Dear friends,
I will go back to the "long message" otherwise I will be accused again of trying to avoid some issues. In any case that message is very rich so I will have fun for a long time...
Now I will touch upon the following assertion of Ansar Al-'Adl:
"The Shah of Persia sent his men to arrest and execute the Prophet Muhammad and the Roman Governate in Ghassan killed one of the Prophet's diplomats. Both are open acts of war. The persian and roman empires sought to crush the new Islamic empire, but their tyrannical rule failed."
So, the Roman Governor killed one of the prophet's diplomats and that was an open act of war. And that allowed the Muslim armies to invade and occupy Roman territory until today (Egypt and Syria were Roman provinces).
Because one diplomat had been killed the Muslim armies could invade and occupy FOR EVER territory belonging to another country and according to Ansar Al-'Adl that means that the Muslims were not aggressors in that war. So I cannot say that it was a conquest by force....because one diplomat had been killed before the invasion.
Would you apply that criterion today? I kind of like it after all. I would like it applied in the case of
Iran. Iran held 52 Americans hostages for more than a year, participated in the murder of an American officer in Lebanon and the bombings of the Khobar Towers (American military installations in Saudi Arabia). Clearly acts of war.
So, according to Ansar Al-'Adl America could invade Iran, keep it occupied for ever, kill all Iranian males who opposed the invasion, rape captive (infidel) women, impose a special humilliation tax on Muslims (of which Christians would be exempt) and incorporate the whole country to America.
And that wouldn't qualify as aggression according to Ansar Al-'Adl because there was previously an act of war justifying the invasion.
No, my friends, I wouldn't approve of that. And if you were fair you would recognize that it is exactly what happened back then. If you have any doubt about the sad conditions imposed on those who were invaded, please look for Bat Yeor on the Internet. He will tell you what it means to be a dhimmi. Don't wish that on others because you might get it for yourselves.