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freshwest

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9. Yeah, but ISIS is extreme enough to kill anyone who doesn't agree with them on anything.
Tue Nov 18, 2014, 12:19 AM
Nov 2014

That includes Muslims who don't toe the line. And it contradicts the Constitution of Medina:

Significance of the Ummah

Another important feature of the Constitution of Medina is the redefinition of ties between Muslims. The Constitution of Medina sets faith relationships above blood-ties and emphasizes individual responsibility.[29] Tribal identities are still important, and are used to refer to different groups, but the "main binding tie" for the newly created ummah is religion.[30] This contrasts with the norms of pre-Islamic Arabia, which was a thoroughly tribal society, although Serjeant postulates the existence of earlier theocratic communities.[31]*

According to Denny, “Watt has likened the Ummah as it is described in the document to a tribe, but with the important difference that it was to be based on religion and not on kinship”.[30] This is an important event in the development of the small group of Muslims in Medina to the larger Muslim community and empire.[32]


Rights of non-Muslims

The non-Muslims included in the ummah had the following rights:[33]


1. The security of God is equal for all groups,[34]

2. Non-Muslim members will have the same political and cultural rights as Muslims. They will have autonomy and freedom of religion.[35]

3. Non-Muslims will take up arms against the enemy of the Ummah and share the cost of war. There is to be no treachery between the two.[36]

4. Non-Muslims will not be obliged to take part in religious wars of the Muslims. **[37]

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Constitution_of_Medina&printable=yes

*The Saudis appear to have violated that, and they possess Mecca.

**ISIS has broken each and every one of those rules.

Their medieval mindset in a more crowded world is a very bad idea. But it's won out before, causing a lot of devastation. And it's very hard to resist since the world is as interconnected as it is.

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