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“Civilians” Not Part of Islamic Religious Law
El Borak has some interesting commentary on the history of warfare, and the differences between civilians and combatants.
[T]here were no such things as civilians until 1648.
The “Peace of Westphalia,” signed that year, ended the Thirty Years’ War and ushered in the era of modern warfare. Prior to that time, there were no uniforms, no civilians, and no distinction between combatants and non-combatants. There was only conquest, and such played even greater havoc with civilians than today’s warfare, if such can be believed.
Islam hearkens back to warfare between societies, not armies. There is only Islam and Dar al-Harb, them and us. And one or the other must die.
As modern states break their armies against the House of Islam, they are coming to realize one thing: Islam does not fight like we do. It does not recognize “rules” of warfare; it does not adhere to the Geneva Convention. We are not fighting a state, but a state of mind that can exist in anyone. Anyone can be a combatant, therefore anyone can be a threat, from the smallest child to the oldest harridan. And anyone can be a target.
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