Fires

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Islam has a long history of burning things, all the way back to Mohammed:

* In 627, Mohammed attacked the Al-Mustalaq tribe. The tribe fought back and Mohammed ordered their

fortifications burned - with women and children inside.

* In 628, Mohammed ordered the torture a leader of the Jewish Bani al-Nadir tribe when the man wouldn't

reveal where the tribe’s treasure was hidden. Mohammed's soldiers built a fire on the man's chest.

* In 630, some soldiers resisted going on raid. Mohammed had their house burned down on top of them.

* Mohammed ordered burning down Muslims’ houses around them to compel them to attend the mosque.

* In 632, an attack Mohammed had ordered just before he died took place and the leader said Mohammed told him

to "destroy and burn" it all.

* After Mohammed died many Arab tribes immediately abandoned Islam. (Gosh, I wonder why?) Soldiers were sent out with orders to "not spare any one of them he can gain mastery over, burn them with fire, slaughter them by any means," "kill them by every means, by fire or whatever else," and "strike terror among them by killing and burn them by fire."

* Ali, the fourth “rightly guided” caliph (656-661) ordered people to be burned alive for being hypocrites.

It continues to this day:

* On February 5, 2015, ISIS infamously [burned to death downed Jordanian air force pilot Lt. Muath al-

Kaseasbeh.](http://archive.is/IQgLy) al-Kaseasbeh was fighting in coalition forces against ISIS. The fact that he was a fellow Muslim didn't deter ISIS, and they were so proud of what they'd done, they released a video of it.

* ABC News Terror Alert: [Forest Fires as Al Qaeda Weapon?]

(https://web.archive.org/web/20200102191625/https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/al-qaeda-calls-massive-forest-

fires-montana/story?id=16263981&page=2)

* "Unleash Hell:" New Al Qaeda magazine describes in detail [how to start huge forest fires across the U.S.

with instructions on how to make 'ember bombs']

(https://web.archive.org/web/20200102192037/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2138758/Unleash-Hell-

New-Al-Qaeda-magazine-describes-start-huge-forest-fires-U-S-instructions-make-ember-bombs.html)

* William Scott, former National Security Agency official, said [**terrorists have been using wildfires as a

tactical weapon.**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFHM0rd9cX8)

Are we understanding Islam, yet?

Sources: *Kitab al-maghazii lil-Waqidii,* by Muhammad Ibn 'Umar al-Waqidi and Marsden Jones (1966); *The History of al-Tabari Vol. 10: The Conquest of Arabia,* translated by Fred M. Donner (1993); *Abridged Biography of Prophet Muhammad,* by Imam Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahhab At-Tamimi (2008).; *Sunan Ibn-I-Majah: Arabic-English,* by Muhammad Tufail (2000).