The Four Dimensions of Violence in a Muslim’s Life

These four dimensions are taken from the book The Roots of Jihad (2005) by Dr. Tawfik Hamis:

1. When a Muslim’s child reaches the age of 10, he/she should be beaten to force him/her to practice the five prayers. The prophet Mohammed had said: “Order your children to pray when they are seven years old and beat them to force them on the prayer when they are ten years old…”
2. If a Muslim wife disagrees with you or disobeys you then it is your responsibility to discipline her. Discipline such as admonishing her, avoid making sex with her, and beating her. From the Koran: “Men are superior to women because Allah has made so. Therefore good women are obedient, and (as to) those (women) on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in the sleeping-places and BEAT them; then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them; surely Allah is High, Great.” (Sura 4, verse 34).
3. If your neighbor does not pray in the mosque then burn his house down.
4. Kill any infidel (non-believer). An infidel is someone who does not believe there is no God except Allah and Mohammed is the prophet of Allah. He doesn’t do the five prayers, and does not fast on Ramadan.

The author says most Muslims are afraid if they don’t follow these rules Allah will send them to burn in hell for eternity. Nice.