800 INFLUENTIAL ISLAMIC SCHOLARS FROM 120 COUNTRIES TO MEET IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THAT ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF PEACE
BY ROBERT SPENCER
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/10/800-influential-islamic-scholars-from-120-countries-to-meet-in-order-to-establish-that-islam-is-a-religion-of-peace; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
If it really were a religion of peace, they wouldn’t have to hold big conferences to prove it; it would be obvious to everyone. But there is an unfortunate reality that the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies is likely to ignore: there has never been a period since the beginning of Islam that was characterized by large-scale peaceful coexistence between Muslims and non-Muslims. There was no time when mainstream and dominant Islamic authorities taught the equality of non-Muslims with Muslims, or the obsolescence of jihad warfare. There was no Era of Good Feeling, no Golden Age of Tolerance, no Paradise of Proto-Multiculturalism. There has always been, with virtually no interruption, jihad, everywhere Muslims and non-Muslims have lived in close proximity with one another. Everywhere Muslims and non-Muslims have lived together, some of those Muslims have been violent toward the non-Muslims. Everywhere. Without exception.
I prove this abundantly, relying primarily on Islamic sources, in my book The History of Jihad From Muhammad to ISIS. Dr Mohammad Mattar Al Kaabi will likely never see this post, and that’s a shame. If he did see it, I invite him to prove me wrong. He can reach me at director@jihadwatch.org. If he provides me with an address, I will send him a copy of The History of Jihad, and if he finds a historical error in it, I will make a $5,000 contribution to the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies.
But neither he nor any other Muslim will take up that challenge, because they would not be able to prove that Islam has ever been a religion of peace, anywhere, at any point in its history. The public policy implications of that are massive, which is why there are such strenuous efforts, such as this conference, to cover it up.
“Peace forum to set up ‘alliance of virtues’ on Islam,” by Samir Salama, Gulf News, October 24, 2018:
Abu Dhabi: The 5th edition of the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies, to be held in Abu Dhabi on December 5, will establish that Islam is a religion of peace and justice, said Dr Mohammad Mattar Al Kaabi, secretary general of the forum, an Abu Dhabi-based international organisation.The forum will bring together more than 800 of the world’s most influential Islamic scholars and thinkers from 120 countries, including ministers of religious affairs, muftis, representatives of the Muslim communities and delegates from the United Nations and rights organisations across the world….“The idea came following the resounding success of the peace caravan, where an intimate and diverse group of US Muslim, Christian and Jewish clerics convened in Abu Dhabi last year to understand and appreciate theological differences while focusing on the synergism of religious commonalities essential to building healthy ad peaceful communities,” Dr Al Kaabi said.“These endeavours culminated in an international conference in Washington D.C. in February this year under the theme ‘An Alliance of Virtues for the Common Good’. The event drew participation from hundreds of Christian pastors, Jewish rabbis and Muslim imams, alongside academics and researchers concerned with the culture of peace, as well as representatives of major international organisations and the US civil society. This landmark event was the first time the Abrahamic family of religions convened in all its diversity, to agree on new foundations for a religious dialogue, one that transcends disputation and proselytisation to achieve a discourse of mutual acquaintance and cooperation based upon common values.”…The forum will tackle five main topics: a contemporary outlook of early Islam’s Alliance of Virtues, treaties and covenants in Islam, contemporary crises of religions and mankind, religion and the ethics of universal solidarity, and a new alliance of virtues — an opportunity for global peace.