Beheading of enemies ,whats the Islamic view?

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I happened to watch a few beheading scenes which are spreaded on net,puportedly posted by a few Islamic terror Organizations,for gaining popularity or otherwise as their propoganda.One such video I watched was Dagestan killings,in which six Russian conscriptors were getting beheaded by Chechnyan rebels.Similar kinds of videos once caught headlines especially from Iraq.Even Muslims have been subjected to this crime.

I understand and firmly believe Islam as a religion of Humanity,Brotherhood and its principles are modern.But after watching these videos I somehow wonder,such ogrish acts are truely authenticated?Ofcourse those rebels or Mujahideens who do carry out such acts are not simply morons but they have some ideology in their mind and they are true believers in that.So what makes them justify that?Besides they are ready to sacrifice their lives for their religious cause or causes that they bind to their religion.

I am sure islam ,being the religion of transparent values will never advocate that.So what’s the loophole for these people to carry out such heinous acts?
(I am sure such acts are tampering the image of Islam or atleast Non-Muslims tend/will tend to view Islam through a different prism).

I reiterate that this thread is not meant for offending Islam and its believers.So only meaningful discussions,pls.

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War with enemies is allowed. Only after all other methods of peace making have failed. There are rules of engagements , there are terms and conditions of war. Vigilantism is not promoted and not allowed in Islam.
Killing POWs is allowed but again certain rules apply.
State within a state is not allowed in Islam either.
Now back to those vigilante on youtube they have their own rules. They are bunch of sadists. Their actions are not beneficial and not suitable for any kind of resistance or freedom movement. Those tactics have not worked so far and and will never work. In this day and age , cave age and tribal tactics are bound to fail.

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Peace arlietter

The reasons for the predicament we find ourselves in with such people is due to a number of factors:

a) Some time ago we secularised the curricular forms of education from the religious forms, this meant that ethically counter-productive thought was allowed to proliferate in the curricular domain.

b) We became world loving

c) We became elitist and stopped inter-community/inter-madhab dialogue

d) We allowed our people to be subjected to the fitnah of materialism

e) We fought one another in the name of nationalism

f) We allowed the lines to be blurred between tribal/regional traditions with Islamic ones

g) We started to appoint our own intellects as authorities for interpreting scripture rather than rely on the scholars to do that.

h) The scholars were being killed, or were dying off in other ways

i) The West increased the sophistication with which they penetrated nations and infiltrated religious orders.

j) The increase of propaganda and the media engine to move masses slotted in place

k) The emergence of progressive Muslims came into play

l) A reaction occurred countering the injustice in the form of terrorism by Muslims and here we stand today.

All justifications etc are part and parcel of the combined effect of the above conditions. However, it is quite possible to come back to level ground.

1) Seek knowledge from a number of Islamic groups and do not limit to any one group.
2) Seek out traditional scholars who have a legacy dating back to Muhammad (SAW).

It is ignorance that makes us resort to terror and it is ignorance that makes us disassociate from those Muslims who feel they are fighting a war of freedom. We need to gain more knowledge and embrace those Muslims who feel hard done so they do not resort to actions we associate with those in despair. To despair is against the 'aqeedah of Muslims.

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bro its a sad situation ....i feel bad for the poor russian soldiers but do understand the hatred of chechans for communists/russians in WW2 millions of chechans were put in gulags by stalin

coming to ur question in islam beheading and parading head from one place to another is strongly discouraged ...and that of muslims is strictly forbidden

but sadly the first head to be severed and paraded in islam was that of a sahabi of Rasoolallah in 50 or 51 AH by the muslim king then ( may God curse him)

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(I disagree with some points made by respected Psyah. Anyway no big deal)

The main question is "Is there a loophole" in Islam for people to commit these acts?

The answer is big No!

Do we really believe criminals need a loophole to commit crime?

Its like saying: Is there a loophole in the law which will make people commit murder, rape, robbery?

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Peace diwana bro

All praise is to Allah (SWT) ... May He make me better than what I am perceived by others to be. I am not fit to earn your respects, May He humble me.

I agree with you although my response did not emphasise what you have picked out from the question. I tried to explain the mechanics of how we got here, you have explained why people will misinterpret, which is correct ... people will not do so out of adherence to Qur'an and Sunnah rather they will falsely justify to themselves where necessary to fulfil their own desires and agendas that Qur'an and Sunnah says such and such and twist it for their sheep like audience.

The position we find ourselves in today i.e. that the wrong people stand up to represent us and the people are too simple to discern the truth from what is said to them is a matter of many years of gradual disinformation and religious neglect. Those people responsible for the twisting mind games today would have been snipped at the bud had the Islamic infrastructure remained in place ensuring that things like this could not happen. That was the angle I was trying to portray ... your angle being totally valid in that despite years of misalignment everyone is still responsible for what they do and those people who promote tyrrany in the name of Islam are to blame not the people before them.

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Peace Psyah!

Bro! How did you deduce I do not respect you while I said respected Psyah!?

I did get the message from your post and do agree with most of it except when there is a tone of being apologetic or defensive, which I would not agree with. Especially first sentence of your last paragraph.

"It is ignorance that **makes us resort to terror **and it is ignorance that makes us disassociate from those Muslims who feel they are fighting a war of freedom."

People are not resorting to terror here for any reason. These criminals are choosing to these barbaric actions regardless what Islam says otherwise.

Its an issue of psychological pressure on those who believe in Islam and making them think negatively or planting the seed of doubt.

People who ask these questions have two faces.

On one hand they say, By all means they have no disrespect for islam or they are firmly believing Islam is a religion of humanity and not condoning these acts and on the other hand to make others fall in to defensive foot they ask, I wonder if there was a loophole in Islam to allow these barbaric acts.

What kind of firm believe will make someone question such a clear mistake.

Point is: I did not believe OP for one second even though he wrote multiple sentences to clear his position.

Sorry for confusion there.

Peace again.

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This kind of behavior is the sunnah of the corrupt Ummayad dynasty as rightly pointed out by Das.

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however if a head is severed in combat ,legal punishment or beheading of non-muslim then these rules do not apply ....