“Gaddafi calls for jihad against Switzerland” [via The Guardian UK] and Commentary [Avid Editor’s Insights Exclusive] SCROLL DOWN FOR UPDATE

Philip Daniel

http://western-civ-here-to-stay.blogspot.com/

“Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz wrote to one of his governors, “It has been passed down to us that when the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, sent out a raiding party, he would say to them, ‘Make your raids in the name of Allah in the way of Allah. Fight whoever denies Allah.'”–Al-Muwatta 21.3.11

“It has been reported from Sulaiman b. Buraid through his father that when the Messenger of Allah appointed anyone as leader of an army or detachment he would especially exhort him to fear Allah and to be good to the Muslims who were with him. He would say: Fight in the name of Allah and in the way of Allah. Fight against those who disbelieve in Allah. Make a holy war…When you meet your enemies who are polytheists, invite them to three courses of action…Invite them to (accept) Islam; if they respond to you, accept it from them and desist from fighting against them…If they refuse to accept Islam, demand from them the Jizya. If they agree to pay, accept it from them and hold off your hands. If they refuse to pay the tax, seek Allah’s help and fight them.”–Sahih Muslim Book 19 Number 4294

“Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Apostle said, “Allah said, ‘I will declare war against him who shows hostility to a pious worshipper of Mine.””–Sahih Bukhari Volume 8 Book 76 Number 509

When you can’t dismember Switzerland through a UN resolution…

Midrash on Chanukah

BS”D

From Madrichim.org.

Hat tip: Tamar Yonah blog

Chanukah and Heroines

HANNAH:

Midrash on the breakout of the rebellion: The Marriage of Hannah, Daughter of Mattathias

As part of their campaign to break the spirit of the Jews, the Greeks decreed that every maiden must spend her wedding night in the bed of the regional governor, and that only afterward would she be permitted to her husband.