truces during jihad warfare with non-Muslims when they are in a position of weakness and need time to gather strength to fight again. Those who concluded agreements with the Crusaders did not lose sight of this principle and never entered into a pact that ultimately weakened the Muslims’ position.
जाहिर है, इतिहास में शायद ही कोई ऐसा हारा हुआ समाज होगा जो इस हस्र से बचा हो। इस्लामिक अधीनता से केवल वही लोग बच पाए जिन्होंने इस्लामिक जिहाद का सफलतापूर्वक मुकाबला किया: यूरोप के ईसाई और भारत के हिंदू। बाकी लोगों का भाग्य इतना अच्छा नहीं था।
Of course, few conquered peoples have ever escaped this fate. The only people who have escaped Muslim dhimmitude have been those who were successful in resisting Islamic jihad: the Christians of Europe and the Hindus of India. Others were not so fortunate.
Of course, few conquered peoples have ever escaped this fate. The only people who have escaped Muslim dhimmitude have been those who were successful in resisting Islamic jihad: the Christians of Europe and the Hindus of India. Others were not so fortunate.
मैंने अपने लेखन में कभी ऐसा कुछ नहीं लिखा जिसे उचित रूप से किसी के खिलाफ हिंसा भड़काने वाला माना जा सके।
There is nothing in anything that I have ever written that could be reasonably construed as an incitement to violence against anyone.
There is nothing in anything that I have ever written that could be reasonably construed as an incitement to violence against anyone.
अक्टूबर 2005 में तेहरान में आयोजित “बिना ज़ियोनिज़्म की दुनिया” सम्मेलन में, वहां जमा प्रतिनिधियों ने “इजराइल मुर्दाबाद, अमेरिका मुर्दाबाद, इंग्लैंड मुर्दाबाद” के नारे लगाए। वहीं मेजबान अहमदीनेजाद ने तालियों की गड़गड़ाहट के बीच भविष्यवाणी की कि, “सर्वशक्तिमान की मदद से, हम जल्द ही उन लोगों के बावजूद अमेरिका और ज़ियोनिज़्म के बिना की दुनिया देखेंगे जो इस पर संदेह करते हैं।”
At the “World Without Zionism” conference held in Tehran in October 2005, the assembled delegates chanted “death to Israel, death to America, death to England,” while the host, Ahmadinejad, predicted to the cheers of the assembled that, “with the help of the Almighty, we shall soon experience a world without America and Zionism, notwithstanding those who doubt.
At the “World Without Zionism” conference held in Tehran in October 2005, the assembled delegates chanted “death to Israel, death to America, death to England,” while the host, Ahmadinejad, predicted to the cheers of the assembled that, “with the help of the Almighty, we shall soon experience a world without America and Zionism, notwithstanding those who doubt.
यह कोई इत्तेफ़ाक नहीं है कि इस्लामी कट्टरपंथ के आलोचकों की आवाज़ को दबाने के ये तमाम प्रयास, इस्लामी राज्य में 'अहिम्मी' (गैर-मुस्लिम नागरिकों) पर लागू होने वाले उस सबसे अहम कानून की याद दिलाते हैं जिसके तहत पारंपरिक इस्लामी कानून के मुताबिक गैर-मुस्लिमों को इस्लाम के बारे में ऐसी कोई भी बात कहने की इजाज़त नहीं है जिसे मुसलमान अपमानजनक मानें।
It is no coincidence that all these varied efforts to silence voices critical of Islamic supremacism recall one of the most important laws by which dhimmis must abide within the Islamic state: according to traditional Islamic law, non-Muslims must not speak about Islam in a manner that Muslims consider offensive.
It is no coincidence that all these varied efforts to silence voices critical of Islamic supremacism recall one of the most important laws by which dhimmis must abide within the Islamic state: according to traditional Islamic law, non-Muslims must not speak about Islam in a manner that Muslims consider offensive.
इक्कीसवीं सदी में, जैसे-जैसे स्वतंत्र दुनिया के खिलाफ 1,400 साल से चल रहा इस्लामी जेहाद आगे बढ़ता गया, जेहाद के इन सिपाहियों के सबसे बड़े मददगार वही लोग साबित हुए जिन पर उनका निशाना था।
In the twenty-first century, as the 1,400-year Islamic jihad against the free world continued to advance, the best allies the warriors of jihad had were the very people they had in their sights.
