Loyalty and the Dar al-Islam
11th November 2009
Jerry Pournelle takes a long look.
Are all Muslims enemies of everyone not part of the House of Submission to Islam?
But it all depends on how you define “Muslim” and even more importantly, how the Muslim scholars who define Islam define Muslim; and there the question is not so silly. The Koran is explicit on the subject: all true Muslims must make war on the unbelievers and force them either to convert or to pay tribute. There can be truce in that war, but never peace. This is the nature of Islam. In other words, if you are not at war with the unbelievers you are not a Muslim, and thus the answer to our first question is “yes.” Perhaps it is not a silly question at all.