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Table of Contents: Islam's Strict Prohibitions Against Killing Women, Children and Other Defenceless People (Full Text)

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Table of Contents

  1. About the Book–
  2. Transcription Table8
  3. Introduction9
  4. Evaluating the Traditions Mentioned Below10
  5. Sources of Cited Traditions10
  6. Verse 2:190 – Fighting as a Reaction of Being Fought Against12
  7. Construing the Killing of Women, Children and Other Defenceless People as Acts of Transgression12
  8. Letters by the Umayyad Caliph 'Umar ibnu 'Abdi l-'Aziz14
  9. Hadith About a Woman Who was Killed16
  10. Defencelessness is Expressly Mentioned as a Reason for the Prohibition18
  11. More Reports About the Woman Who was Killed18
  12. References to the Elderly20
  13. References to Monks21
  14. Multiple Examples of Defenceless People – Instructions by the First Caliph Abu Bakr as-Siddiq22
  15. An Address by the First Caliph Abu Bakr as-Siddiq24
  16. References to Farmers in Letters from the Second Caliph 'Umar ibnu l-Khattab24
  17. Orders from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم with References to Labourers and Servants26
  18. References to Merchants27
  19. A Hadith About the Prophet's صلى الله عليه وسلم Firm Rejection of Killing Offspring27
  20. Hadith: A Prophet's Companion Does not Kill Children28
  21. Statements by Other Scholars and Personalities of Early Islam30
  22. The Unanimous Announcement of this Prohibition by the Early Scholars of Hadith31
  23. Concluding Statements33
  24. Practices Forbidden by Islam, Practiced by Militant Groups Attributed to Islam35
  25. The so-called “Islamic State's” un-Islamic appeal: to attack civilians38
  26. Preposterous Arguments by al-Qa'idah's Leadership to Legitimise Attacks on Civilians38
  27. Muslims are no Machiavellians. The End Does not Justify the Means40
  28. Grotesque Claims by Abu Mus'ab as-Suri41
  29. Attacks on Mosques and Places of Worship of Other Religions42
  30. Other Deliberate Attacks42
  31. War Crimes in General43
  32. Closing Remarks45
  33. Chronological Index of Early Islamic Authors48
  34. References49