In the twenty-first century, as the 1,400-year Islamic jihad against the free world continued to advance, the best allies the warriors of jihad had were the very people they had in their sights.
ज़रा सोचिए! भले ही क्रूसेड (धर्मयुद्ध) अपने मुख्य उद्देश्य में सफल नहीं हो पाए, लेकिन यूरोप को जेहादी कब्ज़े से बचाने में उन्होंने बहुत अहम भूमिका निभाई। पुराने ज़माने के "सहिष्णु और बहुसंस्कृतिवादी इस्लामी समाजों" में रहने वाले लोग सिमटकर मुट्ठीभर, प्रताड़ित और उपेक्षित अल्पसंख्यक बनकर रह गए। गैर-मुस्लिमों के प्रति इस्लामी नफ़रत इतिहास का एक ऐसा सच है जो आज भी कायम है। या क्या दुनिया किसी बिल्कुल अलग और अप्रत्याशित रूप में होती? क्या रोम की "सेंट पीटर्स मस्जिद" शब्द आपके लिए कोई मायने रखते हैं?
Guess what? Although the Crusades failed in their primary objective, they played a key role in staving off the jihad conquest of Europe. The peoples who lived in the “tolerant, pluralistic Islamic societies” of old dwindled down to tiny, harassed, despised minorities. Islamic distaste for unbelievers is a constant of Islamic history and persists today. Or would the world be different in other, quite unexpected ways? Do the words “St. Peter’s Mosque in Rome” mean anything to you?
Guess what? Although the Crusades failed in their primary objective, they played a key role in staving off the jihad conquest of Europe. The peoples who lived in the “tolerant, pluralistic Islamic societies” of old dwindled down to tiny, harassed, despised minorities. Islamic distaste for unbelievers is a constant of Islamic history and persists today. Or would the world be different in other, quite unexpected ways? Do the words “St. Peter’s Mosque in Rome” mean anything to you?
अमेरिकी अधिकारियों के लिए जेहादियों और संभावित जेहादियों को शांतिप्रिय मुसलमानों से अलग पहचान पाना नामुमकिन है।
There is no reliable way for American authorities to distinguish jihadists and potential jihadists from peaceful Muslims.
There is no reliable way for American authorities to distinguish jihadists and potential jihadists from peaceful Muslims.
नैतिक या अन्य कानूनों की परवाह किए बिना, जो भी बात मुसलमानों के फायदे में जाती, उसे ही भलाई मान लिया गया। दस हुक्मनामों (Ten Commandments) और इस्लाम से पहले के महान धर्मों की अन्य शिक्षाओं में निहित शाश्वत नैतिक मूल्यों को ताक पर रखकर, सिर्फ अपने स्वार्थ और तात्कालिक लाभ को ही सबसे बड़ा उसूल बना लिया गया।
Good became identified with anything that redounded to the benefit of Muslims, regardless of whether it violated moral or other laws. The moral absolutes enshrined in the Ten Commandments, and other teachings of the great religions that preceded Islam, were swept aside in favor of an overarching principle of expediency.
Good became identified with anything that redounded to the benefit of Muslims, regardless of whether it violated moral or other laws. The moral absolutes enshrined in the Ten Commandments, and other teachings of the great religions that preceded Islam, were swept aside in favor of an overarching principle of expediency.
मुसलमानों ने एक निर्णायक जीत हासिल की; तबरी बताते हैं कि “घुड़सवार सेना का कमांडर अपने सैनिकों के भालों से उन्हें एक कोने में घेर लेता था; सबको इकट्ठा करने के बाद वे उन्हें मौत के घाट उतार देते थे। अल-फिराद के दिन, युद्ध और उसके बाद की गई तलाश में एक लाख लोग मारे गए थे।
The Muslims won a decisive victory; Tabari notes that “the cavalry commander would corner a group of them with the spears of his men; having collected them, they would kill them. On the day of al-Firad, one hundred thousand men were slain in the battle and the pursuit.
The Muslims won a decisive victory; Tabari notes that “the cavalry commander would corner a group of them with the spears of his men; having collected them, they would kill them. On the day of al-Firad, one hundred thousand men were slain in the battle and the pursuit.