Is it a coincidence that ISIS fights in keeping with the traditional Jewish law of war rather than the traditional Islamic law of war?
In Jewish law, it is perfectly permissible to intentionally kill women, children, and the elderly – especially if they belong to a people hostile to Jews (i.e., Amelekites) or a people living in the lands promised by God (i.e., the seven nations in the land of Canaan).
Islamic law, on the other hand, forbids this.
Moreover, in Jewish law, there are no rules banning random individuals from launching military attacks against people hostile to Jews (i.e., Amelekites) or people in the land of Canaan.
Islamic law, on the other hand, insists that it is the political authority (imam) who is responsible for planning and organizing military attacks. Such attacks cannot be carried out by random individuals. In other words, Islam rejects terrorist attacks carried out by randos.
A good example of Jewish law in action are the acts of the Irgun and Lehi Jewish terrorist groups in the early twentieth century, who launched continuous attacks against the Palestinians.
The Jewish law of war is applied today by Jewish settlers throughout the West Bank and Gaza strip, who are constantly committing terror attacks against Palestinians.
The most famous application of the Jewish law of war is Baruch Goldstein’s 1994 Ramadan terror attack on Palestinians worshipping in a Hebron mosque, where he killed 29 people and wounded 125 more. Goldstein’s actions are celebrated by religious Jews to this day, including high officials in the Israeli government like Itamar Ben Gvir, who hung a picture of Goldstein in his house.
Religious Jews recognize that Goldstein is a sincere and committed Jew, who practices true Jewish law – including its prescribed terrorist attacks on innocent men, women, and children.
ISIS acts in keeping with the Jewish law of war. This is why ISIS encourages random individuals to constantly burst into churches and even mosques, then kill the innocent men, women, and children there by shooting or bombing (like the recent church attack in Turkey).
As I have explained many times, the most likely explanation for ISIS’s behavior is that it is run by Israel.
But even if ISIS is not run by Israel, they deserve heavy blame for leaving the rules of Islam, and adopting the type of disgusting tactics approved of in Judaism.
I tell the ISIS supporters what I tell the Madkhalis – we are Muslims who follow Islam and advance the interests of the Muslim people. We are not Jews who follow Judaism and advance the interests of Israel. Get that through your thick skulls.
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