Knowledge Base Section
Offensive Jihad
Analysis of jihad, warfare, territorial expansion, military policies toward non-Muslims, and the concept of offensive warfare in Islamic scriptures and history.
Articles
No Compulsion in Religion – La ikraha fiddin: Coercion, Jizya, Apostasy, and the Limits of Religious Freedom in Classical Islam
A critical examination of the claim that Islam contains “no compulsion in religion,” focusing on Quran 2:256, classical tafsir, abrogation, jizya, apostasy, forced submission, and the tension between…
Lakum Dinukum Wa Liya Din: the Myth of Islamic Coexistence
A critical analysis of Surah al-Kafirun’s verse “For you is your religion, and for me is my religion,” examining classical tafsir, abrogation claims, offensive jihad, jizya, idol destruction,…
Does the Quran Teach That Killing One Person Is Like Killing All Humanity? Surah al-Ma’idah 5:32, the Talmud, and the Meaning of Fasad
A critical analysis of Surah al-Ma’idah 5:32, examining its Talmudic parallel, its limitation to the Children of Israel, the Islamic definitions of fasad and fitna, and the claim…
Jihad and Qital in Classical Islam: Offensive War, Jizya, and the Pursuit of Global Religious Domination
A critical examination of classical Islamic doctrines of jihad and qital, focusing on offensive warfare, jizya, religious supremacy, slavery, prisoners of war, and the tension between traditional Islamic…
Timeline of the Islamic Caliphate
A historical timeline of the Islamic Caliphate—from Abu Bakr to its abolition in 1924—tracing conquest, civil war, dynastic rule, fragmentation, and political decline.