opinion

Sharia supremacism has a religious basis

John Kass started out his article (Our fight is with Shariah supremacism, not Islam) by correctly stating that the “critical thing about confronting evil is to call it by its rightful name.” He then proceeded to ignore that by using the made-up term “Shariah supremacism,” and wrote that it was a “political ideology” whose goal was to impose Islamic law upon the world.

Shariah is defined as the “body of the canonical law of Islam” ("Dictionary of Islamic Words and Expressions"). Shariah is based on the commands of Allah found in the Koran and on the teachings of Muhammad.

In 9:5 of the Koran we find that Muslims are commanded to find non-Muslims until the latter either convert to Islam or die fighting. In 9:33 and 48:28 we find that Allah has sent Muhammad to make Islam superior over every other religion, even if the non-Muslims don’t like it.

Four months before his death, Muhammad had this to say about making Islam supreme in the world: “Indeed I was commanded to fight people until they say there is but one God [Allah], and when they say it, their blood and their property is protected and they are answerable to God.” (The Life of Muhammad: Al-Waqidi’s Kitab al-Maghazi, p. 544).

One month before his death Muhammad issued this command to one of his military commanders: “Fight in the name of Allah, in the way of Allah, and kill him who disobeys Allah” (Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir, Vol. 2, p. 235).

Kass ended his article with a quote that said Shariah supremacism “is a totalitarian political ideology with a religious veneer.” In reality, instead of having a “religious veneer,” “Shariah supremacism” has a religious basis.

— Stephen Kirby, Indianola