The scholars issuing fatwas against ISIS, should they have fatwas against Muhammad as well?

Muhammad says,

"Narrated Anas bin Malik:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.' And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them except legally and their reckoning will be with Allah."

(Sahih Bukhari 392)

ISIS are waging war against people until they become Muslims, just like Muhammad did. Ane before you say "they are killing Muslims as well!", Muhammad was commanded to wage war against hypocrites as well as unbelievers (Surah 9:73).

And before you say I have taken the Hadith of Muhammad out of context, let us see how Abubakr the companion of Muhammad interpreted the Hadith,

"It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:
When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) died and some people apostatised, ‘Umar bin al-Khattab said: O Abu Bakr, how can you fight the people, when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “I have been commanded to fight the people until they say La ilaha illallah (There is no god but Allah), and whoever says La ilaha illallah, his wealth and his life are protected from me, and his reckoning will be with Allah`? Abu Bakr said: I will most certainly fight those who separate prayer and zakah, for zakah is what is due on wealth. By Allah, if they withhold from me a small she-goat that they used to give to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), I will certainly fight them for withholding it. ʻUmar said: By Allah, as soon as I saw that Allah had opened Abu Bakr`s heart to the idea of fighting I knew that he was right."

Al Bukhari 1399, Sahih Muslim 20.

Abubakr interpreted the Hadith as giving him license to fight every non-muslim and every Muslim who was not practicing Islam properly was treated as a non-muslim. Do your scholars dare to place a fatwa against Muhammad and Abubakr?

And regarding Jihad, the Quran in Surah 9:111 is clear about this,

"Lo! Allah hath bought from the believers their lives and their wealth because the Garden will be theirs: they shall fight in the way of Allah and shall slay and be slain. "

Jihad involves killing and being killed for the sake of Allah and Muhammad said Jihad is the best deed. The Quran says you wage Jihad with your life and your wealth so don't give me this nonsense about Jihad being worship and having structured rules. You go out there and unalive people for Allah, that is Jihad according to the Quran and the Hadith. It is an express call for violence against unbelievers.

And on only fighting combatants, hear what Muhammad says,

"It is reported on the authority of Sa'b b. Jaththama that the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ), when asked about the women and children of the polytheists being killed during the night raid, said:

They are from them."

Sahih Muslim 1745a

The above quote is from the Book of JIHAD AND EXPEDITIONS. Your prophet said it is okay for women and children to be killed because they are part of the enemy. And again, your prophet said he has been commanded to fight the people until they become Muslim as stated in the above Hadith, there is no distinction between combatant and non combatant. In fact the people did not need to fight Muhammad or Muslims first in order to be fought.

I find it curious that I am quoting the Quran and the Hadith (Islam's most trusted sources) on Jihad while you are quoting a BBC article...very strange.

Again I note your double speak when it comes to Surah 9:29, you challenge me to quote historically when it has been used to persecute non Muslims then simultaneously you admit there might have been groups taking it out of context. Very convenient isn't it? Statistics today in 2024 show who persecutes Christians the most and they are non state actors like Boko Horam, the Houthis in Yemen, ISIS, I wonder what they all have in common? And speaking of history, Have you ever read "The pact of Umar" ? The oppressive conditions imposed on Christians by Umar which is a model for Islamic relations with Christians.

Can I freely practice my Christianity in the heart of Afghanistan?

You say Surah 9:29 is not a general principle but Allah says it is. It is the last Surah to be revealed and abrogates all verses to leave in peace with the Christians and Jews. There is no mention of self defence or any exception. It says fight the Jews and Christians because Allah has made Islam prevail over them. How you Muslims consistently tell us Allah, in his perfectly clear book, means something other than what he clearly says in it is beyond me.

On the Jizyah, you try to paint it as a tax but you keep forgetting one thing. The Quran says it is something done in humiliation. It is a thing of pride to be a tax payer. But this Jizyah is a humiliation and an acknowledgement of inferior status, so don't give me this crap about Muslims pay zakat, non Muslims pay Jizyah, it is clearly not the same thing. Why in the world would you call a person a "dhimi" to begin with. Why in the world would they need "protection" from Muslims in an Islamic state? You Muslims come to the west and are housed, fed and put in hotels at tax payers' expense, does anybody charge you "protection money"? They let you practise your religion without you paying any money for your protection don't they? Would it be acceptable for the west to impose the "pact of Umar" conditions on Muslims?

I think it is the height of delusion and arrogance to say all the Muslim majority countries both past and present have all gotten Islam wrong. They do not really know Islam. But you, and I say this with all respect, a random guy on Medium in 2024, are the custodian of the true Islam. If Muslim countries and terror organisations keep fundamentally misunderstanding Islam in the exact same way, then the religion has a problem because in theory there is no difference between a religion that calls for violence and one that really really really sounds like it calls for violence but does not.

Finally, don't you blame the west for the crap in the middle east, blame Islam that has produced a culture that is stuck in the mentality of 7th century Arabia rather than willing to embrace progress and live peacefully with people with different religious and ideological viewpoints.

I have taken time to read and respond to every line of your thesis and I will not be doing so in future, I'm sick and tired of your long winding philosophies about Islam that do not line up with the teachings of Islam, also tired of your wikepedia and news article responses when I give you Quran and hadith. You are a guy who has his own version of Islam and would probably be treated as an innovator (bida) or apostate in an Islamic state, and you know what that means. You can quote BBC and cherry pick hadiths all you want but your religion calls for the execution and oppression of everybody who is not Muslim.

If you are against violence/oppression and are for peace with Christians and Jews, then leave Islam because you are not following it anyway.

Going forward if you want a response keep it reasonable length, otherwise godspeed and good luck with your personalised version of Islam that exists only in your head.