RETALIATION MUST NOT EXCEED THE LIMITS SET BY ALLAH
In Islam (but not in Christianity) retaliation is authorized to avenge an injury. However, the retaliation must be directed toward the guilty individual(s), must be proportional to the injury, and must not exceed the limits set by Allah. The Qur'an does not support substitutionary retaliation against individuals who are innocent of any offense.
[2.178] O you who believe! retaliation is prescribed for you in the matter
of the slain, the free for the free, and the slave for the slave, and the
female for the female, but if any remission is made to any one by his
(aggrieved) brother, then prosecution (for the bloodwit) should be made
according to usage, and payment should be made to him in a good manner;
this is an alleviation from your Lord and a mercy; so whoever exceeds the
limit after this he shall have a painful chastisement.
[2.179] And there is life for you in (the law of) retaliation, O men of
understanding, that you may guard yourselves.
[2.194] The Sacred month for the sacred month and all sacred things are
(under the law of) retaliation; whoever then acts aggressively against
you, inflict injury on him according to the injury he has inflicted on you
and be careful (of your duty) to Allah and know that Allah is with those
who guard (against evil).
Qur'an 2.178-179, 2.194
(Shakir Translation)
The doctrine of "substitutionary retaliation" is completely unjust, similar to the injustice of cutting off the hand of a random person in a village as punishment for a theft, when the actual villager who committed the crime could not be captured.
TERRORISM ALWAYS EXCEEDS THE LIMITS SET BY ALLAH
No matter what justification for it may exist, terrorism always exceeds the limits set by Allah, because terrorism deliberately intends to kill innocent people.
[2.190] And fight in the way of Allah with those who fight with you, and
do not exceed the limits, surely Allah does not love those who exceed the
limits.
[18.74] So they went on until, when they met a boy, he slew him. (Musa)
said: Have you slain an innocent person otherwise than for manslaughter?
Certainly you have done an evil thing.
Qur'an 2.190, 18.74
(Shakir Translation)
Their feet run to evil,
and they make haste to shed innocent blood;
their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity,
desolation and destruction are in their highways
Bible: Isaiah 59:7
(Revised Standard Version)
THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT FIGHT AGAINST ALLAH OR AGAINST ISLAM, BUT ONLY AGAINST TERRORIST MURDERERS WHO FALSELY CLAIM THAT ISLAM AUTHORIZES THEIR ATTACKS.
The United States does not fight against Allah or against Islam or Hinduism or Judaism or Shinto or Buddhism or Christianity or Paganism or any other religion whatsoever. By its Constitution and all its laws, the United States must remain neutral regarding religion.
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