No, they haven’t.<\/p>\n
Rabbi Claims That Hamas Has \u2018Perverted Islam.\u2019 Alas, No.<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s understandable that in times of crisis, people would reach out for reassurance, for some indication that things aren\u2019t as dismal as they seem. Still, when times are tough, it is more important than ever not to be seduced by wishful thinking.<\/p>\n In a disheartening exercise of willful ignorance and the myopia that wishful thinking can induce, the Jerusalem Post\u00a0published<\/a>\u00a0a curious piece Tuesday entitled \u201cHamas has perverted Islam for their sacrilegious, blasphemous actions.\u201d The author, Yakov Nagen, is identified as a rabbi and \u201cthe director of Ohr Torah Stone\u2019s Blickle Institute for Interfaith Dialogue.\u201d Interfaith dialogue is a realm in which self-delusion can all too easily run wild and fond hopes reign supreme over reality; Nagen\u2019s article is, unfortunately, yet another example of this.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat empowers Hamas and allows it to thrive,\u201d Nagen asserts, \u201cis that too many have accepted their corruption of the teachings of a world religion.\u201d He notes with satisfaction that Hamas does have opponents within the Islamic world: \u201cHundreds of Muslim leaders signed a public statement issued by the Global Imams Council (GIC) unequivocally condemning the massacre. In the condemnation, they refer to a legal ruling issued by the Islamic Fatwa Council, located in the Iraqi spiritual capital of Najaf: \u2018It is prohibited to pray for, join, support, finance, or fight on behalf of Hamas.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n That sounds wonderful, but then Nagen adds, \u201cThe ruling enumerated 11 correlations between Hamas and ISIS, including the use of suicide bombers, missile attacks against civilians, and genocidal aspirations, in the case of Hamas annihilating the Jews.\u201d<\/p>\n It is unpleasant, but nonetheless true: neither ISIS nor Hamas originated these ideas. They are all rooted in core Islamic texts. The justification for suicide bombing is in the Qur\u2019an, the holy book of Islam: \u201cIndeed, Allah has bought from the believers their lives and their wealth, because the garden will be theirs, they will fight in the way of Allah and will kill and be killed.\u201d<\/em> (9:111) This is the only promise of paradise in the Qur\u2019an, but one can take hold of that promise by being killed while killing unbelievers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Killing women and children, i.e., civilians, is justified in an Islamic tradition, a hadith, in which Muhammad waves away those who object: \u201cIt is reported on the authority of Sa\u2019b bin Jaththama that the Prophet of Allah (may peace be upon him), when asked about the women and children of the polytheists being killed during the night raid, said: They are from them.\u201d (Sahih Muslim 4321)<\/p>\n And the genocidal aspirations of Hamas and ISIS toward Jews are justified in another hadith: \u201cAbu Huraira reported Allah\u2019s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews.\u201d (Sahih Muslim 6985)<\/p>\n Nagen then goes on to say that \u201cone example of Hamas\u2019s sacrilege is the cynical way they use al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem as a pretext for murder and terror.\u201d He calls this \u201can Orwellian inversion of reality\u201d and asserts that \u201cthe use of al-Aqsa to justify the massacre of Jews is profoundly sacrilegious.\u201d He even claims that \u201cal-Aqsa Mosque should be a symbol of the close, even intimate relationship between Islam and Judaism. It is an inversion of what should be the meaning and significance of the fact that al-Aqsa Mosque is located on Judaism\u2019s holiest site, the Temple Mount. This is where, according to Muslim tradition, Mohammad received the commandment of prayer.\u201d Consequently, he says, \u201cfor centuries, the link between the ancient temple and the mosque was a source of pride for many Muslims.\u201d<\/p>\n Related:<\/strong>\u00a0Now Hamas Wants a Truce. Here\u2019s Why Israel Shouldn\u2019t Give Them One.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n All this is apparently designed to give the impression that the al-Aqsa Mosque was built on the Temple Mount as some sort of gesture of brotherhood and solidarity. In reality, however, the reason why \u201cfor centuries, the link between the ancient temple and the mosque was a source of pride for many Muslims\u201d is that the location of the mosque was considered to be a visible sign of Islam\u2019s victory over Judaism and superiority to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No, they haven’t. Rabbi Claims That Hamas Has \u2018Perverted Islam.\u2019 Alas, No. It\u2019s understandable that in times of crisis, people would reach out for reassurance, for some indication that things aren\u2019t as dismal as they seem. Still, when times are tough, it is more important than ever not to be seduced by wishful thinking. 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